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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Working through tiebreakers is hard work. Not the Saints. That's easy. Dallas loses either of their last 2 games or New Orleans wins against Carolina and we secure the #2 seed and a bye. No it's the #6 NFC seed ...
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12-25-2006, 12:36 PM | #1 |
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More playoff seeding fun...
Working through tiebreakers is hard work.
Not the Saints. That's easy. Dallas loses either of their last 2 games or New Orleans wins against Carolina and we secure the #2 seed and a bye. No it's the #6 NFC seed which is going to have an 8-8 (or if can you believe it a 7-9) team in the slot. Of course the #4 Seattle Seahawks may end up 8-8 too. Wow! So I saw an updated list here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2668613 What didn't make sense was this: NFC scenarios
Now neither did to particularly well on the list each losing to Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle. In fact only the Giants won one game against Philly. GB lost to Philly too. But therein lies my dilemma. At the end of the seaons each team will have had 5 games against common opponents. Right now the Giants are 1-4 and GB is 0-4 with one to play. So if GB wins against a Chicago team that has nothing to play for, they'll be 8-8 with a 7-5 conference record, and 1-4 against common opponents with the NYG. As I see it it's identical to the Giants record presuming a win against Washington Saturday (which from the look of it isn't a lock by any stretch of the imagination). So analysts, what am I missing. If all the teams go 7-9 when I see why the Giants get in. However at 8-8 it seems you have to go to strength of victory, which I haven't taken the time to compute. Any thoughts? Or frankly does anyone care because it has virtually nothing to do with the Saints? Green Bay in the playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! (or the Giants for that matter) SFIAH |
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12-25-2006, 12:39 PM | #2 |
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RE: More playoff seeding fun...
We figured it that way too but according to NFL.com, the Giants have the tougher schedule and strength-of-schedule is the next tie-breaker.
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12-25-2006, 01:31 PM | #3 |
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RE: More playoff seeding fun...
Actually the next tiebreaker is strength of victory. So you only include the records of the teams that you actually beat.
Now interesting question: If you beat a team twice, does their record count twice? SFIAH |
12-25-2006, 03:41 PM | #4 |
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RE: More playoff seeding fun...
As of right now the Giants are in, they get the #6 seed as it stands right now, I think they'll end up with it but who knows, the Rams are coming together some.
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