Saints win NFC South title

[trueblade]

10 hours ago, PantherGuy said:

Outside shot at Indy or NO the last week if they rest starters again.

The battle for HFA could go right down to the wire. They might need that Week 17 game. 

[onmyown]

Impossible, huddlers informed me 3 years ago the Saints were going into cap he’ll and we’re going to fade out to the bottom of the NFC south and I got poo for calling them idiots.

[Happy Panther]

10 hours ago, Dilla said:

When is the earliest that we would eligible to be mathematically eliminated. Week 14?

Yes with a but, we can't be eliminated this week.

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CAR (5-6) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, (E)]:
CAR cannot clinch a playoff berth or be eliminated from the playoffs this week.

CAR is knocked out of NFC South title contention with:

CAR loss/tie + NO tie OR

NO win

 

If we lose this week and GB wins and Minnesota wins we will be 4 games back with 4 to play behind three teams (SEA, GB, MIN).  Since we can't be eliminated that means we can win a tiebreaker against Seattle or Minnesota. Green bay has the head over us. So if Seattle loses out and we win out starting in week 14 we would take their spot based on head to head. If we win out and Minnesota loses out it would go to division record where we would both be 3-3.  Then it would be common games which I am too lazy to figure out.

We could also end up with a three way tie.

If we win this week presumably we could be in a can't be eliminated situation in week 14. Not 100% sure.

Anyway, on of our "easiest" paths to the playoffs was to take the division. That disappeared yesterday and was about .3% of our total ~1% chance. We are toast.

[PantherGuy]

2 hours ago, trueblade said:

The battle for HFA could go right down to the wire. They might need that Week 17 game. 

They absolutely could. In that case we almost certainly lose.

[Mr. Scot]

Side Note: What the hell is going on here?

 

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Playoffs?

I'm not sayin' it's over, but it's over.

[Hoenheim]

why would you even mention playoffs? We have an abysmal losing NFC conference record and we wouldn't get a wild card even if we won the remainder of our games unless several teams ahead of us just started tanking simultaneously. 

[!stUp]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Side Note: What the hell is going on here?

 

It's the Failcant's...don't even try to understand.

[Iron Saint]

18 hours ago, Cdw said:

Its very important we get our poo together next year - Don't want the Saints joining us as 3 in a row winners

Y’all may have been technically the first, but we’re the first to win 3 in a row with a winning record in all 3 years.

[GoPanthers123]

9 hours ago, onmyown said:

Impossible, huddlers informed me 3 years ago the Saints were going into cap he’ll and we’re going to fade out to the bottom of the NFC south and I got poo for calling them idiots.

The Saints are playing on borrowed time, they give away contracts and draft picks like candy.  The crash will happen, it’s just delaying the inevitable.

[PantherFanInPhilly]

Next year's your year, Ronny! You got em right where you want em!!

[Baskinridge]

3 hours ago, Iron Saint said:

Y’all may have been technically the first, but we’re the first to win 3 in a row with a winning record in all 3 years.

Congrats on clinching. Everybody keeps expecting you guys to drop in the division and it doesnt happen.

God I just hope Payton doesnt let Rivera win again at the end and make it more likely this organization keeps him. Would be a brutal move 

 

[Iron Saint]

2 hours ago, Baskinridge said:

Congrats on clinching. Everybody keeps expecting you guys to drop in the division and it doesnt happen.

God I just hope Payton doesnt let Rivera win again at the end and make it more likely this organization keeps him. Would be a brutal move 

 

Much appreciated, friend. And I mean it’ll more than likely happen one of these days, just hope we can get another 2-3 years before it does. When Brees retires is when we’re going to have to eat a pretty sizable chunk of change so that year we may take at least a slight dip, but hopefully we keep hitting on a few picks and free agents that we’ll have most of our pieces in place to pick things back up the next year.

And depending on how our race for a 1st round bye goes, he may or may not decide to sit the starters again in Week 17.

Last year it felt great going to that Week 17 game at the Superdome to be able to watch a game without any stress for the first time in a long time, but I’d rather it be on the road. That way it won’t seem like a 3rd home preseason game, LOL.

[Wolfpredator]

3 hours ago, GoPanthers123 said:

The Saints are playing on borrowed time, they give away contracts and draft picks like candy.  The crash will happen, it’s just delaying the inevitable.

Dude....people have been saying this for how many seasons now? and yet here they are still kicking our azzez.  When do we start playing on borrowed time?