Rooting for Eagles or Seahawks Next Week?

[cowboyblue22]

they have to win at bears or its over to many teams have the tie breaker on them. they have to win their season hinges on this game

 

[xwalker]

I would not root for Philly if I were hung above the open pit of Hell it's self, and Satan was slaping me with a carving fork.

This.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

It will probably come out that we are slightly more likely to make the playoffs if the Seahawks lose.

But I want the division. So I'll be pulling for Seattle.

 

[cowboys1981]

Win Thursday and we gain a game on whoever loses Sunday.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Win Thursday and we gain a game on whoever loses Sunday.

This Chicago game is a pretty big deal, eh? But yeah, if we can win there, the Seattle/Philly game outcome helps us either way-whether youre gunning for the division or wildcard.

 

[cowboys1981]

This Chicago game is a pretty big deal, eh? But yeah, if we can win there, the Seattle/Philly game outcome helps us either way-whether youre gunning for the division or wildcard.

I would say so. We need to bounce back and come out strong. Thursday couldn't come soon enough.

 

[Beast_from_East]

i.e. - what offers best chances of Dallas making the playoffs

Well, if the Seahawks win next week (and assuming Dallas wins against the Bears), then it is another matchup for the NFC East lead after that. If Dallas were to win out the rest of the season, then they would become the NFC East champs, but I don't think that winning out is in the cards for Dallas. If they were to lose one game somewhere along the line, then the tie-breaker would most likely go in favor of the Eagles.

On the other hand, let's say that the Eagles hand the Seahawks another loss - then Dallas would own a potential wild card tie-breaker against Seattle if they finished the season with the same record (this is all assuming that Dallas loses no more than 2 games in the last 4 weeks which might not be a good assumption at all - in fact, I see another final game win/enter playoffs, lose/go home scenario shaping up).

And playing as a wild-card might also be favorable for Dallas given their home/visitor performance this year.

So, who is hoping for which outcome and why? (and this may all be a mute point if Dallas plays like this past game)

Good question and there are two schools of thought.

A. If you think Philly is just better and will beat us a second time, then root for Philly. Them beating Seattle will help us tremendously in the wildcard race.

B. If you think we can beat Philly and Thanksgiving was just a fluke, then root for the Seahawks since that would put us right back in the division race.


This is all predicated on beating the Bears, because if we lose to the Bears it really doesn't matter what Philly and Seattle do because we will have so many conference losses at that point. The worst case scenario is Seattle beating Philly and then Philly beating us for a second time. Not only would the division be out of reach, but we would be so screwed in the wildcard race as well.

 

[KJJ]

With 4 games left a lot of things can still happen but the Cowboys best shot at making the playoffs is to win the division. If the Cowboys take care of business in Chicago and Seattle beats Philly the Cowboys could regain the division lead with a win over Philly in week 15. The Cowboys have already dug themselves a hole for a wildcard spot with 4 conference losses and a tiebreaker disadvantage to AZ and SF. There's a log jam in the race for the wildcard spots with 7 teams that have 5 losses or less which means a 10 or even an 11 win team could end up on the outside looking in.

If Philly beats Seattle they'll be loaded with confidence heading into their week 15 rematch with the Cowboys which would set the Cowboys up for another beating. If the Cowboys lose to Philly in week 15 that will be another conference loss which will further damage their chances at a wildcard. If Philly gets past Seattle and the Cowboys they'll have the division in their grasp finishing out with Washington and the Giants. If the Cowboys get past the Bears and lose again to Philly that could set them up for another bad showing at home with the Colts and Andrew Luck coming to town. If the Cowboys don't start regaining their confidence next week they're done.

 

[Wayne02]

With 4 games left a lot of things can still happen but the Cowboys best shot at making the playoffs is to win the division. If the Cowboys take care of business in Chicago and Seattle beats Philly the Cowboys could regain the division lead with a win over Philly in week 15. The Cowboys have already dug themselves a hole for a wildcard spot with 4 conference losses and a tiebreaker disadvantage to AZ and SF. There's a log jam in the race for the wildcard spots with 7 teams that have 5 losses or less which means a 10 or even an 11 win team could end up on the outside looking in.

If Philly beats Seattle they'll be loaded with confidence heading into their week 15 rematch with the Cowboys which would set the Cowboys up for another beating. If the Cowboys lose to Philly in week 15 that will be another conference loss which will further damage their chances at a wildcard. If Philly gets past Seattle and the Cowboys they'll have the division in their grasp finishing out with Washington and the Giants. If the Cowboys get past the Bears and lose again to Philly that could set them up for another bad showing at home with the Colts and Andrew Luck coming to town. If the Cowboys don't start regaining their confidence next week they're done.

I don't think Philly's confidence will be shaken if Seattle beats them, Green Bay annihilated them and they bounced back by clobbering the Cowboys in their house with 1st place on the line. Philly is a bad matchup for the Cowboys and the Eagles know it.

 

[sportsman]

I don't think Philly's confidence will be shaken if Seattle beats them, Green Bay annihilated them and they bounced back by clobbering the Cowboys in their house with 1st place on the line. Philly is a bad matchup for the Cowboys and the Eagles know it.

As every year Dallas is there own worst enemy.

 

[KJJ]

I don't think Philly's confidence will be shaken if Seattle beats them, Green Bay annihilated them and they bounced back by clobbering the Cowboys in their house with 1st place on the line. Philly is a bad matchup for the Cowboys and the Eagles know it.

Philly had a week to regain their confidence by pounding Tennessee a few days before facing the Cowboys. If Philly loses a tight hard fought game to Seattle that won't shake their confidence. Regardless of how they play vs Seattle they'll have plenty of confidence facing the Cowboys on their own turf after the beating the hell out of them at Cowboys stadium on Thanksgiving. They may fear the Packers but they don't fear the Cowboys. The fact the Cowboys are playing Philly twice in 3 weeks works heavily in favor of Philly because the beating they gave the Cowboys will still be fresh in the minds of both teams.

 

[bark]

Until it's unattainable you want to try and win the division . It's still attainable so go sea chickens

 

[camelboy]

I am predicting the eagles will lose the last two game. NYG and WAS will beat philly….book it…put it in 3-inch headline

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

i.e. - what offers best chances of Dallas making the playoffs

Well, if the Seahawks win next week (and assuming Dallas wins against the Bears), then it is another matchup for the NFC East lead after that. If Dallas were to win out the rest of the season, then they would become the NFC East champs, but I don't think that winning out is in the cards for Dallas. If they were to lose one game somewhere along the line, then the tie-breaker would most likely go in favor of the Eagles.

On the other hand, let's say that the Eagles hand the Seahawks another loss - then Dallas would own a potential wild card tie-breaker against Seattle if they finished the season with the same record (this is all assuming that Dallas loses no more than 2 games in the last 4 weeks which might not be a good assumption at all - in fact, I see another final game win/enter playoffs, lose/go home scenario shaping up).

And playing as a wild-card might also be favorable for Dallas given their home/visitor performance this year.

So, who is hoping for which outcome and why? (and this may all be a mute point if Dallas plays like this past game)

If we lose to the Bears we have to root for the Eagles

if we beat the Bears we have to root for the Seahawks

 

[Beast_from_East]

If we lose to the Bears we have to root for the Eagles

if we beat the Bears we have to root for the Seahawks

If we lose to the sorry arse Bears our season is done.........doesn't matter what happens with Philly and Seattle.

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

If we lose to the sorry arse Bears our season is done.........doesn't matter what happens with Philly and Seattle.

Yeah you have a point lol

 

[cowboys69fan]

Always rooting for anybody and everybody to beat the Eagles!

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

Always rooting for anybody and everybody to beat the Eagles!

If we beat the bears, the good thing about the eagles/seahawks game is the outcome helps us regardless of who loses

seattle win............sets up a rematch for sole possesion of division following week
eagles win............moves us to the 5th seed in playoff picture

So if we beat the bears(we better) we can watch the eagles/seattle game and laugh because it's a WIN/WIN situation

 

[Red Dragon]

Depends really on who wins the Cowboys-Bears game. If we lose to Chicago, our hopes of winning the NFC East are virtually nil. So we had better hope that the Eagles drive down the Seahawks in the wild-card standings. Of course, you could argue that if we lose to Chicago, we're not a playoff team anyway.


If the Cowboys beat Chicago, then..............we'd be 9-4 and the Eagles would be 9-3, potentially about to become 9-4 with a loss to Seattle. Still hard to tell, but then in that situation, a Dallas victory at the Linc would make the Cowboys 10-4 and Philly 9-5, and then it would simply be a matter of Dallas outracing Philly all the way to the end of the season to secure that division title.


But the problem with rooting for Philly is that the Seahawks aren't the Cowboys' only wild-card competitor; oh no. There's also Detroit and San Fran and possibly Arizona........4-5 teams jostling for two wild card playoff berths.


So, hard to tell. I'm really overthinking this thing, aren't I?


I think I'll be rooting against Philly.

 

[Red Dragon]

And I don't see Dallas beating Philadelphia at the Linc.