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I guarantee the NFL changes the playoff rules after the Panthers vomit their way into the playoffs by default.

What a miserable way to win a division title haha

Rigged game gonna end 20-19 I was off by two points

Oh man these last two minutes are going to be interesting. I don’t think that INT was expected

Maximum entertainment value. Let’s see how the Saints get the win out of this, some chicanery is on the way.

Here comes the long backbreaking drive aided by some ref help

Buckle up because the ending to this is going to be very very flaggy

A DPI there doesn’t fit the preferred outcome for the game

The only team that worries me is New Orleans. Shough seems like the real deal and they’re building an offense that moves the ball regardless of the talent around him. That’s scary.

I guess I also don’t even want this Panthers team to be in the playoffs, they are not a good football team and have no real business hosting a playoff game. But I hear you, the NFL is built to entertain us, and they have a good product for doing so. I’m still entertained by it for sure. But now that the way the NFL manages games for maximum entertainment engagement and marketing consumption, it’s making these games harder to enjoy when the outcomes are obvious.

I knew the Bucs would win yesterday and I knew the Saints would win today. Takes away the sting when you already know what’s going to happen.

Atlanta will score another TD taking a two score lead which will swing in-game money line betting towards the Falcons, setting up a late game Saints comeback with a last second FG for the Saints to win 20-17. These scripts are too predictable now

It was scripted from the start. Saints will win 20-17 book it here

The Saints are going to win this game by 3 I guarantee it. Sorry guys it was all scripted all along.

Me too. He looks like he should suck but he doesn’t. I hope he gets Chris Simms’ed but we don’t have the pass rushers like we used to

I have always been a skeptic the NFL was truly fair but it’s finally becoming common knowledge the NFL manages the games towards preferred outcomes to maximize user engagement and media consumption. There were many instances in this game that showed how skewed the refereeing was. The refs calling the ball out of bounds on that play was insane. The OPI on T-Mac and the DPI on Nick Scott were just clear, obvious nudging calls. The OPI completely swung the momentum. They did a terrible job hiding it in this one.

Yea the 2024 draft was bad, I agree. Top two draft picks are non-contributors. The Brooks pick was truly terrible. But they definitely rented Dowdle for a season waiting for Brooks to come back, who was a good back when healthy. It remains to be seen if that pans out. Brooks has had two offseasons out of football, he might not be ready to come back until 2027 truly. I think they should have been giving Etienne more touches late in the season but oh well.

I think taking Legette off the field and getting a speedy receiver to replace him would help the offense immensely. I thought Legette was an awful pick to begin with but I think he ended up being a huge detriment to the offense in the long run. Stone hands and no spatial awareness. Won’t be in the NFL in two years.

I think Dan hit a home run with the 2025 draft class. McMillian and Scourton are going to be on this team for a long time. Ryan Fitzgerald has been money. To me he bought himself into the next coaching regime if Canales is fired after a disappointing 2026 season.

Welcome to the dark side, or well the truthful side. You finally got it.

I can tell you with full confidence after seeing what happened in the game tonight that you could and should bet some money on the Saints moneyline straight up. They will be getting a win tomorrow unless they barf all over themselves.

The games are not outright rigged as I’ve said many times. Theres no way to completely control the outcome. But some of the calls in this game were so obvious, how can you not see it? The offensive pass interference on McMillian and the defensive pass interference on Nick Scott, those were two blatant nudging calls in critical moments. The sh*t with Dowdle and the backwards pass was just making sure the game didn’t swing back towards the panthers and killed their momentum.

It’s not just the refs. It’s the entire NFL economic ecosystem. The NFL is built for entertainment, not fair outcomes.

The part I’m not sure about is how “in” on this the players and coaches are. The NFL is legally classified as an entertainment business, which was confirmed in court after a fan sued the NFL after the deflategate controversy saying he was defrauded, and the NFL argued in court they are a “spectacle” and not a sporting event. It was all there in 2010. So I don’t know what is written into NFL contracts and employment in ambiguous legal jargon to know what knowledge or recourse they have.

Exactly. Bucs moneyline hits but Panthers cover.