Who to root for, Week 11.

[Sam Mills Fan]

You guys are talking like a team hoping to squeeze into the playoffs with a 6 seed. Because of head-to-head, it's going to be very very tough to get home-field advantage and the #1 seed over Seattle, but I'm confident we're going to win enough games regardless of what anyone else does that we'll get that #2 seed.

[Sam Mills Fan]

So I guess here's what you do the rest of the way:

 

Root against Seattle

Root for us to win

 

The rest of these pretender teams don't matter.

[88 Bronco]

I'd also like to add that if the Bucs show promise, they could keep Shiano another year which would mean they would most likely suck for another year. Demoralizing Atlanta a little more might convince Gonzales to retire which will make them worse. 

[88 Bronco]

I want the division, I want to watch NO trip down the stretch. 

[stratopanther]

I can't physically bring myself to root for the saints.  My hatred for them is real.

[bigdog10]

I understand the logic of your Saints-Niners pick, but I think it is flawed.

 

Let's look at the three remaining schedules:

 

Carolina: New England,  at Miami, Tampa, at New Orleans, NYJ, New Orleans, at Atlanta

 New Orleans:  San Fran, at Atlanta, at Seattle, Carolina, at St. Louis, at Carolina, Tampa Bay

San Fran:  New Orleans, at Washington, St. Louis, Seattle, at Tampa, Atlanta, at Arizona

 

Just by looking at those schedules you can see why a San Fran win in the dome is huge for Carolina.  We all know the Saints are damn near unbeatable with Payton and Brees in that dome, but look how they finish the year.  Four of thier last six are on the road:  one against us, one against thier division rival Atlanta who will play them tough, at Seattle on a Monday night (beast mode anyone), and at St. Louis (which if i'm not mistaken they have lost in that building within the last couple years). 

 

The real truth about Sunday is that it's a no lose for Carolina (due to the fact that we get two shots at New Orleans).  A loss by San Fran pushes them farther down the Wild Card totem poll with a tough monday night game in Washington and then three of the remaining five against division opponents (we all know how divisional games can go).

 

A saints loss puts us .5 game out heading into our Monday night game agasint the Pats.

 

Pull for whoever you want in this game, but for me it's a no brainer.  I will be pulling hard for the Niners to increase our chances at hosting the track meet saints in January in our building. 

[CarolinaNCSU]

1. Win the division

 

2. If not, make sure we're matched up against the NFC East winner because we will roll whichever team that is. 

[Darth Biscuit]

I buy your logic on the Saints vs 49ers but I have to hope for the best case scenario and not the worst.

 

If the 9ers beat the Saints and we split with them, we've got a really good chance at the division.

[mbarbour21]

If we win and Saints lose, are we still 2nd in NFC South?

[Kettle]

If we win and Saints lose, are we still 2nd in NFC South?

I think so. We would have one more conference loss than them.

[CharlottePanther]

i get it

Yep. Cant let hate for the Saints cloud judgement, a 49ers loss benefits us. It hedges our bets as a backup plan incase we cant take the division.

[Kettle]

I don't think Riverboat Ron would see it that way.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

I think so. We would have one more conference loss than them.

Yep.

But, we win and Aint's lose, it ties up in record against common opponents, which is the tie breaker considered before confrence wins. Would make the Jets game much more important.

[Car123]

Not really. The stronger the AFC East is the better for us.

Yeah but Strength of victory is ahead of sos. We already lost to the Bills but play Jets later and the Jets are in the AFC East.