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Lilsmitty09

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In this scenario we're the one seed. We play the lowest remaining seed correct? Or does one bracket automagically go to the one seed and one to the two seed. Forgive me for my ignorance, as we're usually playing WC weekend.

edit: it's nice to have this problem!

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Just now, LUUUUUKE said:

In this scenario we're the one seed. We play the lowest remaining seed correct? Or does one bracket automagically go to the one seed and one to the two seed. Forgive me for my ignorance, as we're usually playing WC weekend.

if we clinch 1 seed we have bye for wild card then play lowest winning seed in divisional game. So we would either play according to my projections atlanta, minnesota or the giants...which is very easy on the eyes

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Just now, LUUUUUKE said:

In this scenario we're the one seed. We play the lowest remaining seed correct? Or does one bracket automagically go to the one seed and one to the two seed. Forgive me for my ignorance, as we're usually playing WC weekend.

#1 seed plays lowest seed after WC games are played.

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5 minutes ago, Lilsmitty09 said:

if we clinch 1 seed we have bye for wild card then play lowest winning seed in divisional game. So we would either play according to my projections atlanta, minnesota or the giants...which is very easy on the eyes

I've learned my lesson about wishing for specific opponents.  Remember how happy most of us were to face Arizona in '09?  That team was a wild card that ended up falling 4 points short of a Super Bowl championship.  We got rekt.

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34 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've learned my lesson about wishing for specific opponents.  Remember how happy most of us were to face Arizona in '09?  That team was a wild card that ended up falling 4 points short of a Super Bowl championship.  We got rekt.

You just made my agent orange act up.

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3 minutes ago, CarolinaNCSU said:

Seattle isn't the same team from the last few years...but them being the 6th seed would make me a little uncomfortable.  I'd honestly rather play any team in the playoffs, with the exception of maybe the Cards. 

i would love to play the Seahawks in the playoffs. our win in week 6 was NOT payback enough for the past few years. we can beat any team in the league, so bring on any team in the NFC and fug em!

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