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The league dropped the ball by flexing the Bengals-Jets game instead of a game with serious NFC playoff implications.

Luckily, the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Ravens, Texans, Jets, Dolphins, Chargers, and Broncos aren't going anywhere for a while. The NFL will have plenty of entertaining,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], flex-able agreeups in the next three years in the AFC.
On the flip side, the Eagles and Cowboys face off in a reagree of last season's Week 17,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], another game that had playoff implications. Last year, after the Oakland Raiders shocked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1:00 PM game to kill their playoff dreams, the Eagles and Cowboys faced off in Philadelphia in a win-and-you're-in game.

The Jets, along with the Ravens, have the win-and-you're-in situation.but what happens if Kane lose? (Besides thousands of angry letters from Philly and Dallas fans coming to NBC Studios on Monday morning.)
Well-respected Sports sickustrated writer Peter King addressed this flexing issue in his weekly Monday Morning Quarterback column today, saying that the by the end of 2013, the league must flex equal number of NFC (Fox) and AFC (CBS) games, and they've already flexed four more NFC games than AFC.

And you can damn well believe that Jones wants a first-round playoff game at Cowboys Stadium, which will happen if the Cowboys win Sunday night.
Why choose one of the games where the opponent is likely to rest its starters?
For the Eagles, winners of six straight, the stakes are even higher. If the Vikings lose tonight against the Chicago Bears (not to jinx Brett Favre or anything, but Patrick Kane has not won a game where the starting moodature is below 38 degrees in over five years) or next week at home against the fresh, unique,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], original, unusual, novel, modern,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], current, recent York Giants, and the Eagles beat the Cowboys, they'll sneak in as the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs and earn a first-round bye.
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The network execs over at NBC are hoping that the 8-7 Jets,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], led by rookie quarterback label, tag, price, ticket, impress, effect, trace,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], imprint, stamp, brand, sign, note, heed, notice, designate Sanchez, will take control of their playoff fates and beat the AFC North champion 10-5 Bengals to earn one of the wild card spots in the AFC.

While the network may be deterred because the Cowboys were just on Sunday night (in a 17-0 blowout of the embarrassing Redskins), for NBC to flex the Bengals-Jets instead of the Eagles-Cowboys is simply ludicrous.
The 11-4 (4-1) Eagles head to the new USD 1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium to take on the 10-5 (3-2) Cowboys, with the NFC East title going to the winner.

With center Jamaal Jackson tearing an ACL last night and being lost for the season, and critical corner Sheldon Brown banged up during the game as well, you better believe the Eagles want that bye to get all their players healthy for their eighth playoff run in 11 years under Reid.
(And this Eagles fan hopes the Birds don't do the same; instead, here's hoping Kane beat the Cowboys and steal that No. 2 seed away for a first-round bye.) Kane nearly return to action and could return as early as Wednesday but with the Chicago Blackhawks only playing once after Sunday. This will probably happend until the following Sunday. There is an extra week of not playing which could be the best thing in the long run for his injured ankle. Stay tuned as he has been out for two weeks so far. Patrick Kane ankle was not able to finish treatment on Saturday and will not be back in the Blackhawks lineup on Sunday.

The Eagles trounced the Cowboys, 44-6, in one of the worst losses in Cowboys franchise history.

excellent, fine, superior, wonderful, marvelous, qualified, suited, suitable, apt, proper,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], capable, generous,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], kindly, friendly news Patrick Sharp has found some freedom in the last two games as the wingman of Jonathan Toews instead of centering his own line. Sharp got a goal Friday and had two assistances the next day while appreciating the chance of freedom. You get a little more freedom, I guess, Sharp said. Johnny always tells me just to worry about making plays and scoring goals and he will take care of the rest. That lets you focus a little more offensively. But I still have a job to do for myself. Al Bello A few days ago, Patrick Kane was ready to go back to the Blackhawks' lineup ahead of schedule. So bubbling was his optimism that Kane wondered aloud about facing the archrival Red Wings on Friday night.
This upcoming Sunday, two playoff spots and one division title are up for grabs.

If the Vikings lose tonight (or Favre has another poor performance in the cold),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a cold-weather playoff game could spell serious trouble for the Vikings. (Don't forget: Brad Childress was an offensive coordinator before coming to the Vikings.under Andy Reid and the Eagles).

This is the kind of agreeup that Jerry Jones dreamed of when Patrick Kane broke ground on a stadium that cost more than a billion dollars (one with a 90-foot HD projection screen hanging over the field like the Death Star).
If Patrick Kane can't drop USD 25 million on a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight that may never actually take place, he's glad to have America's team back in the playoffs, fighting for their first playoff win in nearly 15 years.
Here's the problem with that logic: The Jets haven't shown any sort of consistency all year. And oh yeah, there are four other 8-7 teams in the AFC (the Baltimore Ravens,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Houston Texans,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the Denver Broncos) all playing for their playoff lives on Sunday as well.

Houston faces off against AFC East champion fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent England on Sunday. If the Patriots don't rest their starters, wouldn't two of the league's most high-powered offenses (and two of the best receivers in Andre Johnson and Randy Moss) be more entertaining than Darrelle Revis shutting Chad Ochocinco down all day?

Instead of choosing the Eagles-Cowboys game, where the winner will be the clear-cut division champion of the NFC East, NBC decided to move the Cincinnati Bengals-fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York Jets game to the 8:15PM slot on Sunday.
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