Tobias-Reiper |
11-05-2017 11:15 PM |
Re: The Falcons Suck
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Originally Posted by Saint in Aus
(Post 774354)
Can someone explain to me how were are only "half" a game up from the Panthers. I read an article on nfl.com which said this.
As I understand, we are effectively two games up on the Panthers. One game clear and a superior division record which includes a win against them?
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A bit of "football semantics", but tie breakers (head to head result, division record, etc) don't really count as games ahead or behind, it's only the W-L record that counts when discussing games ahead/behind.
By their records, the Saints are ahead 1/2 game because they have the same number of wins, but have played 1 less game, and we don't know what the outcome of that game is. If the Saints and the Panthers both were 6-3, it'd be said that their records are even, but the Saints win the tie breaker.
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