Dallas vs SF, Seattle, or GB (if Minnesota somehow won the North) would result in a Cowboys ass kicking.
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NFL-OT | WEEK 13 | Game of Throws: A Feast for Ravens
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Dallas vs SF, Seattle, or GB (if Minnesota somehow won the North) would result in a Cowboys ass kicking.
Imagine Drew Brees mid January having to play in Seattle with his current noodle arm. That game might get ugly.
I'm a little more bullish on our chances next week, but even if we can't get the W I can't be too mad. Not in my wildest dreams did I think we would be competing for home field this late in the season when Brees went down week 2. Gotta remind myself sometimes to have some perspective.
Niners/Saints likely protected by Fox. CBS likely protected Pats/Chiefs and NBC chose not to flex Bills/Ravens
Well, I am very much NOT a Packers fan, but I also agree that they are limping through a warzone. Sorry not sorry. I think everyone else has a chance for sure.
by record sure, but they have a bottom tier defense and Rodgers is not what he used to be. Packers are terrible.
Honestly, the 49ers are the team that I think needs home field advantage the least. They do everything you need to do to win on the road in the playoffs. They run the ball extremely well and play great defense. They'll be fine if they end up as a wildcard team. The Saints are the ones that need it the most.
They are still a threat to most teams in the NFC. They match up horrifically with the 49ers, but I would probably take them at home against every other team in the NFC
49ers, Seahawks and Ravens are the teams what will travel by far the best.
Who's the 4th best team in the nfc not by record then? They are better than Dallas and Vikings.
So interesting stat for next week: Saints have not allowed a 100 yard rusher for 38 straight games dating all the way back to the 2017 season. Will the 49ers finally break that streak? Saints defensive line is very good and I don't think the Saints will drop more than 20 points especially if their line is still beat up so the game will be won if the SF OL can hold up
I guess...49ers are typically running back by committee so not sure that stat will come into play in determining the final result. They could easily end up with 3 runners going for 60+ each.
Vikings, Rams, and garbage Eagles are better than the overrated Packers. Dallas is on the same level.
It's good to know I don't have to waste my time taking you seriously anymore.
Packers have gotten really lucky this year, their record will regress next year, as Dallas has done, both teams are not good, on one had, you have a QB who is not aggressive and protects his stats and is an average starter efficiency wise for 4 years, and on the other, you have a QB who is taking risks and playing wonderfully who is hamstrung by a bitch ass HC.
Packers beat the Vikings and actually managed to beat a Mahomes-less Chiefs whereas the Vikings couldn't.
But nah keep spouting off hot takes
I can't remember the last time the saints got completely gashed on the ground so it definitely will be an interesting matchup.
keep believing in a garbage team w/ a aging over the hill QB
imagine thinking the 22nd ranked Offense and the 28th ranked Defense is an actual threat to actual teams in the NFC
Agree. It sure sucks to be in the driver's seat for the division with such a bad team
I think that the eagles still technically control their destiny for the division. This is a really weird year.
Niners need the bye the most imo . Their original bye week was in week 4, and injuries have hit this team hard already.
Nah, it was likely a logistics thing since there was no where else for the Seahawks-Rams game to go. It would've taken a lot of cross flexing to move the Seahawks-Rams earlier with CBS having the doubleheader and the Chargers being a late game. Plus, even then you piss off Fox, CBS and the Seahawks (who already got screwed by the same logistics issue when the Niners-Packers was forced to SNF).
Just easier to leave SNF as it is and hype it up as a divisional game while the other 3 games end up being "almost" nationally televised.
The important thing is the NFC West is restored to its proper order with the Seahawks on top.
Tough weekend for Niners fans. Keep in mind that even if you're the 5th seed, you still get a 1st round bye since you play the NFCE division champs
Why tough? This isn't college where your current position matters. They win out they are the one seed - they have full control over this (unlike Seattle). They just played the Ravens much closer (on the Ravens home field no less) than any other contender has done the last couple months. That is really all you want at this point in the season - playing well and in control of your own fate.
Watched ESPN's highlights of the game this morning...
It was all Minnesota scoring plays and the turnover on downs with a "Seattle wins" thrown in at the end before a pro-Cousins graphic. You'd think the Vikings won the game or something if you weren't listening closely.
It was all Minnesota scoring plays and the turnover on downs with a "Seattle wins" thrown in at the end before a pro-Cousins graphic. You'd think the Vikings won the game or something if you weren't listening closely.
Even if the .0001% chance events happen, and the Eagles win out and make it to the playoffs, there is no way they make it out of the Wild Card round
The NFC is a bloodbath at the top and this weekends 9ers/Saints game is going to determine the 1 seed.
I'm pretty confident we can go on the road and win in the playoffs (We were undefeated on the road until Baltimore got us). I'd love the bye week because injuries have totally decimated us this year and any extra time to get healthy is a plus.
I will also say that I went into this season with the expectations of 10-6 at best with a wildcard berth. The fact that we are here is incredible and it's house money at this point. If we win out though, I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn't at least make the NFC championship game.
I'm pretty confident we can go on the road and win in the playoffs (We were undefeated on the road until Baltimore got us). I'd love the bye week because injuries have totally decimated us this year and any extra time to get healthy is a plus.
I will also say that I went into this season with the expectations of 10-6 at best with a wildcard berth. The fact that we are here is incredible and it's house money at this point. If we win out though, I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn't at least make the NFC championship game.
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I suppose they both technically control their destiny at this point, assuming either wins out. Although the Seahawks technically own the tie breaker at the moment. But if the Seahawks lose one between now and their next matchup with the Niners, and the Niners win out between now and their next matchup with the Seahawks - and the Seahawks win - then the Seahawks would own the tie breaker.
Have there been talks of reconsidering the division winner making it into the playoffs automatically? I think there should be more conditions like there shouldn't be a wild card team with a 10 win record and it's higher than yours and if they have also beaten you.