The 1 seed...

[Diehardpanther02]

     By the looks of it there still is one legitimate threat to the one seed in the NFC, that is as we all know the Arizona Cardinals.  They are currently 9-2 with some winnable games left on their schedule. But in the last 5 they have the Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, and the Green Bay Packers.  

     Now don't get me wrong Arizona is the better of the 3, but I guess the point I'm getting at is how many wins do you think will it take to get the one seed? The obvious goal for us is 16-0 and that is very likely considering who we have left but worst case scenario how many do we need, or how many does Arizona finish with?

Arizona's remaining 5: currently 9-2

@Rams(whom they lost to at home)

vs. Vikings

@Eagles 

vs. Packers

vs. Seahawks

I say 14 guarantees it, but I feel like they drop one, maybe 2 in the next 5.

[LUUUUUKE]

Their last 2 games will directly determine the NFC playoff seedings behind us.

Thats pretty crazy if u ask me.

That also tells me what we already know. One game at a time mentality. We can only beat ourselves by looking ahead. 

#KeepPounding

[stankowalski]

I'm going with 13 wins.  Arizona and Minnesota both have harder remaining games than we do so they both could lose a couple more.  As long as we don't lose more than 2 I think we're golden.  Might get dicey after that but we've got a nice cushion right now and I don't see us losing more than 2 games the rest of the way.

[Ruff]

I wouldn't argue if someone told me that they believe Arizona is the second best team in the NFL. That plays into our mentality of just win the next one, because that's all we can do. No more hoping the Cards slip up and let us take the 1 seed by default, we have to win and get it. 

[MVPccaffrey]

Only stick in the craw is that if we both go 14-2, they'd get it because they'd have a higher win%% against NFC teams than we do, which breaks the tie after h2h.  

[SIGCHI222]

Only thing you need to worry about right now is New Orleans.

[rainwater]

20 minutes ago, Camvp said:

Only stick in the craw is that if we both go 14-2, they'd get it because they'd have a higher win%% against NFC teams than we do, which breaks the tie after h2h.  

How do you figure?  The Panthers haven't lost to a NFC team yet. 

[MVPccaffrey]

10 minutes ago, rainwater said:

How do you figure?  The Panthers haven't lost to a NFC team yet. 

In that scenario we'd both have 2 losses, but ours would be to NFC teams, and they'd have only one to an NFC team, giving them the tiebreaker

[Thanatos]

3 minutes ago, rainwater said:

How do you figure?  The Panthers haven't lost to a NFC team yet. 

Because we play nothing but NFC teams the rest of the way, so if we drop 2 games, we will have lost 2 to NFC teams.

[uncfan888]

If they lose one more game, we are good. I don't see us going any worse than 3-2 the rest of the way 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

31 minutes ago, SIGCHI222 said:

Only thing you need to worry about right now is New Orleans.

stop this poo. we aren't on the team. we can book flights to santa clara in early February if we want to

[SIGCHI222]

1 hour ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

stop this poo. we aren't on the team. we can book flights to santa clara in early February if we want to

If you have a Quaalude...you need to take it.

[The Answer]

I'd say 13 for a lock, but I honestly don't see us in any way losing the number 1 seed.