kleese Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Rooting guide for the week: The Obvious: Saints at Bucs: Of all the Sunday games, this one is the most obvious for us in terms of need/rooting interest. The Saints remain the one team in the mix that could beat us in a tie-breaker (only likely if the tie was JUST us and them though). Anyway, this is by far their most difficult remaining game, so a loss here would keep them on pace for a finish of 8 or fewer wins. Vikings at Bears: Vikings play Bears twice with Rams and Packers in between. I think 2-2 is leaning positive for Vikings— so a loss to Bears to start it all off would be fantastic. I actually like Chicago in this spot Monday Night, although the are also dealing with rona issues. The Less Obvious: Panthers at Bills: The odds of Carolina going 4-0 are pretty darn slim, so this really is kind of a big nothing burger for me, but we will be rooting FOR the Panthers in coming weeks, so would be best for them to just lose this one to an AFC team. Seahawks at Rams: LA’s win in Arizona the other night more or less sealed the 5 seed for them (at worst) so they can now help us moving forward. Seattle is a lot like Carolina as it concerns us— they really need to go 4-0 in order to factor in, but after Tuesday, they play the Bears and Lions in Seattle— ending with Cards on road in a game that could mean nothing to Zona, so I’d say it would behoove us for the Chickens to get an L here. Falcons at 49ers: We play the Eagles, Niners play Falcons, so that’s four of the teams in the mix going head to head. The rooting angle in this one is all based on your perspective. If you want as many doors to stay open as possible, I’d say root Atlanta. If you’d prefer to concede that 6th spot to SF and instead see another team battling for 7th take a big blow, root for Niners. I think SF is going to roll on Sunday, but I don’t really care what happens— pluses and minuses either way. Unlike last week, we cannot lose and maintain our playoff position. The Eagles automatically pass us and even if everything else went our way, either the Niners would go two games ahead of us, or Atlanta would join the Eagles and Niners with one more win than we have. Conversely, if we win, there actually would be one way for a team to pass us. If we win, the Niners win, Saints win, and Vikings lose, that would leave us at 7-7 with only the Saints also at 7-7– and they’d pass us on the tie-breaker. Again, we’d need a multi-team tie-breaker in order to pass the Saints. So for sure be rooting for the Bucs Sunday. If Saints lose and we win, we will remain in the playoff spot entering next week. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 10:34 PM, kingdaddy said: IF....we make the playoffs I think we'll be a dangerous team just because of how well our defense is playing and because of the chemistry of this team. We also could be a team that's getting healthier (Cosmi, Samuel, Sweat, etc...). I can't see us beating Tampa again but the others could be had if we show up and play great defense and control the clock. If we make the playoffs, it will be because we barely made it and most likely backed into the playoffs. It would be another quick exit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanskins Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 10:34 PM, kingdaddy said: IF....we make the playoffs I think we'll be a dangerous team just because of how well our defense is playing and because of the chemistry of this team. We also could be a team that's getting healthier (Cosmi, Samuel, Sweat, etc...). I can't see us beating Tampa again but the others could be had if we show up and play great defense and control the clock. I believe, potentially (all stars aligning), the best we’ve put in the playoffs since ‘92… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Much like last time, not sure I understand why an NFC team playing an AFC team isn’t listed under “The Obvious” category lol…it just seems insanely obvious to me who to root for.. I would be shocked beyond measure if the Bears beat the Vikings…hope that happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 8 hours ago, Califan007 said: Much like last time, not sure I understand why an NFC team playing an AFC team isn’t listed under “The Obvious” category lol…it just seems insanely obvious to me who to root for.. I would be shocked beyond measure if the Bears beat the Vikings…hope that happens! Because I didn’t consider the Panthers a threat AND there are situations where having them as part of a tie-breaker could actually HELP us. But mainly because I’d sort of already written them off. I do think, however, I should have included the Seahawks in the “obvious” category. If they beat the Rams, they are very much in the mix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 53 minutes ago, kleese said: Because I didn’t consider the Panthers a threat AND there are situations where having them as part of a tie-breaker could actually HELP us. But mainly because I’d sort of already written them off. I do think, however, I should have included the Seahawks in the “obvious” category. If they beat the Rams, they are very much in the mix. Ah, got it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDibbs31 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 This NO win is not good I imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, BigDibbs31 said: This NO win is not good I imagine Not at all. I don’t think it makes a huge difference in our efforts to make the playoffs at 9-8, but their win tonight for sure lowers our chances to get in at 8-9. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, BigDibbs31 said: This NO win is not good I imagine Nope. Saints have a pretty good chance at going 9-8 now at the very least which means we'd need another team go also go 9-8 if we went 9-8 as well. We'd still win any tiebreaker consisting of 3 or more teams due to stronger NFC record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 We aren’t going 9-8. 8-9 seems likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain James Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 We're screwed. Wtf happened last night? Didn't watch the SNF game, so I was shocked to wake up and read that final score. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The Saints now control their own destiny which is where this team was before last week. This is why last week's loss hurts so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 We need a Vikings win tonight plus a win on Tuesday night to get the 7 seed back from the saints heading into SNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 27 minutes ago, Cooleyfan1993 said: We need a Vikings win tonight plus a win on Tuesday night to get the 7 seed back from the saints heading into SNF. While technically true, I’m still rooting against the Vikings for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 45 minutes ago, Cooleyfan1993 said: We need a Vikings win tonight plus a win on Tuesday night to get the 7 seed back from the saints heading into SNF. I don't care about having the 7th seed now, I care about having it (or better) after week 18. So I root for all the wildcard competition to lose as much as possible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSSkinz Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 If the Saints beat Miami next week they probably win out, them beating the Bucs could be a big blow to our hopes although San Fran plays the Titans and Rams. Tomorrow is definitely a must win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve09ru Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 As long as there’s another team tied with us and the Saints we will get in based on conference record. We can still afford to lose 1 more but losing 2 would all but eliminate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 4 hours ago, steve09ru said: As long as there’s another team tied with us and the Saints we will get in based on conference record. We can still afford to lose 1 more but losing 2 would all but eliminate us. Prior to last last night I thought we’d have right at a 50/50 shot to get in at 8-9; now I think it’s more like 25%— maybe a tad higher. I don’t think NOLA losing 2/3 is THAT wild of a stretch to put it into “slim” category quite yet. Pretty even match-up for them Monday vs Dolphins. The end with Panthers/Falcons. I don’t think either of those are automatic wins, especially given Saints offense is really dreadful right now. I still think we’d have a punchers chance at 8-9, but it for sure took a hit last night. At this point 3/4 should absolutely be the goal. Odds remain high we’d get in at 9-8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 This team is more likely to loose 3/4 than win 3/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Rdskns2000 said: This team is more likely to loose 3/4 than win 3/4. I’ll take “things that were said going into the bye week” for $500, Alex 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 47 minutes ago, Rdskns2000 said: This team is more likely to loose 3/4 than win 3/4. IF that happens then we win the draft position. So really a win-win situation here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Gonna be hard for us to beat the cowboys. We got lucky and still couldn’t pull out a win… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HigSkin Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: Gonna be hard for us to beat the cowboys. We got lucky and still couldn’t pull out a win… I think the next go round there won't be as many turnovers. Its gonna make a big difference. Plus Dallas is very beatable of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: Gonna be hard for us to beat the cowboys. We got lucky and still couldn’t pull out a win… I mean, they’ve already met once, just 8 days ago. the coaching staff has tape and can review what didn’t go right the first time and what the cowboys did the first time that worked and come up with a better game plan this time around. both matchups being only two weeks apart could very well help us more than we think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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