Wednesday, December 20, 2006

5th seed.

I know it's possible. Here's how.

  • Packers win twice
  • Philly loses twice (cowboys/falcons)
  • NY Giants loses to Saints then beats redskins
  • Atlanta loses to Carolina
  • Seattle wins once...

That alone would get the Packers the wild card, now to get greedy and the hard part...
From this "good list" 5 more things happen than the "bad list"
  • Vikings beat Rams (counts twice towards the five)
  • Lions beats Cowboys (counts twice)
  • Miami beats Jets
  • Miami beats Colts
  • AZ beats San Diego
  • SF beats Denver
  • Lions beat Bears

Bad list (we don't want these things to happen)

  • Washington beats Rams (counts twice, although helps other scenarios)
  • Tampa Beats Seattle
  • Tampa Beats Cleveland
  • Houston beats Indy
  • Houston beats Cleveland
  • Carolina beats New Orleans
  • Dallas beats Lions
Packers would finish tied with Atlanta, Philly, NYGiants
NY Giants would beat out Philly (on common games) because ties are broken within the division first.
Atlanta is out for conference record (and anyone else that finishes 8-8 for that matter)
We beat out NYGiants on strength of victory. barely. NY Giants get the 6th spot, so we can play them at Lambeau in the conference finals...

Additionally, we can somehow finish 7-9 and still make it, but I will only pull that out if necessary

Just so you guys know who to cheer for/against on xmas and ny eve...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some would say it was ugly or boring, but it was a win, the Viking fans had to go home with a loss, and it was awesome in person, especially when the defense was on the field.

Tim said...

The defense was outstanding, you could say it was bad offense, but there was about 5 occassions where Vikings looked destined for a first down and were stopped cold in their tracks. They must have told Tavaris Jackson, no matter what you do don't throw it to the guy Al Harris is guarding.

Tim said...

Damn-Not even close...
Well sorta close, I'm gonna be doing some research this week. Has anyone else ever lost out on the 5th tiebreaker?