Going down with the Tennessee Titanic
| Week 16 results | ||||
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| 148-91-1 9-7 |
151-88-1 10-6 |
144-95-1 9-7 |
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| Saturday, December 21, 2019 | ||||
| Houston @ Tampa Bay | Houston | Houston | Houston | |
| Buffalo @ New England | New England | New England | New England | |
| L.A. Rams @ San Francisco | San Francisco | San Francisco | San Francisco | |
| Sunday, December 22, 2019 | ||||
| Baltimore @ Cleveland | Baltimore | Baltimore | Baltimore | |
| Carolina @ Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | |
| Cincinnati @ Miami | Miami | Miami | Cincinnati | |
| Jacksonville @ Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | |
| New Orleans @ Tennessee | Tennessee | New Orleans | New Orleans | |
| Pittsburgh @ N.Y. Jets | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | |
| N.Y. Giants @ Washington | Washington | Washington | Washington | |
| Detroit @ Denver | Denver | Denver | Denver | |
| Oakland @ L.A. Chargers | L.A. Chargers | L.A. Chargers | L.A. Chargers | |
| Arizona @ Seattle | Seattle | Seattle | Seattle | |
| Dallas @ Philadelphia | Dallas | Dallas | Dallas | |
| Kansas City @ Chicago | Kansas City | Kansas City | Kansas City | |
| Monday, December 23, 2019 | ||||
| Green Bay @ Minnesota | Minnesota | Minnesota | Minnesota | |
| © 2019 Gehlke Bros. Football | ||||
Remember the Titans? The Senior Bro certainly does… and he probably won’t ever be able to forget them after his miserable luck this season trying to predict their wins and losses. That team from Tennessee has been anything but kind to the defending GBF champ, who has stumbled to a 3-12 record with them despite the fact that they are 8-7 overall and are still in contention for a playoff spot. A loss is never desirable, but when it is attached to the only split of the week at a critical junction in the season, it can have far-reaching consequences.
In this case, Tennessee’s 38-28 defeat at the hands of the visiting Saints may have been the defining moment in Sean’s return to Gehlke Bros. Football glory, and in a season that has been defined by single-game shifts in the standings from week to week, it will take nothing short of a post-Christmas miracle for Glenn to overcome what is now a 3-game deficit — the first time all year the Surfy standings have been separated by that many games.
If there was a good time to go out on a limb, Week 16 was it. With several teams battling each other for playoff seeding and others with absolutely nothing to play for but pride, it created an anything-can-happen atmosphere that might have been the catalyst to turn around Glenn’s fading chances. Unfortunately for him, he chose the wrong game to split. New Orleans came in slotted third in the NFC race with a decent shot at a first-round bye, and despite stumbling to a 14-0 deficit early in the game, they wouldn’t be denied. The Saints reeled off 24 unanswered points behind Drew Brees and WR Michael Thomas, who set a new single season receiving record during the game. The Titans, despite their loss, still have an opportunity next week to make the postseason. Which might be more than can be said for the Senior Bro.
The road teams continued their vexing ways, combining for half of the week’s wins. Two of the AFC contenders lost, along with five in the NFC who were still in the hunt. Sean took the week with a 10-6 mark, while Glenn and Ben tied for runners-up at 9-7. We got all the Saturday winners correct — Houston, New England and San Francisco — along with Baltimore, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Denver and Kansas City. Missed opportunities were in abundance, as we all whiffed on the New York Jets and Giants, Oakland, Arizona, Philadelphia and Green Bay in the final Monday night game of the year.
