Bye in the playoffs

SaintFanInATLHELL · 12-15-2006, 04:37 AM

Giants losing to Carolina, now how does that fit in? Wait?! The Giants and Carolina have already played. So that can't be it. You must mean the Eagles.

The Giants could win the NFC East if they win out. Winning out means they beat the Saints (won't happen IMHO, but we're have a hypothetical discussion here) and finish 10-6. Winning out also means they beat the Eagles so they finish with a better division record than Dallas (4-2 to 3-3) and are 1-1 head to head with Dallas.

Now if the Saints finish 10-6 in this scenario (again won't happen IMHO, but just for the sake of discussion) and lose to the Giants, they'd be 0-1 head to head and tied at 10-6.

So if Dallas loses to Atlanta, but the Giants win, then the Giants still have a chance to win the East, beat the Saints (won't happen, won't happen!), finish 10-6 and win the #2 seed.

Ouch!

So presuming that the Giants beat the Eagles, the Saints need to beat the Giants on Christmas Eve in order to secure the #2 seed.

Still something to play for. Not a bad deal.

SFIAH

12-15-2006, 04:37 AM	#4
SaintFanInATLHELL The Professor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lithonia, GA Posts: 2,783	Giants losing to Carolina, now how does that fit in? Wait?! The Giants and Carolina have already played. So that can't be it. You must mean the Eagles. The Giants could win the NFC East if they win out. Winning out means they beat the Saints (won't happen IMHO, but we're have a hypothetical discussion here) and finish 10-6. Winning out also means they beat the Eagles so they finish with a better division record than Dallas (4-2 to 3-3) and are 1-1 head to head with Dallas. Now if the Saints finish 10-6 in this scenario (again won't happen IMHO, but just for the sake of discussion) and lose to the Giants, they'd be 0-1 head to head and tied at 10-6. So if Dallas loses to Atlanta, but the Giants win, then the Giants still have a chance to win the East, beat the Saints (won't happen, won't happen!), finish 10-6 and win the #2 seed. Ouch! So presuming that the Giants beat the Eagles, the Saints need to beat the Giants on Christmas Eve in order to secure the #2 seed. Still something to play for. Not a bad deal. SFIAH
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