NFL Week 17 is in the Books | Nasser Erakat

With NFL week 17 in the Books, what did the 2015 NFL season tell us about the none playoffs teams. Number one is that I think that the Oakland Raiders are trending up 

and next season they should make the playoffs. The 49ers fired first year head coach Jim Tomsula, did Jed York make a mistake in firing  Jim Harbaugh. The coaches that are out or will be out are Tom Coughlin, Sean Payton, Mike Pettine, and already Chip Kelly, Jim Tomsula. As a Raiders fan I happy that the Raiders showed improvement but it is sad that they might be moving to Los Angeles. It will be very sad to see the Raiders move after they are on the move towards the playoffs.

Charles Woodson, one of the Greatest of all TIME!!!

NFL Week 17 is in the Books | Nasser Erakat

Ranking the NFL playoff teams

The Carolina Panthers won the 2015 NFL regular season with a 15-1 record, but as coach Ron Rivera pointed out Sunday, much work lies ahead. Carolina, a playoff winner over the Ryan Lindley-quarterbacked Arizona Cardinals a season ago, has not yet won enough when it counts to command the respect playoff-proven teams enjoy.

A personnel director reached Sunday night ranked the Panthers only fifth among the 12 playoff teams. Two other evaluators had Carolina first, with Seattle second. Arizona remained firmly in the conversation despite absorbing the third-worst Week 17 defeat a playoff team has suffered under the current seeding format. There was some thought New England could re-emerge as the team to beat once receiver Julian Edelman and tackle Sebastian Vollmer return from injuries, but there was little hope Peyton Manning could rescue Denver's offense.

I've ranked the 12 playoff teams below without regard for how their paths through the postseason might influence their Super Bowl chances. The odds are solidly against Seattle beating Minnesota, Carolina and (most likely) Arizona on the road before winning the Super Bowl, for example, but I still saw the Seahawks as the best team right now. Green Bay finished lower on this list than I could have possibly anticipated early in the season.

Here's the list, which features plenty of other surprises: Full Article

NFL Week 17 is in the Books | Nasser Erakat

Wildcard weekends starts and who will move on and who will go home. I have a feeling that all the home teams might win for maybe except one. I still see the New England Patriots coming out of the AFC. In the NFC, I think three teams could make it, Carolina, Arizona and Seattle. Could we get a rematch of last years Super Bowl? I hope not. I would like to see two teams that we have not seen in a while in Super Bowl 50. We will have to wait and see. We will know something this weekends, which teams go home and which teams move on.