If the Panthers lose and the Falcons win ....

[E CaT PanTHer]

Why are they crowned NFC South champs and not us. We'll both be 11-5. Our head to head is tied 1-1. I believe we have a better divisional record. What are the tiebreakers after that ?? How do they determine who'll win the division ??

[Zod]

divisional record is tied, they would go to conference record against NFC teams where I believe they are one up.

[xXxBretWeedxXx]

Conference record. If we lose our losses will look like this.

NY - NFC

TB - NFC

NO - NFC

ATL - NFC

MIN - NFC

If they win their losses will look like this.

PHI - NFC

TB - NFC

NO - NFC

CAR - NFC

DEN - AFC

We'll have lost more conference games than them at 5-4.

[bryn10]

somebulllshit, but none of this will matter sunday night

[goodoleboy]

Wasn't it changed to how the teams fared against common opponents? Or was that the old system?

I think thats for 3 way ties.

[Speed]

If we both win (or just the Pantherfs win) we will still be #2 seed. Then we win our playoff and and the giants lose theirs, we host the Championship game. IF all this happens. Correct?

[BlindSite]

I think we need to ignore all this other stuff. Right now we're playing for Seeding. Lets just focus on beating the Saints, their fan's get more annoying every year.

[Joscott]

If we lose this week, we don't need a bye anyway. We would need to play to build any momentum for the rest of the playoffs instead of sitting at home after two losses and getting ready to play a fired up team.

[Train]

Wasn't it changed to how the teams fared against common opponents? Or was that the old system?

Yep, your right, but were tied with them in that too, so it progesses to the next level, which is conference.

Tiebreaker within a division (assuming we lose and they win)....

1- Head to head (both 1-1)

2- Games within the division (both 3-3)

3- Common opponents (both 9-3)

4- Conference games (Car 7-5, Atl 8-4)

[panthers55]

If we are the number 2 seed and worthy of the division, they we have to beat a divisional opponent on the road. Otherwise we all end up 3-3. Hardly enough to declare yourself the division winner. We need to assert our will and wrestle the victory away from the Saints. If they beat us then we have to say we limped into the playoffs and we are hardly the team to be feared in the NFC. Opening on the road where we just dropped our last 2 games.

Win and we still set the table for a rematch in the Meadowlands. Sunday is huge. Win and we are legitimate, lose and we are the pretenders defaulting the division to the Falcons. I would hate it for so many reasons.

If you want to make everyone on down happy, then win this week so we instead of the Falcons win the fivision. Last I remember, Big Cat wasn't crazy about the birds either.