Possibility of a First-Round Bye?

I know this may be premature, but it's interesting nontheless:

"What has to happen first is for the Redskins to win out and for the Giants to stumble either this week when they host Kansas City or in the season finale in Oakland. That gives the Redskins the division championship at 10-6 based on what would be a better division record than Dallas and the Giants should either of those teams also finish at 10-6.

The other part, the help, is not likely to happen but it’s possible. Seattle has 11 wins so the NFC West winner is excluded from this discussion. The first thing that has to happen is that the winners of the South and North finish with no more than 10 wins. That means that Chicago, Tampa, and Carolina can win no more than one more game and Minnesota can win no more than two."

So IF the Skins win out, and IF the Gints lose to say, KC the following teams have to lose TWO games:

Chicago: 9-4, 8-1, 4-0
Schedule: Falcons, @Packers, @Vikings

Tampa: 9-4, 7-3, 3-1
Schedule: @Pats, Falcons, Saints

Carolina: 9-4, 6-3, 2-2
Schedule: @Saints, Cowboys, @Falcons


And Minnesota has to lose ONE game:

Minnesota: 8-5, 7-4, 4-1
Schedule: Steelers, @Ravens, Bears

A long shot? Absolutely. However, none of the teams we need to lose have cupcake schedules, so it IS possible.

Should be an interesting 3 weeks...

Source: Scout.com Playoff Picture (http://redskins.scout.com/2/478020.html?refid=400)

I have an intersting question, that really dosent pertain to this season, but hypothetically....

What if Seattle Won the West with say a 13-3 record, and St. Louis was 11-5.

THEN say the Skins won the East at 10-6, and beat out the South and North winners. The skins would then get the number 2 seed w/ a worse record, correct?

What if....
Bill Pacells comes down with a deadly cold, Joe Gibbs then works a little harder and discovers the cure for the common cold and uses it as leverage to assure a win over the Boys. Then, the 2 of them conspire to take over the world!!!

I guess my sarcastic point here is, we are going to be DAMN lucky to beat Dallas, much less run the table so all this speculation is meaningless.

Stop the madness NOW!

What if....
Bill Pacells comes down with a deadly cold, Joe Gibbs then works a little harder and discovers the cure for the common cold and uses it as leverage to assure a win over the Boys. Then, the 2 of them conspire to take over the world!!!

I guess my sarcastic point here is, we are going to be DAMN lucky to beat Dallas, much less run the table so all this speculation is meaningless.

Oh come now, speculation is at the heart of every diehard fan! This meaningless speculation has instantly turned me into a Kansas City and New England fan and made my football-watching weekend so much more interesting.

If birds had radios in there butts therewould be music in the sky!

Wow - must be a slow day at work!

The stars have to align and do The Phantom of the Opera for us to get a bye.

The stars have to align and do The Phantom of the Opera for us to get a bye.


I ditto that for us to make the playoffs!

I know this may be premature, but it's interesting nontheless:

"What has to happen first is for the Redskins to win out and for the Giants to stumble either this week when they host Kansas City or in the season finale in Oakland. That gives the Redskins the division championship at 10-6 based on what would be a better division record than Dallas and the Giants should either of those teams also finish at 10-6.

The other part, the help, is not likely to happen but it’s possible. Seattle has 11 wins so the NFC West winner is excluded from this discussion. The first thing that has to happen is that the winners of the South and North finish with no more than 10 wins. That means that Chicago, Tampa, and Carolina can win no more than one more game and Minnesota can win no more than two."

So IF the Skins win out, and IF the Gints lose to say, KC the following teams have to lose TWO games:

Chicago: 9-4, 8-1, 4-0
Schedule: Falcons, @Packers, @Vikings

Tampa: 9-4, 7-3, 3-1
Schedule: @Pats, Falcons, Saints

Carolina: 9-4, 6-3, 2-2
Schedule: @Saints, Cowboys, @Falcons


And Minnesota has to lose ONE game:

Minnesota: 8-5, 7-4, 4-1
Schedule: Steelers, @Ravens, Bears

A long shot? Absolutely. However, none of the teams we need to lose have cupcake schedules, so it IS possible.

Should be an interesting 3 weeks...

Source: Scout.com Playoff Picture (http://redskins.scout.com/2/478020.html?refid=400)


This discussion is purely hypothetical, but you forgot one important point - Tampa holds a tiebreak advantage over the Skins since they beat us on Alstott's controversial 2 point conversion. Therefore, Tampa would have to lose ALL THREE remaining games and we would have to sweep ours to pass them in wins. The probability of that PLUS both Chicago AND Carolina losing 2 of their remaining games is about nil. Let's worry about taking care of business against Dallas before looking at hypotheticals.