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Would this scenario change your mindset going into the game?

t96

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Looking at wildcard, which is extremely unlikely but crazier things have happened, there are 8 teams ahead of us: Giants, Redskins, Eagles, Cardinals, Vikings, Packers, Buccaneers, Aints. In the division of course the Falcons, Aints and Bucs are all ahead of us. Pretend this scenario happens before the Sunday night game:

Vikings lost to Cowboys.

Lions beat Saints.

Texans beat Packers.

Chiefs beat Falcons.

Bengals beat Eagles.

Chargers beat Buccaneers.

Steelers beat Giants.

Cardinals beat Redskins.

 

Every single one of these outcomes would be good for us and honestly none of the individual outcomes turning out this way is unlikely. We'd gain on every single other wildcard opponent with a win tonight except for the Cardinals, but they're only half a game ahead of us and have a tough schedule including likely losses at Seattle, at Dolphins and possibly at Rams. And of course we'd gain on every divisional opponent including the Falcons which although a lot would still have to go our way the rest of the season would help those odds.

 

My mindset going into Seattle as of now is that we're most likely going to lose with the injuries and poor play of our team and I won't be upset at all with a close loss at this point. I want to win them all still and go for 9-7 but it's looking pretty unlikely for tomorrow night and I recognize and that forms my current mindset. I bet others have a similar mindset. But if this scenario happened before the game, I'd be going into the game all in for a win, similar to our 2014 playoff game in Seattle. Not that any of our mindsets really matter but I'm curious whether this would change others mindsets as well.

In all likelihood, this scenario doesn't play out, we don't win and none of this matters. But, to me at least, it's still interesting to look at.

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15 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

My mindset is keep fighting till the end.

Nothing changes that.

As is mine but would you be more upset with a loss tomorrow night if that scenario happens than if all those teams won?

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1 minute ago, AceBoogie said:

We aren't going to the playoffs. Make peace with it now

The draft isn't until the end of April.  Nothing wrong with waiting to see what happens tomorrow night before proceeding down that LONG road.

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4 minutes ago, Nails said:

The draft isn't until the end of April.  Nothing wrong with waiting to see what happens tomorrow night before proceeding down that LONG road.

Just setting yourself up for disappointment. Watch the games, root for your team, but do so with the knowledge that the only thing we're playing for is pride. 

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