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The Playoffs is not out of the question for us yet.


Chad81

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I've been playing with the playoff machine some today and we are still in it.It would take us winning out to do it and get some help(remember we own the tiebreaker over the cardinals) and its one chance we could still sneak in at 8-8 so our playoff off chances are not over yet thanks to the extra wildcard spot the nfl has now.

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5 minutes ago, Chad81 said:

I've been playing with the playoff machine some today and we are still in it.It would take us winning out to do it and get some help(remember we own the tiebreaker over the cardinals) and its one chance we could still sneak in at 8-8 so our playoff off chances are not over yet thanks to the extra wildcard spot the nfl has now.

TB kinda fugged poo up last night.

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There's also still the possibility, however unlikely, that the NFL expands the playoffs further to 16 teams which would give us even more of a chance. Realistically though, I'd be surprised if we got to .500 and we aren't making the playoffs, even if they're expanded, without 8 or 9 wins at least.

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9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Knew this was coming...wasn't disappointed.

It's an oldie but a goodie.

I guess the best way to describe this topic is that is mathematically possible.  We have to win the 3 we could/should win which is not out of the picture, and then win one or both of the Green Bay and Narleans games.  Green Bay often plays down to the competition, so the world would not spin backwards if we won that.

The easiest way would be an emergency transfer to the NFCE.

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