NFC Champ goes through GB!

[Zero2Cool]

[align=center]THIS IS MERELY A POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR THE PACKERS TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS, THIS IS NOT WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN. THIS WAS DONE FOR FUN AND TO GIVE OTHERS SOMETHING TO BOO OR CHEER FOR WHILE WATCHING OTHER GAMES.[/align]

Currently the teams that matter for playoff contention.

• Cowboys 9 - 5
  Giants 7 - 7
  Eagles 8 - 6
  
  Falcons 7 - 7
  Panthers 6 - 8
  
  Seahawks 8 - 6
  49ers 6 - 8
  Rams 6 - 8

Easiest way to get in, is this.

Week 16

• Minnesota (6 - 8) at Green Bay (6 - 8) - Packers
  Carolina (6 - 8) at Atlanta (7 - 7) - Panthers
  New Orleans at N.Y. Giants (7 - 7) - Saints
  Washington at St. Louis (6 - 8) - Redskins
  Arizona at San Francisco (6 - 8) - Cardinals
  Philadelphia (8 - 6) at Dallas (9 - 5) - Cowboys

Week 17

• N.Y. Giants (7 - 8) at Washington - Redskins
  Atlanta (7 - 8) at Philadelphia (8 - 7) - Falcons
  Carolina (7 - 8) at New Orleans - Saints
  Green Bay (7 - 8) at Chicago - Packers
  St. Louis (6 - 9) at Minnesota (6 - 9) - PUSH (Rams for hatred sake)
  San Francisco (6 - 9) at Denver - PUSH

Teams that matter for playoff contention at the end of the season would look something like this.

• *Cowboys (11 - 5)
  Eagles (8 - 8)
  Giants (7 - 9)
  
  *Bears (12 - 4)
  Packers (8 - 8)
  Vikings (6 - 10)
  
  *Saints (11 - 5)
  Falcons (8 - 8)
  Panthers (7 - 9)
  
  *Seahawks (9 - 7)
  Rams (7 - 9)
  49ers (6 - 10)

That would mean division champ playoff spots go to

• Bears
  Cowboys
  Saints
  Seahawks

The two wild card spots would be up for grabs between

• Eagles
  Packers
  Falcons

Here are the rules for Tie Breakers.

TO BREAK A TIE FOR THE WILD-CARD TEAM
If it is necessary to break ties to determine the two Wild-Card clubs from each conference, the following steps will be taken.
1. If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tie breaker.
2. If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps.

Two Clubs
1. Head-to-head, if applicable.
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
4. Strength of victory.
5. Strength of schedule.
6. Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
7. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
8. Best net points in conference games.
9. Best net points in all games.
10. Best net touchdowns in all games.
11. Coin toss.

Three or More Clubs
(Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of applicable two-club format.)
1. Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.
2. Head-to-head sweep. (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others.)
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
4. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
5. Strength of victory.
6. Strength of schedule.
7. Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
8. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
9. Best net points in conference games.
10. Best net points in all games.
11. Best net touchdowns in all games.
12. Coin toss

The Eagles DIVISION record would be 4 - 2
The Packers DIVISION record would be 5 - 1
The Falcons DIVISION record would be 3 - 3

The Eagles NFC record would be 7 - 5
The Packers NFC record would be 7 - 5
The Falcons NFC record would be 6 - 6

Which means Packers, Eagles IN, Falcons OUT.


Maybe not the 'easiest' way. But its a way non the less

 

[longtimefan]

Woah, give me some of your kool aid


LOL

 

[IronMan]

I'm not sure what I am more impressed with:
-Your optimism,
-actually figuring all of that out,
-or the fact that you only had to edit your post one time

:razz: :thumbsup:

 

[vikesrule]

Z, while I have a certain amount of admiration for your optimism, enthusism, and dedication...............
There is a fine line to fantasy and delusion. :wink:

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[Jakest3r]

Long shot... But could happen..

 

[Zero2Cool]

Z, while I have a certain amount of admiration for your optimism, enthusism, and dedication...............
There is a fine line to fantasy and delusion. :wink:

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lol

I'm not sure what I am more impressed with:
-Your optimism,
-actually figuring all of that out,
-or the fact that you only had to edit your post one time

:razz: :thumbsup:

the edit came from having to disable the smilies lol

Woah, give me some of your kool aid


LOL

hey, i woke up an was bored ok!! im now editing the Jets and 49ers games

 

[Cdnfavrefan]

Zero may your tree be filled with gifts worthy of a king :thumbsup:
I'd love to make it but nothing hurts more then having the same record as a playoff team but losing the tiebreaker. Remember when we made it in after the Vikings blew it. Before the game which I believed left us no chance I was so pissed Seattle was getting in the playoffs even though we had the same record and beat them head to head.

 

[Zero2Cool]

Zero may your tree be filled with gifts worthy of a king :thumbsup:
I'd love to make it but nothing hurts more then having the same record as a playoff team but losing the tiebreaker. Remember when we made it in after the Vikings blew it. Before the game which I believed left us no chance I was so pissed Seattle was getting in the playoffs even though we had the same record and beat them head to head.

lol thx


If we beat Seattle and had the same record, we'd have gone to the playoffs. The rules for tie-breakers are posted up above. I might not have a clear understanding of them though. :shrug:

 

[pack_in_black]

Dude, zero, that playoff bracket picture-chart-thingy is just awesome, cause i assume you created it yourself. Great post- thanks for restoring hope to alot of us. :thumbsup:

 

[Zero2Cool]

Dude, zero, that playoff bracket picture-chart-thingy is just awesome, cause i assume you created it yourself. Great post- thanks for restoring hope to alot of us. :thumbsup:

I only edited the actual image for the playoff bracket. I removed the junk that was on it before, added the team names and the home icon. Other than that, the layout was done for me. Although, I could have made one myself, but why waste the 5 mins when someone has a great one done already

 

[Packersfan43084]

i don't think that's the only way we can get in. I'm hoping for a Dallas win tonite to put ATL at 7 losses.

 

[Zero2Cool]

i don't think that's the only way we can get in. I'm hoping for a Dallas win tonite to put ATL at 7 losses.

if the cowboys win one game it makes it harder for us to get in...


i honestly dont think this will happen of course, but i thought it was neat that with 3 games left there was a possible way to get in the playoffs

 

[Blackjackking]

Hey Zero! Dipping into the Eggnog a bit early are you?

 

[Zero2Cool]

Ok, apparently I have to put a disclaimer in the intial post as some of you are getting the wrong idea.

 

[Packersfan43084]

i don't think that's the only way we can get in. I'm hoping for a Dallas win tonite to put ATL at 7 losses.

if the cowboys win one game it makes it harder for us to get in...


i honestly dont think this will happen of course, but i thought it was neat that with 3 games left there was a possible way to get in the playoffs

If Dallas wins the division we wont have to worry about them. When ATL losses tonie, they'll have 7 losses. The loser of the Giants-Eagles game will also have 7 losses. It'll look like this in my mind after tomorrow:

5) Giants 8-6
6) Philly 7-7
Atlanta 7-7
Carolina 6-8
Green Bay 6-8
Minnesota 6-8
St. Louis 6-8
San Francisco 6-8

Philly and Atlanta play in Week 17, so one of those teams is guaranteed to have 8 losses. Philly plays at Dallas, Atlanta hosts Carolina.

So we need the Eagles to lose these next 2 games and then beat Atlanta. We win out, and we're right there.

 

[WinnipegPackFan]

Man I love this Post,

Cheers ackbeer: Z2C !!!

 

[packerfan1245]

Ha ha zero. Cool. We need to beat the stinky lions, but this isnt all impossible.

 

[Zero2Cool]

i don't think that's the only way we can get in. I'm hoping for a Dallas win tonite to put ATL at 7 losses.

if the cowboys win one game it makes it harder for us to get in...


i honestly dont think this will happen of course, but i thought it was neat that with 3 games left there was a possible way to get in the playoffs

If Dallas wins the division we wont have to worry about them. When ATL losses tonie, they'll have 7 losses. The loser of the Giants-Eagles game will also have 7 losses. It'll look like this in my mind after tomorrow:

5) Giants 8-6
6) Philly 7-7
Atlanta 7-7
Carolina 6-8
Green Bay 6-8
Minnesota 6-8
St. Louis 6-8
San Francisco 6-8

Philly and Atlanta play in Week 17, so one of those teams is guaranteed to have 8 losses. Philly plays at Dallas, Atlanta hosts Carolina.

So we need the Eagles to lose these next 2 games and then beat Atlanta. We win out, and we're right there.

Giants have a tie breaker over us with NFC wins.
Eagles have tie breaker over us since they beat us this season.

 

[Packersfan43084]

at this point, we can only hope to get the #6 seed. The Giants will be the #5 seed.

If that's the case, Atlanta needs to lose tonite to Dallas and next week against Carolina. Philly needs to lose these next 2 games. Atlanta then would need to beat Philly, giving them 9 losses.

 

[Zero2Cool]

at this point, we can only hope to get the #6 seed. The Giants will be the #5 seed.

If that's the case, Atlanta needs to lose tonite to Dallas and next week against Carolina. Philly needs to lose these next 2 games. Atlanta then would need to beat Philly, giving them 9 losses.

That's not possible. If the Giants lose the last three games they will be 7 - 9.

 

[Raider Pride]

Very impressive original post Zero.

That was a great deal of work and I for one appreciate it. It s a damn good post.

I will be happy with just a Packer win this week though to start off with.

I will hope the Lions lose next week so the Raiders can get the first overall Pick


RP

 

[Packersfan43084]

at this point, we can only hope to get the #6 seed. The Giants will be the #5 seed.

If that's the case, Atlanta needs to lose tonite to Dallas and next week against Carolina. Philly needs to lose these next 2 games. Atlanta then would need to beat Philly, giving them 9 losses.

That's not possible. If the Giants lose the last three games they will be 7 - 9.

I'm predicting the Giants to be the #5 seed, sorry if that was unclear.

 

[Philtration]

Here are some more options that could take place before the Packers make the playoffs this season.

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[Zero2Cool]

at this point, we can only hope to get the #6 seed. The Giants will be the #5 seed.

If that's the case, Atlanta needs to lose tonite to Dallas and next week against Carolina. Philly needs to lose these next 2 games. Atlanta then would need to beat Philly, giving them 9 losses.

That's not possible. If the Giants lose the last three games they will be 7 - 9.

I'm predicting the Giants to be the #5 seed, sorry if that was unclear.

lol

i thought u were basing that off the lil scenario i presented

 

[Cdnfavrefan]

If we beat Seattle and had the same record, we'd have gone to the playoffs. The rules for tie-breakers are posted up above. I might not have a clear understanding of them though. :shrug:[/quote]




That was exactly what got me by surprise. I took for granted since we beat SEattle head to head we get tie breaker but just before we kicked off against Denver they announced Seattle was in and GB needed Minny to lose. Turned out if 3 teams are tied then head to head doesn't matter between 2 teams. I believe us Seattle and Dallas were all tied. At least we were saved by the Cardinals. :feedback: