Could we maybe just maybe be the 2011 Giants?

[ellis]

I admire the fact that you’re looking for a reason to stay hopeful. The one week at a time mantra always works for me. It’s hard to win in this league, so a win against Atlanta will be no less valuable than any other. In fact, it goes a long way. It’s a divisional win. And then you have the Saints ahead of you, who just got their asses kicked by the Falcons. But that’s two weeks away. Just stay focused on Atlanta. Try to zone in on what matchups they can exploit, and get win number six. That would be one shy of their win total from last year. 

[Riverboat Ron]

8 hours ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

9-7 isnt gonna make it to the playoffs this year, bud.

Hell, 10-6 or even 11-5 might miss the playoffs in the NFC.

[1of10Charnatives]

Is the OP being crazy optimistic? 

Sure.

But if you can't do that in sports on your own team's message board, where CAN you do it?

Dream big Bro.

I mean don't bet money on it, but dream big.

[Wolfpack352]

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

[1of10Charnatives]

6 hours ago, Riverboat Ron said:

Hell, 10-6 or even 11-5 might miss the playoffs in the NFC.

All these teams with shiny records HAVE to beat up on each other at some point don't they? An 11-6 team missing the playoffs doesn't seem mathematically impossible, but I bet it's not far from it.

[Riverboat Ron]

2 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

All these teams with shiny records HAVE to beat up on each other at some point don't they? An 11-6 team missing the playoffs doesn't seem mathematically impossible, but I bet it's not far from it.

Actually did a playoff machine simulation just to see. Given, it's hard to predict a fluke game like the one last week for the Saints, but this is what I got with us going 6-1 closing out the season. I had us split the series with New Orleans.

Saints- 13-3

49ers- 13-3

Packers- 12-4

Eagles- 10-6

Seahawks- 12-4

Vikings- 12-4

 

We finished 11-5 on the outside. Only way we make the playoffs is beating Seattle and New Orleans twice, basically run the table, or hope one of the above teams collapse. If we go 12-4 we get the 3 seed and knock New Orleans out, but we lose so many tie breakers even at 12-4.

[Baskinridge]

Lol 9-7 aint poo this year for the NFC.

We playing for draft posistion right now which im sure we will screw up. Its the one thing Rivera is great at

 

[rodeo]

20 minutes ago, Baskinridge said:

Lol 9-7 aint poo this year for the NFC.

We playing for draft posistion right now which im sure we will screw up. Its the one thing Rivera is great at

 

he does do that often yet somehow players like Star and Burns fall to us anyway on those years

[Peon Awesome]

11 hours ago, Riverboat Ron said:

Actually did a playoff machine simulation just to see. Given, it's hard to predict a fluke game like the one last week for the Saints, but this is what I got with us going 6-1 closing out the season. I had us split the series with New Orleans.

Saints- 13-3

49ers- 13-3

Packers- 12-4

Eagles- 10-6

Seahawks- 12-4

Vikings- 12-4

 

We finished 11-5 on the outside. Only way we make the playoffs is beating Seattle and New Orleans twice, basically run the table, or hope one of the above teams collapse. If we go 12-4 we get the 3 seed and knock New Orleans out, but we lose so many tie breakers even at 12-4.

Yeah even though it didn't factor into your scenario there, the tiebreaker issue is really critical. We basically have to be one game better than whoever we are competing with for the 2nd wild card spot, which right now would be Minnesota, who is 2 games ahead of us. So we'd have to be 3 games better than them the rest of the year with only 7 games left with a tough schedule. Sad that even going 6-1 with that schedule might not be enough.