OK..BYE's are over: Time to keep track of our Playoff hopes thread

OK...Saints win and go 8-3..
and Dallas is 3-8

We can now hope we get some help from Dallas to beat Philly once/twice.(Dallas is finished...you can take them out of any Playoff scenarios)
This would be huge,if we can string some wins together.

Big games this weekend guys...
A bears win over philly
A Jags win over G-Men
A Falcons win over G.B.
and a Ravens win over Tampa
...with us beating Minny would be HUGE!!

We don't need them all,but even 1 or a couple will help us a bunch.
But no matter what....if we win this weekend,we're playing for 2nd place next week.

HTTR!!

OK...Saints win and go 8-3..
and Dallas is 3-8

We can now hope we get some help from Dallas to beat Philly once/twice.(Dallas is finished...you can take them out of any Playoff scenarios)
This would be huge,if we can string some wins together.

Big games this weekend guys...
A bears win over philly
A Jags win over G-Men
A Falcons win over G.B.
and a Ravens win over Tampa
...with us beating Minny would be HUGE!!

We don't need them all,but even 1 or a couple will help us a bunch.
But no matter what....if we win this weekend,we're playing for 2nd place next week.

HTTR!!
Our best bet for the playoffs is any scenario that has us tied with the Packers, Bears and/or Bucs (assuming we can beat them in a few weeks) since we have a better head to head record with them. While a win this weekend would of course be big, we need to win at least one Giants game and the Bucs game far more. 9-7 will probably be good enough for the final NFC spot. The Bears, Giants and Bucs have brutal upcoming schedules and while we don't have an easy slate, by comparison it's not nearly as daunting.

Hopefully the NFC East looks like this Monday Morning

Eagles 7-4 (lost to Bears)
Redskins 6-5 (beat Vikings)
Giants 6-5 (lost to Jags)
Cowboys 3-8 (lost to Saints)

Rest of NFC...
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Bears 8-3 (beat philly)
Packers 7-4 (Lost to Atlanta)
Vikings 3-8 (Lost to Skins)

Atlanta 9-2 (beat packers)
Saints 8-3 (beat dallas)
Tampa Bay 7-4 (Lost to Ravens)

Not only would we be just 1 game back from the NFC East Division lead(philly),but only 1 game off one(6th seed) of the two final Wildcard playoff spots as well. ( Packers or Tampa Bay would currently share the 6th seed)

(Saints would hold the 5th seed)

We can do this!!
Go Redskins!

Hopefully the NFC East looks like this Monday Morning

Eagles 7-4 (lost to Bears)
Redskins 6-5 (beat Vikings)
Giants 6-5 (lost to Jags)
Cowboys 3-8 (lost to Saints)

Rest of NFC...
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Bears 8-3 (beat philly)
Packers 7-4 (Lost to Atlanta)
Vikings 3-8 (Lost to Skins)

Atlanta 9-2 (beat packers)
Saints 8-3 (beat dallas)
Tampa Bay 7-4 (Lost to Ravens)

Not only would we be just 1 game back from the NFC East Division lead(philly),but only 1 game off one(6th seed) of the two final Wildcard playoff spots as well. ( Packers or Tampa Bay would currently share the 5th seed)

(Saints would hold the 5th seed)

We can do this!!
Go Redskins!

Man stop analyzing what needs to happen. This is what needs to happen: We win out. Because a potentially 13-3 NFC South team will take the 5 seed, and if you want to be the 6th seed that's what we gotta do. Right now there are 7 teams with better records ahead of us in the NFC, and we're not even counting the NFC West winner which has to take 1 playoff spot.

Teams with better records than us:
Philly
NYG
Atlanta
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Chicago
Green Bay

The only team on that list that has 6 or less wins is NY. It helps we have 2 games against them, but you need to remember those 7 teams are fighting for 5 playoff spots (Don't include the 6th because NFC West has to send one team, which will take that spot).

Instead of analyzing who we need to lose, just keep your mind on winning out.

mooby, its still nice to have a rooting guide. thanks for providing this ace.

mooby, its still nice to have a rooting guide. thanks for providing this ace.

Absolutely Big C!

Our only hope is to win the East..
Saints
Falcons
Packers
Bears
Seahawks
are all in IMO.

Bears will get the 6th seed at 9-7
TB will finish 8-8.

I dont see Chicago finishing any worse than 9-7, their D is too good and they will beat Detroit and Minnesota.

Seattle will get in by default which is a damn joke, 8 wins may win that division Hell maybe even 7.

We basically have to win out or go 5-1 the rest of the way to win the East.

Our losses to STL and DET will come back to haunt us

One game at a time like Smooty said, and don't get your hopes up. 8 teams currently have a better record than us:(TB, GB, ATL, Chi, NO,Philly, NY, and the NFC West champ)

TB: Young, exciting team that is playing with a "let's show them" type attitude. Can fall down the stretch if Freeman and Blount get hurt, but their defense is solid also. This is a definite must win if we are a playoff team

GB: Too powerful all around to fall from grace, unless they get decimated in the next month.

ATL: ANother loaded team that is relatively young. Killer schedule might hamper them, but if they prevail against the Pack I am all in with them getting the first round bye.

Chi: Great D, decent O line and running game, but stuck with a bipolar passing attack, that can hinder the running game. Too bad we couldn't play them.

Gmen: THis team is hurting in my opinion and we all know Eli is pretty erratic like Cutler. I can see us splitting the series with the Gmen and maybe sweeping them if we get Eli on two "off" days.

Philly: Might get beat up a bit in Chicago, but other than that they will be a 11-12 victory team. And seeing what they did to us on MNF, we simply can't touch that!!

NO: The defending champs aren't playing explosive ball as of late on offense, but they are winning regardless, and are still solid on both sides of the pigskin. NO or ATL will get a frist round bye.

NFC West Champ: It is a shame that the division winners are locked into the playoffs, because the Skins could win a rematch against the Rams and could beat down the Seahawks most Sundays.

I know trAdition is tradition but I think better records means better teams and that's how the playoffs should go down.

Our only hope is to win the East..
Saints
Falcons
Packers
Bears
Seahawks
are all in IMO.

Bears will get the 6th seed at 9-7
TB will finish 8-8.

I dont see Chicago finishing any worse than 9-7, their D is too good and they will beat Detroit and Minnesota.

Seattle will get in by default which is a damn joke, 8 wins may win that division Hell maybe even 7.

We basically have to win out or go 5-1 the rest of the way to win the East.

Our losses to STL and DET will come back to haunt us

So in your scenario, we also need to finish 9-7 and will win the head to head tiebreak vs. the Bears. I know it's still way too early to be considering all of the formulas but I don't think 2 losses will doom us.