Our enemies now are the Falcons, Packers, and even the Lions

[cookinbrak]

Atlanta plays NO twice. They win both, it helps us. They lose borh, it helps us. They split, it helps us.

 

We have to help ourselves first.

[PhillyB]

1 hour ago, ickmule said:

I'd rather them not make it than go in and look like a bunch of buffoons...........This team has embarrassed the fan base enough over the years. 

pathetic beyond words. how do you even get out of bed in the morning?

[CPF4LIFE]

Big thing is falcons and saints have yet to play each other even Once. And both those games can go either way. 

[ickmule]

8 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

pathetic beyond words. how do you even get out of bed in the morning?

Easily, but I don't live or die with a worthless sports franchise. It's much more fun when you don't really care and that is where this POS franchise has driven so many. 

 

[Nails]

1 hour ago, Wolfcop said:

Call me crazy, but I am not giving up on the Div yet. If we beat Minn and NO  loses to ATL, which is very possible,  we are right back in the mix. I know we would likely have to win out, but stranger things have happened. At least we know that either NO or ATL will have another loss on Thursday, and then they play again in a few weeks. 

 

I’m pulling for the Falcons too.  The goal is the ring, and 4 straight road games (week 17 and 3 playoff games) is a huge task-the division is still very possible so have to pull for that until it’s not possible.  

[ChibCU]

I'd just like to make it to the playoffs. There are too many other teams in the NFC (Eagles, Saints, Rams) that have shown offensive consistency. With our defense not being elite, we wouldn't be able to score enough to compete.

[Borat]

I think if the Panthers beat the Vikings they are in (even if they drop one to Atlanta week 17). No way Atlanta runs the table, and Panthers have a better upcoming schedule .

[JPino]

I think it’s time to pull for a WC. The likelihood of NO dropping two while we win it is very slim. But you guys are right. Can you imagine playing in Atlanta, then cross the country to LA, then clear to Minnesota, and then up to Philly? We will be so gassed if that happens. 

[Shocker]

The Saints still have Atlanta twice and this division is not won yet.  We need the chips all in this week to beat the Vikings.  Win that one and we are in good shape, either up 2 on Atlanta or tied with Saints for the division. 

[Nails]

7 minutes ago, JPino said:

I think it’s time to pull for a WC. The likelihood of NO dropping two while we win it is very slim. But you guys are right. Can you imagine playing in Atlanta, then cross the country to LA, then clear to Minnesota, and then up to Philly? We will be so gassed if that happens. 

Never in NFL History has a team had to play on the road in week 17, won 3 straight road playoff games, and won the Super Bowl.

[UpstatePanther]

2 hours ago, ickmule said:

This team won't make the playoffs and if they do they will get pummeled. 

2 hours ago, ickmule said:

I'd rather them not make it than go in and look like a bunch of buffoons...........This team has embarrassed the fan base enough over the years. 

1 hour ago, ickmule said:

Easily, but I don't live or die with a worthless sports franchise. It's much more fun when you don't really care and that is where this POS franchise has driven so many. 

Why are you even here?

 

2 hours ago, Wolfcop said:

Call me crazy, but I am not giving up on the Div yet.... I know we would likely have to win out, but stranger things have happened.

like winning out and everyone else collapsing in 2014 so that we won the division with a losing record of 7-8-1...

i still believe in this team. I hold no hope of a high seed, but i have not given up on the division crown just yet. Anyone who says we wont make the playoffs is a fuging idiot. anyone who says they dont want us to make the playoffs is the epitome of idiocy. anything can happen if you just make the dance. 2007 Giants saying hello.

[TheCasillas]

1 hour ago, ickmule said:

Easily, but I don't live or die with a worthless sports franchise. It's much more fun when you don't really care and that is where this POS franchise has driven so many. 

 

ha ha ha.... but you do care... otherwise you wouldn't take time out of your day to post something negative, and then react and respond to our reply.  Since you care, does that mean you are not having fun?

Also, what is the in -between of live and die? 

[cptx]

51 minutes ago, UpstatePanther said:

 

 

like winning out and everyone else collapsing in 2014 so that we won the division with a losing record of 7-8-1...

 

and then got slaughtered in Seattle after being gifted a game vs a team with no quarterback

[Pantha-kun]

Right now if the playoff seeding ended  after the Eagles vs Seahawks game last night, we would be the #6 seed in the NFC scheduled to play the Rams in LA for the wild card round. 

If we won that game, we'd have to play the divisional at the Eagles or at the Vikings. And then the championship game at the Eagles, Vikings, or Saints most likely. 

Current NFC seeding:

Vikings #1 seed (So our next game is even bigger than the one we just played)

Eagles #2 seed

Rams #3 seed

Saints #4 seed

Seahawks #5 seed

Panthers #6 seed

The good thing is , we're currently pretty solidly in the #6 seed spot. The next few teams below us are Falcons (7-5) , Lions (6-6) , Packers (6-6) , and Cowboys (6-6) . We already have the winning tiebreaker vs Falcons and Lions, but we need to take care of business against the Packers and the last Falcons game to hang on to that #6 seed. 

God only knows what we'd do in the playoffs. After the last 2 games there's not much about this team that I trust, and I especially don't trust the defense against good offenses which is a killer, and our WRs get bodied and have a tendency to drop passes and not get open when DBs get physical and chippy with them. 

Perhaps with great coaching we'd be able to make a suprisingly deep playoff run, but we dont have that. Combine subpar coaching , unmotivated mistake prone sub par players,  its not a good mix. If everything goes perfectly theres a chance to make a run but its small and shouldn't be counted on imo. But I'd gladly eat the crow if we did somehow start playing much better, coaching improved , and we made a run. Right now I'm predicting a loss vs Rams or Saints in the wild card round.