NFL Wild Card Weekend Picks by Cooper the Analyst and Cup of Joe in the D..

 

         HAPPY NEW YEARS to Everyone....  It is the NFL Wildcard Weekend of the 2024 Season!!! Thoughts and Prayers to All who have been affected by the Wildfires that Devastated the State of California. Cooper the NFL Analyst just completed another great Season Picking Games! NFL Wildcard weekend opens up with 2 games on Saturday as the Houston Texans host the Los Angeles Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Baltimore to play the Ravens.  The NFL must change the way they seed teams going into the Playoffs for both the Lions and Vikings are 14-2 and the Winner gets to the #1 seed and the Loser drops all the way to the #5 seed and have to play on the road in the playoffs right away... Injuries especially Concussions have been a huge issue in the first 17 weeks of the season with many star players out with numerous ailments and injuries.

      The NFL made 3 huge changes to the game this year. first they changed the kickoff to a stupid format which is a joke, second they outlawed the way players have tackled for decades and third teams can only try on on sides kick in the 4th quarter and only after they let the other team know they are going to try an on sides kick.. The NFL once again also screwed over its Fans by now putting Games only on Netflix and Amazon Prime and Peacock and now ESPN+ just so the Owners can make more money at the expense of the Fans! And a Round 1 Wildcard Game is only available on Amazon Prime..

     Officiating has been poor at best the past few seasons and it seems that  replay is being used on almost every other play. Will this be the Season where the NFL Officials get it right or will we continue down the slippery slope of Officials costing teams games like the have the past few seasons?

A Huge Shout Out to My Surgeon, Dr. Daniel Sullivan, who is a Great Guy and the Biggest Bills Mafia and Buffalo Bills Fan.....

     Cooper has picked the Super Bowl Champion the last 3 years in a row.

     Each year, every team and their fans are optimistic that this will be their year to win the Super Bowl. There are the contenders, the so so's and the pretenders. Contenders at the end of th season are: will be in the AFC; Chiefs, Bills and Ravens.  In the NFC; Lions, Vikings and Eagles. Up and Coming Teams were the Vikings, Commanders, Packers, Rams, Chargers and Broncos. The pretenders were: Jaguars, Panthers, Colts, Raiders, Patriots, Browns, Saints and Giants.  Biggest Disappointments are the Falcons, Cowboys, 49ers, Bengals

    Here are this weeks Questions:

• With the Rams home Wildcard game moved to Arizona due to the Wildfires in Ca, who will have more fans at the Monday game, the Rams or the Vikings.
  
• Will the Chiefs be 3peat Super Bowl Winners?
• Are the Bills or Chiefs or Ravens the best team in the AFC Right Now?
• Can Baker Mayfield lead TB to the Super Bowl?
• Which Playoff favorites will make it to the Super Bowl and who will exit the Playoff early?
  
• Was the 3 game suspension by the NFL to Texans Al-Shaair for His illegal hit on Jags QB Trevor Lawrence enough?
  
• Is there a Team more Decimated with Injuries than the Detroit Lions?
  
• Is this the year the Detroit Lions win their first Super Bowl? 
• What is the real reason why the Jets fired Robert Saleh?
  
• Whose Ownership is the Biggest Joke in the NFL? Giants or Bears or Browns or Colts or Cowboys?
  
• Are the Jaguars or Giants or Browns the worst team in the NFL?
• Have the Bengals and Cowboys become below average NFL Teams?
• Will HC Mike McCarthy remain in Dallas or will He move onto another NFL Team?
  
• Is there any QB's having a better year than Josh Allen or Joe Burrow thru Week 18?
  
• DeShawn Watson torn His Achilles Tendon again and could miss the entire 2025 season after restructuring His Contract. Has Watson played his last game in Cleveland?
  
• Who will be the NFL MVP this year?
  
• Which Rookie QB will lead their Team to a Playoff win?
  
• Will Christian McCaffrey be able to return to His MVP from His Injuries next year?
  
• Which Head Coaches are on the Hot Seat and Who will be fired next?
  
• Is Sam Darnold the answer in Minnesota?
• Will Russell Wilson be the Steelers starting QB next season?
• Which teams have the most explosive Offenses and stingiest Defense in the NFL?
• Which is the Strongest Division in the NFC and the AFC?
  
• Which is the Worst Division in the AFC and NFC?
• Why does every receiver think their should be DPI in every pass nowadays? 
• Are the Commandeers and Jayden Daniels for real this season? 
• The Browns & Raiders are back into rebuild mode again will the current players accept this? 
  
• Which Rookie QB is the better QB leading His team right now, J Daniels or C Williams or B Nix?
• Has Falcons QB Cousins played his last game in Atlanta?  
• Why would anyone want to be the HC in Dallas or New England or LV right now with meddlesome Owners?
  
• Will there ever be another Division in the NFL like the NFC North where 3 of the teams finished 15-2 (Lions) and 14-3 (Vikings) and 11-6 (Packers)?
  

   Cooper was 14-2 in His Week 18 NFL Picks and finished the Regular Season 244-44  and looks forward to the upcoming Playoffs starting in January.  We will pick the games each week and post the previous weeks records and recap as we go forward.. Enjoy the NFL Playoffs !!!  Cooper says are ready for some Football.....  twitter; @CupofJoeintheD2   email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com    www.cupofjoeinthed.blogspot.com

Cooper NFL Analyst with His NFL Wildcard Picks

 

	NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

	NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

	NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

 

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

	NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games Cooper CupofJoe LAC at HOU LAC LAC PIT at BAL BAL BAL DEN at BUF BUF BUF GB at PHI PHI GB WAS at TB WAS TB MIN at LAR MIN MIN Byes: KC and DET

	NFL Wildcard Games
			Cooper	CupofJoe
LAC at HOU			LAC	LAC
PIT at BAL			BAL	BAL
DEN at BUF			BUF	BUF
GB at PHI			PHI	GB
WAS at TB			WAS	TB
MIN at LAR			MIN	MIN
Byes: KC and DET

NFL Wildcard Games

Cooper

CupofJoe

LAC at HOU

LAC

LAC

PIT at BAL

BAL

BAL

DEN at BUF

BUF

BUF

GB at PHI

PHI

GB

WAS at TB

WAS

TB

MIN at LAR

MIN

MIN

Byes: KC and DET