“5” Year Thing

No, not an itch, (that is 7), it is teams that were in “5” year Supes at least qualifying for the 14 teams (only top seeds, ’05 Supe loser Seattle and ’15 winner Denver (Broncos)–the Seahawks “Suped” Denver in one of far too many Peyton Manning bad ‘offs tilts in 2013, get wild card round byes) NFL playoffs.

In addition to the top seeds, the (10-7) Pittsburgh Steelers ended the 16 game NFL slate, in the lone head to head tilt for qualification, with a (26-24) win over the Baltimore Ravens. “Pitts” made three “5” year Supes, they were the team that beat Seattle in the above referenced ’05 season such and they also split in “5” yr. such vs Dallas, winning in ’75 and losing 20 years later.

Seattle gained the “1” seed winning (13-3) on Saturday night while huge “fave” in an in between spread tilt, won (19-3) vs 7 seed L.A. (Chargers) to secure the franchise’s 7th top seed, this from a team that failed to even qualify for the albeit, far less teams in, ‘offs in their first 17 seasons, (1960-1976).

A quirk tiebreaker got (8-9) Carolina (Panthers) in though Tampa Bay (Buccaneers) the div winner the last 4 seasons, (16-14’d) them in the earlier Saturday tilt as Atlanta also by 2 points and as at least a FG favorite, beat New Orleans, yielding a 3 way (8-9) tie among those 2 and the Falcons(I am no John Gielgud, far from it, but so many “well paiders” say between, when it is among for more than 2 (ode to Schaefer Beer and its iconic “more than one” slogan) which yields the “5” seed Rams (-10) at “Caro” in the first wild card round tilt, late Saturday afternoon at Carolina.

“Caro” was the team Denver with Peyton Manning beat, however, ’twas their defense as Manning did little, certainly not anywhere what would be needed to call him a true great, that lost to Denver in the most recent “5”year Supe.

The “2” seeds (for the 6th straight season, after I believe 42 seasons of the far better giving 2’s byes, belong to “5” year (’85) Supe opponents Chicago (Bears) and New England Patriots.

Chi ripped N.E. (46-10) with its famed and all-time type great 4-6 defense, plus plenty of offense (46-10), in that NBC telecast Supe. Then it was Enberg, this NBCer on Feb. 8th is Tirico. Talk about deflation!!

‘Twas Dick Enberg then Merlin Olsen on William ‘el” Refrigerator Perry’s Supe TD in which Chi ripped N.E.

That tilt and the upcoming one forty years later was telecast by NBC.