Week 12: Who do we root for?

[imminent rogaine]

Detroit, GB and Chicago are all in the hunt. A loss for any particular team doesnt add a team to the wild-card hunt. One of those teams is going to make the playoffs no matter what. We don't know which one, so we want them all to lose so that the non-division winners have worse records.

The exception being when the 1st place team plays a wc contender in their division. In that scenario, we'd want the top team to go ahead and win and put the other teams out.

[imminent rogaine]

Does anyone know when the last time SOS was used to decide a playoff spot?

[mountainpantherfan2]

My understanding is that if the Panthers lose and the 9ers and Cards win we are still the 5th seed. If the 9ers lose as well the Cards jump up to the 5th spot and we fall to the 6th.

I could be wrong though.

[RoaringRiot]

My understanding is that if the Panthers lose and the 9ers and Cards win we are still the 5th seed. If the 9ers lose as well the Cards jump up to the 5th spot and we fall to the 6th.

I could be wrong though.

Which is why we want both of those teams to keep losing.

[mountainpantherfan2]

Does anyone know when the last time SOS was used to decide a playoff spot?

Didn't the Bears miss the playoffs due to SOS last year?

[Carolina Cajun]

Don't care about the wild care race.

 

We're going for the NFCS title.

 

We are but having NFC North teams do poorly will help us try to become the #2 overall seed.  I don't think we can catch Seattle, but finishing #2 in the NFC is a distinct possibility.

[RoaringRiot]

Didn't the Bears miss the playoffs due to SOS last year?

Thought it was Division wins

[mountainpantherfan2]

Which is why we want both of those teams to keep losing.

But don't we want the 9ers as the 6th instead of the Bears or Cowboys who we haven't played?

[RoaringRiot]

But don't we want the 9ers as the 6th instead of the Bears or Cowboys who we haven't played?

I think you're overthinking this way too much.

[RoaringRiot]

But don't we want the 9ers as the 6th instead of the Bears or Cowboys who we haven't played?

Why would we care who the 6th seed is?

[mountainpantherfan2]

Thought it was Division wins

Might have been. I know for sure the tiebreaker that got the Vikings in was down the list of what is usually used to determine wild cards

[mountainpantherfan2]

Why would we care who the 6th seed is?

I probably am overthinking it. LOL. I don't know just seemed better to pull for the 9ers. But like others have said as long as we keep winning it really doesn't matter what the teams below us do.

[Sam Mills Fan]

The only game that matters is Saints/Falcons on Thursday night and Panthers/Dolphins. We're not going to lose enough for any other wild card team to pass us, I'm just looking to jump past the Saints for the division and the Seahawks for homefield. Looking at remaining schedules, it looks like the Panthers will end up with the #2 seed with an outside shot at the Seahawks for #1 overall.

[getsome]

I think having all the NFC North teams lose is good. So...Bucs over Lions

agree