Halfway Through: What Record Gets Us Into The Playoffs?

Ten wins and the playoffs are a guarantee.

Nine wins and you'll probably be in the NFC playoffs - - but not the AFC.

Eight wins and you're in tie-breaker jungle.

I'm gonna say 11 wins, there aren't a lot of good teams in the NFC per se, just a lot of teams that will finish with winning records. Detroit, Green Bay, New York, Dallas, pick someone from NFC South and NFC West, and we are gonna have to step it up if we want to get in. I think 10-6 will leave us on the outside, which is a shock but right now New York/Detroit would get in ahead of us because we're 5-3 and they're 6-2.

10-6

NFC East, Cowboys or Giants (the other is a wildcard)

NFC North, Packers right now, but they play Detroit 2x and @ Cowboys, so Detroit may slip by them

NFC South, They are not in 1st right now, but the Saints will win that division. Easy second half schedule based on how they are playing now. Only one team of their final 8 currently has a winning record, the Bucs at 5-4

NFC West, Who cares! but probably Seattle, but noone else is worthly of a Wildcard so it won't affect the Skins.

It will take 10 wins to get by the Lions in a Wildcard tiebreaker otherwise the Skins have to really do some damage against the Boys and the Giants in the 3 games they have left against them. Eagles game is a must win this week.

It will take at least 10 wins. We really picked a bad year to be a somewhat good team... why couldn't we do this good last year!?!?!?

I'm gonna say 11 wins, there aren't a lot of good teams in the NFC per se, just a lot of teams that will finish with winning records. Detroit, Green Bay, New York, Dallas, pick someone from NFC South and NFC West, and we are gonna have to step it up if we want to get in. I think 10-6 will leave us on the outside, which is a shock but right now New York/Detroit would get in ahead of us because we're 5-3 and they're 6-2.

I think that's the big point right there. It's not that Det or GB is that great, it's just that their records will probably be pretty damn good at the end of the year. IT doesn't hurt that they get to play Chi and Min 4 times a year instaed of Dallas, NYG and PHI.

I think that's the big point right there. It's not that Det or GB is that great, it's just that their records will probably be pretty damn good at the end of the year. IT doesn't hurt that they get to play Chi and Min 4 times a year instaed of Dallas, NYG and PHI.

Wow, that might be the dumbest comment I have seen while on these forums. Wouldn't have a good record imply that you are a good team? Honestly, you don't get 7-1 by being bad.

I don't know Detroit's schedule for the second half of the season, but if it's about even in terms of how many good/bad teams they play, they have a great shot to get in. The Packers will def. make it, Favre is playing like it's the 90's all over again and their defense is great enough for those days when Favre isn't doing very good on offense. Our best shot at getting in is if Detroit falls out, NYG is a very good team and I think they/Dallas/Pack are all gonna get in.

Wow, that might be the dumbest comment I have seen while on these forums. Wouldn't have a good record imply that you are a good team? Honestly, you don't get 7-1 by being bad.

So sorry to dissappoint. Let me spell this out for you, remember, take a break if you get tired:

There are many more factors to determining the overall quality of a team than it's respective won/loss record. If a team plays in a weak conference or division than it is earning those wins against inferior opponents as compared to teams that play in strong divisions/conferences. It's akin to saying that a D-1 college team that plays almost exclusively lower level programs and finishes with a good overall won - loss record should be national champ. It's the reason every poll takes into account strength of schedule. Also, remember that good is a relative term. Is good in the NFC the same as good in the AFC? When you look back at the NFL over the last 10 years, think of the teams that have gone 11-5 or better. Do you honestly believe the 2007 Detroit Lions or Green Bay Packers "belong" in that same category? I think they are mediocre teams that are benefitting from a lower overall level of play in the league this year.


Maybe you want to read a little more into this before calling someone out in such a rude manner. Just a thought.

-edited to live up to my signature-

In all seriousness, is there anyway to merge this with Campbell17's thread? I feel kinda retarded.

Your punishment is to continue discussing it in this thread even though you know it's redundant.

The more I look at schedules the more I think that NY Giants loss in Week 3 is going to come back to haunt the Skins. The Giants play Dallas, Detroit and Minnesota the next 3 weeks. All games they could loose. Then they play @ Chicago, @ Philly, Skins, @ Buffalo and end with New England. New England may not be playing for anything by then, but the Giants have a tough schedule in my opinion. If the Skins were ahead or even with the Giants right now, I would like our chances to knock them out of the playoffs, but being a game behind AND having already lost to them, really stinks with 8 weeks to go.