Half way point: Predict the 6 NFC Playoff Teams

[KingTuna]

With the season half over it is a good time to get your picks for the 6 NFC playoff spots.

Hee are my mid season picks:

1. Panthers-First round bye
2. Falcons-First round bye
3. Seahawks- Home wildcard game against the Bears
4. Cowboys-Home wildcard game against the Giants
5. Giants-Going to Dallas
6. Bears (WEAK Division gets them in the final wildcard spot)-Going to Seattle

Now...Post YOUR Picks....

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[Champsheart]

With the season half over it is a good time to get your picks for the 6 NFC playoff spots.

Hee are my mid season picks:

1. Panthers-First round bye
2. Falcons-First round bye
3. Cowboys- Home wildcard game against the bears (YES!!!)
4. Giants-Home wildcard game against the Redskins
5. Redskins-Going to N.Y.
6. Bears (WEAK Division gets them in the final wildcard spot)-Going to Dallas!

Now...Post YOUR Picks....

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It is impossible for Atlanta and Carolina to have first round byes

[Champsheart]

With the season half over it is a good time to get your picks for the 6 NFC playoff spots.

Hee are my mid season picks:

1. Panthers-First round bye
2. Falcons-First round bye
3. Cowboys- Home wildcard game against the bears (YES!!!)
4. Giants-Home wildcard game against the Redskins
5. Redskins-Going to N.Y.
6. Bears (WEAK Division gets them in the final wildcard spot)-Going to Dallas!

Now...Post YOUR Picks....

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And you forgot to put in the Winner of the NFC WEST.

[Henry]

Under your scenerio the Redskins would go to Dallas and the Giants would go to Chicago.

I think Seattle has to be on that list somewhere.

[KingTuna]

Sorry folks!! Revised my posting...Posted the original too soon...

[Champsheart]

MY Picks -

NFC WEST - Seattle - They are easily the best in the Division
NFC EAST - Cowboys - This will be tough, but I see it happening
NFC South - Carolina - Tampa is fading, and they are rolling
NFC North - Chicago - The best in a very weak division

Wild Cards -
Atlanta - The only thing stopping them is Carolina
NY Giants - They will be tough all the way through and if Dallas does not win the division they will.

[Big Country]

With the season half over it is a good time to get your picks for the 6 NFC playoff spots.

Hee are my mid season picks:

1. Panthers-First round bye
2. Falcons-First round bye
3. Cowboys- Home wildcard game against the bears (YES!!!)
4. Giants-Home wildcard game against the Redskins
5. Redskins-Going to N.Y.
6. Bears (WEAK Division gets them in the final wildcard spot)-Going to Dallas!

Now...Post YOUR Picks....

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Division winners... here you go

1. Cowboys
2. Bears
3. Panthers
4. Seahawks

wildcard berths...

1. Falcons
2. Giants

[Big Country]

MY Picks -

NFC WEST - Seatlle - They are easily the best in the Division
NFC EAST - Cowboys - This will be tough, but I see it happening
NFC South - Carolina - Tampa is fading, and they are rolling
NFC North - Chicagp - The best in a very weak division

Wild Cards -
Atlanta - The only thing stopping them is Carolina
NY Giants - They will be tough all the way through and if Dallas does not win the division they will.

check out the final 8 games for NYG... they have had a cakewalk the first 8 games IMO... their test is this second half of the season

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[Champsheart]

check out the final 8 games for NYG... they have had a cakewalk the first 8 games IMO... their test is this second half of the season

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Yhea, I agree!

Our 2nd half is no cake walk though. Whoever wins the NFC EAST Will definetly have earned it, and will be battle tested going into the Dance.

[NorthTexan95]

There seems to be a definate top 6 that everyone likes. I'll make mine a bit different.

NFC East: Dallas
NFC North: Chicago
NFC South: Carolina
NFC West: Seattle
WC#1: Atlanta
WC#2: St. Louis

St. Louis sneaks in as the final wild card team as Tampa, Washington, and the Giants all fade away.

[Alexander]

1. Seahawks - they take homefield easily but fold like they usually do

2. Falcons - Win the second seed and the bye.

3. Giants - they win it late and get a home game

4. Bears - get the final wildcard home game

5. Panthers - get the special gift to go to Chicago and beat them easily.

6. Cowboys - get the last wildcard spot and go to New York.
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Panthers/Seahawks - Panthers
Giants/Falcons - Giants

Panthers/Giants - Panthers

Back to the big show for Carolina.

I like our chances if we can win the division or snag the fifth seed and go to Chicago. We match up best against the top teams and the only team that I think is close to loss would be New York. If we win the division or get the fifth seed, we could easily sneak into the conference championship.

[AmericasTeam31]

NFC South : Atlanta
NFC North: Chicago
NFC West: Seattle
NFC East: Dallas

W.C. Giants and Panthers

I made a seperate post before I saw this one. Breaks it all down.

[TheHustler]

With the season half over it is a good time to get your picks for the 6 NFC playoff spots.

Hee are my mid season picks:

1. Panthers-First round bye
2. Falcons-First round bye
3. Seahawks- Home wildcard game against the Bears
4. Cowboys-Home wildcard game against the Giants
5. Giants-Going to Dallas
6. Bears (WEAK Division gets them in the final wildcard spot)-Going to Seattle

Now...Post YOUR Picks....

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can't have 2 teams from the nfc south with first round byes. assuming the panthers win the division, the falcons can finish no better than 5th. bears, if they won their division would be no worse than 4th.

[ravidubey]

Realize this is not as much about who the best team is as much as it is about playing out the remaining schedule.

NFC West: Seattle HFA, 1st Bye
NFC South: Atlanta 1st Bye
NFC East: Dallas, Hosts wildcard vs New York
NFC North: Chicago Hosts wildcard vs. Carolina
WC#1: Carolina
WC#2: New York

[Fletch]

"PLAYOFFS? Don't talk about playoffs. Are you kidding me? Playoffs?"

"I just hope we can win a game." :cool:

[utrunner07]

My thoughts:

Division Winners

South - Carolina - 6-2 right now finishes 5-3 for an 11-5 record, looses to @chicago, @buffalo or @Atlanta, and Dallas. Jake Delhome (sp?) is hot right now, he will cool off.

West - Seattle - 6-2 right now, also finishes 5-3 for 11-5, looses to Indy, @Philly, and one other game. Seattle is soft and over-rated, Dallas beats them if not for an errant pass, Seattle's only saving grace is ease of schedual.

East - Dallas - 5-3 right now, finishes 7-1 for 12-4, looses Kansas City or @Carolina, all of the other games are to important to loose. If they win these next four look out, they are the best team in the NFC, if not...wild card...maybe...

North - Green bay 1-7 right now, finishes 8-0 to go 9-8, making the most incredible come back in history, and allowing farve to leave with dignity. No, not really, Chicago will win this division with a winning record, maybe?

WILD CARDS
all right the wild card wont come out of the north, so:
N.Y. , Atlanta, Washington, St. Louis, Philli and T.B. all have shots.

T.B - Chris sims, enough said, they wont make it.
Philli- nope, your not that good anymore, cant win off pure talent and with Mcnabb hurt like he is, and more of a hurting to come, will be out of the race in the next three weeks.
St. Louis- just hanging on right now, but with the tough schedual they have coming up, they are just not good enough, maybe if the schedule was easier, but its not. Martz goes to Houston in the off-season.
Washington- I dont like Snyder, so they wont make it.
so that leaves:
Atlanta - currently 6-2, finishes 4-4 for 10-6, looses to Carolina, Green Bay (go farve, first win in streak of 8), no really they will loose to GB, @ tampa and @ chicago. Team looks allright but I just dont see them winning tough games in the cold or outside really, yeah I know they won at Lambaeu (sp?) a few years ago but miricales happen, but only once. ON TOP OF that: VICK you are not that good of a passer and people can criticize you when ever they want whether you say they can or not, who do you think you are? A manning?
N.Y. - currently 6-2 finishes 5-3 for 11-5, looses to Dallas (who actually does not turn the ball over 4 times this game), @ seattle, and @ oakland, maybe @ philli. Sorry Eli but winning in San Fran does not count as a road win, and beating the saints at the meadowlands at a road game (what?) does not count either, i have no faith that eli can win the tough ones on the road and to win the division thats what he would have to do, Eli your good, your gonna be real good, maybe, but not yet.

So
1
Green Bay (Chicago) vs. Giants
Carolina Vs. Atlanta
2
Seattle vs. Giants
Dallas vs. Carolina
3
Dallas vs. Seattle - Vengeance is ours Josh Brown!

[Portland Fanatic]

MY Picks -

NFC WEST - Seattle - They are easily the best in the Division
NFC EAST - Cowboys - This will be tough, but I see it happening
NFC South - Carolina - Tampa is fading, and they are rolling
NFC North - Chicago - The best in a very weak division

Wild Cards -
Atlanta - The only thing stopping them is Carolina
NY Giants - They will be tough all the way through and if Dallas does not win the division they will.

I second this.........Carolina is on a roll...and that scares me when we face them and come playoff time.

[31smackdown]

Just to be different...

NFC West: Seattle HFA, 1st Bye
NFC South: Carolina 1st Bye
NFC East: Dallas, Hosts wildcard vs Philly
NFC North: Chicago Hosts wildcard vs. Atlanta
WC#1: Atlanta
WC#2: Philly

We squeak out a win on Monday and then Philly goes on a rampage, Giants stumble away from home.. I swear the 49ers had a chance last week early on, Redskins... I haven't figured out how... but they screw it up when Portis and Taylor incite internal mayhem after back to back loses...it will go something like.. "the coaches won't let us call da plays...so we have to run the wrong stuff....that's why we losin.. I can only do so much"

[AtlCB]

1. Atlanta
2. Dallas
3. Seattle
4. Chicago
5. Carolina
6. Washington

Seattle beats Washington
Carolina beats Chicago (shouldn't even be in the playoffs)

Atlanta beats Carolina
Dallas beats Seattle

Atlanta beats Dallas (I still think we are a year away)

Indy beats Atlanta in the Superbowl

1. Indianapolis
2. Cincinatti (extremely weak schedule)
3. Denver
4. New England
5. Pittsburgh
6. San Diego

[Derinyar]

Division winners
Carolina
Seattle
Chicago
Dallas

Wild cards
NY Giants
Atlanta

[Canadian BoyzFan]

OK....I'll bite.

1) Carolina- Home field throughout the playoffs
2) Seattle- Bye, Home field
3) Dallas- Home for Wildcard
4) Chicago- Home for Wildcard
5) Atlanta
6) NY Giants

[SkinsandTerps]

Am I the only one who thinks that Carolina really isnt that good ? They have quite possibly the easiest schedule in football.

I suspect they may make the playoffs though, but will lose in the first round. I also think that Atlanta wins that the division.

Michael Vick owns the Panthers. I dont like Vick but he has never lost to the Panthers.

Chicago
Seattle
Redskins
Cowboys.

[Homerun Trot]

6. Giants- hold on for a WC spot
5. Carolina- Is Steve Smith superman? Surely teams will start making other guys on that team beat them, and with the questionable health of their RBs, their somewhat easy schedule will allow them to grab a WC spot, but it won't be as easy as the first half of the season.
4. Minnesota- wins the north, with Brad Johnson protecting the ball and Michael Bennett running, along with Chicago faltering down the stretch.
3. Atlanta- It's sad that Mike Vick basically had to wait the better part of 4 seasons to have a game to point to as evidence that he can actually throw the ball. They'll probably lose some game that they should win, but with their schedule and the Panthers being overrated, they'll win the division.
2. Seattle beat Atlanta early in the season, and with the tiebreaker, will grab the 2 seed.
1. Cowboys- I'm a homer.

[Alexander]

5. Carolina- Is Steve Smith superman? Surely teams will start making other guys on that team beat them, and with the questionable health of their RBs, their somewhat easy schedule will allow them to grab a WC spot, but it won't be as easy as the first half of the season.

Smith has been doing it week after week. IMO he is the best WR in the NFC right now and this is with them running the ball poorly, no threat opposite him and with Jake Delhomme throwing him the football.

[MichaelWinicki]

So what are "looses" anyway?

[MarionBarberThe4th]

1. falcons
2.Hawks
3.Giants
4.Bears
5. Panthers
6.Dallas

The Giants Schedule is pretty easy.
Panthers arent as good as everyone wants them to be

[JBell523]

1. Panthers
2. Seahawks
3. Giants
4. Bears
5. Cowboys
6. Falcons

Cowboys @ Bears: Cowboys
Falcons @ Giants: Giants

Cowboys @ Panthers: ehh Panthers
Giants @ Seahawks: Giants

Giants @ Panthers: Panthers

[percyhoward]

A few words on Carolina.

First, they haven't yet played against a first-string QB on a team that has a winning record. That's an incredibly lucky stat this late in the season. For example, the Cowboys have played 4 games against winning teams and their #1 QB, and are 2-2 in those games.

Second, about their passing game. Carolina has yet to play even one game against a pass defense in the top 12 in passes defended. Unusually lucky. Dallas has already faced 6 teams in the top 12.

Carolina has only played against one defense that is among the top ten in sacks (and they lost that game). Six of their eight games have been against defenses that rank in the bottom half of the league in sacks.

Carolina has only played one game against a defense that ranks in the top 12 in INT's. In fact, half of their games have been against teams among the bottom 10.

Nice recipe for an aerial circus, and a 6-2 record.

[Cbz40]

NFC WEST - Seattle
NFC EAST - Cowboys
NFC South - Carolina
NFC North - Chicago

Wild Cards:
Atlanta
NY Giants

[AmericasTeam31]

A few words on Carolina.

First, they haven't yet played against a first-string QB on a team that has a winning record. That's an incredibly lucky stat this late in the season. For example, the Cowboys have played 4 games against winning teams and their #1 QB, and are 2-2 in those games.

Second, about their passing game. Carolina has yet to play even one game against a pass defense in the top 12 in passes defended. Unusually lucky. Dallas has already faced 6 teams in the top 12.

Carolina has only played against one defense that is among the top ten in sacks (and they lost that game). Six of their eight games have been against defenses that rank in the bottom half of the league in sacks.

Carolina has only played one game against a defense that ranks in the top 12 in INT's. In fact, half of their games have been against teams among the bottom 10.

Nice recipe for an aerial circus, and a 6-2 record.

Good stuff. Excellent research.

[Taylor_Can_Hit21]

1. Carolina
2. Washington (we beat Seattle and Bears)
3. Seattle
4. Chicago
5. Atlanta
6. Giants

...And here come the replies.

[jigernt09]

who cares?

whoever makes it to the superbowl will get blown out by the colts anyways

[KingTuna]

who cares?

whoever makes it to the superbowl will get blown out by the colts anyways

IF Parcells and Bledsoe get back to the superbowl, They will NOT lose that game.

It just will not happen.....PERIOD

[Future]

id rather get a wild card and go to chicago than host a game to NY to be honest

not that i think the giants are a particular threat, id just feel a lot better vs. chicago

[Doomsday101]

id rather get a wild card and go to chicago than host a game to NY to be honest

not that i think the giants are a particular threat, id just feel a lot better vs. chicago

I'll take playing in Dallas in January over playing in Chicago in January.