The “Slots”/NFL Division Round Is Set, Eagles/Rams Notes

The “slots”/NFL division round games are set with 4 different networks “piping” the games, each one in the same slot, for a second straight season.

2 straight for ABC/ESPN after they tv’d last night’s, at Glendale Arizona, Rams (plus 2) “ease job” vs the (14-3, (14-2) into the 1/5 at Detroit finale) Vikings (more on Rams plus 6 at Eagles in this post), as two time defending champion K.C. (Chiefs) opens the round, vs the Houston Texans.

Next at night, on Fox, the NFC top seed for the first time ever, Detroit Lions host Washington. On Sunday, NBC’s last tilt of the 2024 NFL season commences around 3 P.M. in Philadelphia as the Eagles (they covered and in most circles “all teased” Green Bay as Saq Barkley ended what might have been a tease KO’ing TD run, sliding down) host the Rams.

“El” feature game again goes to CBS, a second straight year in Buffalo, as the Bills host the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s later tilt, commencing around 6:30 local time.

This will be the fourth ‘offs clash matching the Rams and Eagles, all at different ‘offs levels.

In 1949, 75 years in the “rear view,” Philly went to L.A. and won (14-0) before a sparse L.A. Coliseum crowd with the great Steve Van Buren, who had the lone TD in the Eagles’ ’48 home title win, rushed for 196 yards.

Forty years later, the Rams won a New Year’s Eve Day/last one wild card game only, NFC such at Philadelphia.

2001 was in a third venue, the Rams’ St. Louis home and resulted in a no cover (29-24) Rams win. They lost the subsequent Supe as big favorites vs New England, that franchise’s first of six and their quarterback’s, “a man named Brady” (cue the 9 squares and show theme–“it’s the story ….) first of 7 Super Bowl wins.

The great Steve Van Buren pictured above.

Related a post during the 2017 season. Since, both the Eagles, who “titled” in 2017 and Rams have gone (1-1) in Super Bowls. Each franchise has 4 NFL crowns, the Rams winning at least one representing 3 different cities, as Cleveland in ’45, as St. Louis in ’99 and as L.A. an area currently under great duress due to wildfires, in ’51 and 2020.

Philadelphia won the NFL crown, as cited above in both ’48 and ’49 then in ’60 and also as cited above in 2017.

NFL Notes