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Before we played the Niners, I thought our best realistic hope was to enter our first game with them at 7-7 and them at 9-5. That would've given us a shot at sweeping them and ending the year with both teams at either 9-8 or 10-7 and we'd have the H2H tie breaker. Who knew we'd shock the Rams and they'd fall to the Saints. At this moment in time, this is so much better than even what I thought was reasonable to hope for.

Probably. Unless they shock us again with another upset loss or two.

Reason I feel good about the Saints game: They found the perfect plan against us. It shouldn't have, but it seemed to catch us off guard. So... If they use that same plan, (1) we won't be caught off guard, plus (2) our receiver situation is much better than last time against them. Tet was still slowed by injury and Coker was certainly not in a rhythm yet. Those two things should at least keep us from looking as silly as we did last time. If they change plans, they're going away from the perfect plan against us. Minus the perfect plan, I think it comes down to simply who's the better team and the season says that would be us. Also, I doubt Horn will have such a horrible day again and I doubt the refs will miss the obvious offensive PI against him again. And, after that beat-down, I think our guys come out fired up. Hopefully that will all equal a much better showing this time.

https://www.nfl.com/standings/tie-breaking-procedures If I'm reading that right, they've got the tiebreaker now because of best record against common foes. If it comes down to tiebreakers with them, I think our only shot would be head-to-head. If we end up tied on that, I think it'll go to them.

Holy crap, Batman! We're tied for lead in the division!

I think this is what's great about these forums. As I said, I thought of one but was waiting to see if it was mentioned. It was not. Instead, you brought up a bunch of great answers/memories that I hadn't thought of. The one that I did think of was I believe 2009 when Jake was injured and Matt Moore had to help us face the Farve-led Vikings on Sunday Night Football.

I was watching a reel of fans singing Sweet Caroline and I started wondering if this was the most shocking surprise victory we've ever had. I thought of one other game that was in that category but I'll wait to see what you have to say on the matter. Where do you feel this one comes in a list of our most surprising upsets?

I think we kinda did.

And you thought Lady Cowboy Fan was upset about the language...

Yeah, I was wondering if Brees was having flashbacks to "The Rain Game."

This. But I was also happy that it happened in one sense because I felt we now had the momentum and this gave us a better chance of eating the clock. Still not enough of the clock as it turned out but it worked out.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1341423257593957 You've probably seen this but I hadn't until now.

I am just happy that the next "Top 10 Revenge Games" on NFL Network won't just mention us with the "Blood and Guts" game.

I'll take a bite. But before I completely switch to the pats, there's one more 'feasting on the Falcons' I wanna mention: If you went back in time and spotted them that 1st missed FG... AND that second missed FG... AND turned the pick-6 instead into an ATL TD (14-point swing)... AND turned the 2nd INT into an ATL TD... They STILL would've lost 30-27. You've got an hour and a half to savor that before the Cheet-ohs.

In fairness, if someone is going to take away the GWDs that he did nothing, then they should add when he led what should have been GWDs but the worst NFL defense did nothing afterwards. There were several of those as well.

I'm wondering if ATL didn't think: "We need to see what we have in Penix. Carolina is so bad that they are the perfect team to try this against." Otherwise, it was pure stupidity to not just run Bijan. What's good for us and bad for them is (1) Penix is as bad as we hoped, (2) We were not as bad as we appeared in the first two games, and (3) when they switched over to Cousins, they only got evidence that he is still not their savior and, at the same time, that they will not get that "premium" price for him in a trade.

Who knows where it will go next week, but today, at least for a little while it is required and mandatory that you savor a win... A shutout win... A shutout blowout win... A shutout blowout division win... A shutout blowout division win against our most hated rival. Good morning!

Hope this doesn't bite us. I've got this fear that Penix goes down and Cousins has a Dalton vs Raiders type game against us (as Cousins seems prone to do).

A disadvantage in an argument. He can't give someone the middle finger.

I just checked all alternate universes and here's the one: Ist drive, 3rd & 6, BY avoids the sack for an 87 yard TD. Only 10 on the field for the ensuing KO because Incoom can’t find his helmet. At the last second, Bryce heroically yells “There it is! Go get ‘em!” Incoom chases the returner backwards into the endzone for a safety. 2nd drive goes exactly as our universe with Coker’s TD. Coming off the field, Bryce tells Tet to turn his head quicker. Tet says “I won’t let it happen again!” Canales, hearing this, says “Show me!” and sends them on the field for the successful 2 pts and the confirmation that Tet delivers on his word. At 17-0 from 2 drives, the crowd goes wild but Dan Morgan meets Bryce on the sideline. “Technically, you weren’t responsible for the 1st drive extra point, so you only got us 16 pts. We appreciate what you’ve done for us but we’ve decided to go in a different direction.”

Exactly what I thought. Really hopeTet gets and saves that for some extra umph.

The cat's no longer allowed on the sofa?

Very astute of you! For any that need help with the irrefutable math: AR followed Farves' path exactly ... except that the very last step was altered. Thus, obviously, the very last step in our path will of course be altered to a Super Bowl win.

No, Aaron Rogers going to the Steelers instead of the Vikings assures that we win this time.

The Dribble-Twerk Slayer coming to a theater near you.