On January 9, 2022 the LV Raiders and LA Chargers will play a football game wherein a tie could be a win-win scenario for both teams. The Raiders and Chargers (if the Indianapolis Colts lose at 1 p.m. est) could both make the NFL playoffs with a tie in the final regular season game of 2021/22.
This NFL Prisoner's dilemma at once both completely different than the classic Game Theory concept and exactly the same as the original dilemma.
In this episode, Nick and Chris quickly examine what makes this different, what makes it the same, and what the teams should do.
Googliography:
NFL Playoff Scenarios: https://www.nfl.com/news/playoff-clinching-scenarios-for-week-18-of-2021-nfl-season
Pro Football Talk: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/03/theres-one-way-that-a-chargers-raiders-tie-gets-both-team-into-the-playoffs/
Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/01/03/raiders-chargers-playoff-implications-tie-sunday-night-football-wild-card
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