Complete Playoff Scenarios

[sonnyboy]

Not me. That's a different team away from home. I know that they've beaten Chicago (seriously struggling) and Buffalo (handily) on the road, but I want a chance for our team to redeem themselves against the SeaHags at home. Bring 'em on!

As we all should.

Lets be real here, divisional round matchups look to be @Atlanta or @SF for the wildcard winners. What makes anyone believe we wouldn't embarrass ourselves if we can't dispatch of Seattle at home?

It all about merit.

If we can't beat Skins in Washington, does anyone really want to see us at home in the playoffs against Seattle?

I like to how it all lineups as progressively more difficult stepping stones.... Saints at home, Skins on the road, Seattle at home, then a trip to a top 2 seed.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Dallas can lose to the Saints and still win the NFCE. Giants would need to lose 1 game and Cowboys would need to beat the Commanders.

Yes. That's exactly what the part you quoted says.

 

[JD_KaPow]

It would also put the 3 seed completely out of play. I know there is a less than 5% chance of it happening, but I think if either the Commanders or Cowboys won the last 2 games AND Green Bay loses the last 2, they would lose the 3rd seed. I know at least the Skins would beat them on tiebreakers. In all liklihood the 3 seed will be locked up by GB this weekend.

The 3 seed is already out of play for us. Washington can still win it.

 

[JD_KaPow]

That is correct but I doubt that Minn and Dal would be the only ones with the same record and when I said Dallas won't jump Minn. I'm speaking as if there will be a 3 or a 4 way tie.

Dallas beats CHI and MIN in a 3-way tie if MIN's win is vs. HOU, but MIN wins it if their win is vs. GB. We also beat CHI, MIN and WAS in some 4-way tie scenarios, but not others.

 

[sonnyboy]

Dallas beats CHI and MIN in a 3-way tie if MIN's win is vs. HOU, but MIN wins it if their win is vs. GB. We also beat CHI, MIN and WAS in some 4-way tie scenarios, but not others.

Does this mean we'll be pulling for Chicago to win 4:00pm if both we and Min win at 1:00pm? I'm confused.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Does this mean we'll be pulling for Chicago to win 4:00pm if both we and Min win at 1:00pm? I'm confused.

Yeah, it's confusing, and I messed it up a bit in my last post. Here's the deal.

If MIN beats HOU, our only path to the playoffs involves beating WAS.

If MIN beats HOU and we beat NO, things get real simple. Beat WAS and we're in as the 4 seed, lose and we're out. No other game matters. No chance at the WC.

If MIN beats HOU and we lose to NO, things are a bit more complicated. We obviously have to beat WAS. If we do that and NYG loses a game, we win the division. If NYG wins out, we need help. We need GB to beat MIN and we need CHI to lose at least one game. So we're rooting for CHI to lose.

To the best of my knowledge, my OP in this thread is accurate and covers all of this.

 

[CooterBrown]

Does this mean we'll be pulling for Chicago to win 4:00pm if both we and Min win at 1:00pm? I'm confused.

Maybe, but that depends on so many other teams' results this week and next week, it isn't possible to say for sure before kickoff. So, pull for whoever you want, it may turn out right and it may not.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Maybe, but that depends on so many other teams' results this week and next week, it isn't possible to say for sure before kickoff. So, pull for whoever you want, it may turn out right and it may not.

No. There's no chance we'll be rooting for CHI.

 

[RomoIzDaMan]

Not me. That's a different team away from home. I know that they've beaten Chicago (seriously struggling) and Buffalo (handily) on the road, but I want a chance for our team to redeem themselves against the SeaHags at home. Bring 'em on!

You said it! Seahags are volunerable away from their stadium and Cowboys ould have a big motivational factor for the game.

I am really hoping the Cowboys can run the table in December.Its the first time in several years they have a chance to.Last Cowboys team to finish the season 5-0 was the 1993 SuperBowl bound team:starspin .

 

[Boys122]

Any way you slice it we have to beat Washington regardless. Not gonna be easy.

 

[Kevinicus]

Any way you slice it we have to beat Washington regardless. Not gonna be easy.

Unless Chicago and Minnesota lose out, yes we have to beat Washington.

 

[sonnyboy]

Any way you slice it we have to beat Washington regardless. Not gonna be easy.

Maybe not. There is one scenaro I'll be pulling for that I THINK secures us the 6th seed before we even play Washington.

We beat NO, Chicago and Min lose out and the Giants lose one more game.

Now if our game in Washington gets flexed as I suspect it will, all this will have played out and we'll know if the game is a win and in before we take the field.
I believe having a little less at stake could help us perhaps not enter the match up too tight.

 

[mldardy]

Any way you slice it we have to beat Washington regardless. Not gonna be easy.

Not gonna be easy for Washington either.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Maybe not. There is one scenaro I'll be pulling for that I THINK secures us the 6th seed before we even play Washington.

We beat NO, Chicago and Min lose out and the Giants lose one more game.

Now if our game in Washington gets flexed as I suspect it will, all this will have played out and we'll know if the game is a win and in before we take the field.
I believe having a little less at stake could help us perhaps not enter the match up too tight.

Yes, that is the only scenario where we lose to WAS and still make the playoffs (see the original post).

 

[fifaguy]

Not gonna be easy for Washington either.

I get the impression that most Skin's fans consider it a given that they will beat us. Nothing would be finer than to puncture or downright stomp on their balloon.

 

[Stryker44]

I get the impression that most Skin's fans consider it a given that they will beat us. Nothing would be finer than to puncture or downright stomp on their balloon.

The only ones that do consider it a given are incredibly naive, bandwagon fans I'd say.

 

[viman96]

Yes. That's exactly what the part you quoted says.

It does not say that. Cowboys can win the NFCE with a 9-7 record if they beat the Skins and the Giants lose 1 game. The Saints game would be irrelevant. Of course Dallas cannot take that mind set.

 

[AdamJT13]

It does not say that. Cowboys can win the NFCE with a 9-7 record if they beat the Skins and the Giants lose 1 game. The Saints game would be irrelevant. Of course Dallas cannot take that mind set.

It's actually still possible for all three NFC East teams to make the playoffs at 9-7 -- we could win the division, and the Commanders and Giants could be the two wild cards.

 

[DWhite Fan]

It's actually still possible for all three NFC East teams to make the playoffs at 9-7 -- we could win the division, and the Commanders and Giants could be the two wild cards.

If that happens, wouldn't Dallas host the Commanders while SF hosted the Giants? I am assuming that the Giants would be the lowest seed...

 

[AdamJT13]

If that happens, wouldn't Dallas host the Commanders while SF hosted the Giants? I am assuming that the Giants would be the lowest seed...

The Giants would play at the Packers unless the 49ers flop against Arizona (as long as the Packers beat Tennessee).