Two Seed or out the playoffs?

[gdogg24]

I looked ahead at the schedule and I see an interesting situation presenting itself. Depending on this Philly game I think we very well could be looking at a scenario where a win at Washington puts us at 11 wins and gets us the bye. I can see San Fran beating Seattle next week & that being their only loss or maybe even losing to St. Louis & that being their only loss. Seattle would then share our 11-5 record and because of tiebreakers it would push us up to the 2 seed. Guessing from the schedule Packers are going 13-3, Detroit at worst 11-5, San Fran 10-6, Arizona 9-7. The south is a wash whoever wins that will be the fourth seed. The problem is the early loss to the 49ers forcing the necessity of an 11-5 record they'll get the sixth seed if we both have a 10-6 record. At 11-5 yeah we'd have a shared record with Detroit but since they aren't a division winner that would actually put us at the 2 should we get out of the last quarter of the season with only one loss against Indy.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I looked ahead at the schedule and I see an interesting situation presenting itself. Depending on this Philly game I think we very well could be looking at a scenario where a win at Washington puts us at 11 wins and gets us the bye. I can see San Fran beating Seattle next week & that being their only loss or maybe even losing to St. Louis & that being their only loss. Seattle would then share our 11-5 record and because of tiebreakers it would push us up to the 2 seed. Guessing from the schedule Packers are going 13-3, Detroit at worst 11-5, San Fran 10-6, Arizona 9-7. The south is a wash whoever wins that will be the fourth seed. The problem is the early loss to the 49ers forcing the necessity of an 11-5 record they'll get the sixth seed if we both have a 10-6 record. At 11-5 yeah we'd have a shared record with Detroit but since they aren't a division winner that would actually put us at the 2 should we get out of the last quarter of the season with only one loss against Indy.

I think Seattle is in the 49ers head.
I don't see 49ers beating Seattle.

 

[gdogg24]

I think Seattle is in the 49ers head.
I don't see 49ers beating Seattle.

Well like I said I think the Rams have a shot at beating Seattle too so I think they'll lose one of those two games

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Well like I said I think the Rams have a shot at beating Seattle too so I think they'll lose one of those two games

Hey I am all for it.

Seattle looks to be priming for a run

 

[MRV52]

49ers beating Seattle? No way Seattle won't lose again during regular season.

 

[ghst187]

49ers beating Seattle? No way Seattle won't lose again during regular season.

I'm afraid this is going to be correct although they do have the hardest remaining schedule…@Philly, San Fran, @Arizona, StL.
I'm totally torn about whether to root for Philly or Seattle. IMO, we need Philly to beat Seattle, then Seattle to beat San Fran (and pretty much eliminate San Fran from the playoffs) and have Arizona either win out or lose out. I actually think Philly and StL are the most likely to give Seattle Ls. I think we gain more likelihood of getting into the playoffs with Philly beating Seattle versus vying with Philly for the division title since Seattle would likely pass us for a better record with a win over Philly and we lose to Philly next week, in which case we also may have no chance to catch up. In other words, if Seattle beats Philly, our game with Philly would almost, in essence, be a win or stay home game for us (pending we get no help from other teams losing).
Meanwhile, hard to see the Packers not winning their division, which would give Detroit one more L. It would REALLY help us out to have Detroit and GB pile up a few more Ls…Minny and Chicago could help us tremendously by beating Detroit the next two weeks, doesn't look like Tampa is going to do it this week.

 

[CF74]

I'm afraid this is going to be correct although they do have the hardest remaining schedule…@Philly, San Fran, @Arizona, StL.
I'm totally torn about whether to root for Philly or Seattle. IMO, we need Philly to beat Seattle, then Seattle to beat San Fran (and pretty much eliminate San Fran from the playoffs) and have Arizona either win out or lose out. I actually think Philly and StL are the most likely to give Seattle Ls. I think we gain more likelihood of getting into the playoffs with Philly beating Seattle versus vying with Philly for the division title since Seattle would likely pass us for a better record with a win over Philly and we lose to Philly next week, in which case we also may have no chance to catch up. In other words, if Seattle beats Philly, our game with Philly would almost, in essence, be a win or stay home game for us (pending we get no help from other teams losing).
Meanwhile, hard to see the Packers not winning their division, which would give Detroit one more L. It would REALLY help us out to have Detroit and GB pile up a few more Ls…Minny and Chicago could help us tremendously by beating Detroit the next two weeks, doesn't look like Tampa is going to do it this week.

Seattle is 8-4 right now, a win puts them at 9-4 and we have the tiebreaker...

 

[ghst187]

Seattle is 8-4 right now, a win puts them at 9-4 and we have the tiebreaker...

but IMO they're also more likely to win out then we are which means that it is more likely for us to have to win out and win the division in order to even get in the playoffs. If Seattle wins out, then Arizona is competing with us for the WC and they own the tiebreak over us. The more losses all (save StL) the West teams get, the better for us. The biggest disaster for us today would be for SF, Seattle, and AZ to all win…which would mean we'd still be a loss and a tiebreaker behind AZ, San Fran (who owns the tiebreaker over us) would be back in the thick of it with a win over Seattle (but Seattle losing next week after winning this week still wouldn't knock them out). IMO, despite 9 wins with 3 games to go, we're still in great peril of missing the playoffs. Guess I'm just a worrier, that's why they call my "whiskers"….(kudos if you can name that reference)

 

[CF74]

but IMO they're also more likely to win out then we are which means that it is more likely for us to have to win out and win the division in order to even get in the playoffs. If Seattle wins out, then Arizona is competing with us for the WC and they own the tiebreak over us. The more losses all (save StL) the West teams get, the better for us.

That's fine and dandy, I'm just inserting facts...

 

[ghst187]

That's fine and dandy, I'm just inserting facts...

facts for now, I'm just telling you what potentially lies ahead

 

[CF74]

facts for now, I'm just telling you what potentially lies ahead

Now and at least one more week.

 

[EST_1986]

Seattle is 8-4 right now, a win puts them at 9-4 and we have the tiebreaker...

Not if Detriot is 9-4 were the odd man out

 

[CF74]

Not if Detriot is 9-4 were the odd man out

Was only talking about Seattle's record...

 

[Stinger_Splash]

Why is Seattle ahead of us when we beat them head to head?

 

[mldardy]

Why is Seattle ahead of us when we beat them head to head?

3 way tie. head to head tiebreakers don't matter in 3 way ties unless that team swept both opponents which doesn't apply in this case.

 

[ufcrules1]

I think Seattle is in the 49ers head.
I don't see 49ers beating Seattle.

SF just lost to Oakland.. no way in hell they can beat Seattle in Seattle right now. That will be an easy game for Seattle. I agree with you.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

SF just lost to Oakland.. no way in hell they can beat Seattle in Seattle right now. That will be an easy game for Seattle. I agree with you.

Well. I didn't mean it for the reasons you just pointed out.

I just think Seattle and 49ers could play 10 times and Seattle win 8-9 out if 10

 

[30yrheel]

Not if Detriot is 9-4 were the odd man out

Yep, as of now we're out

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

So, essentially we have to win the remaining 2 divisional games to even get in?

11-5 probably won't be good enough with a loss next week to eagirls.

 

[Wayne02]

Well like I said I think the Rams have a shot at beating Seattle too so I think they'll lose one of those two games

The likelihood of the Rams sweeping Seattle this year is very low.