The early 'Playoffs?!' thread

[vikingsrule]

Important games this week:

Minnesota at Green Bay
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants at Washington Redskins

[vikingsrule]

On paper, the Saints, Bucs, Seahawks, and Redskins should lose. The Cowboys will probably win.

Interesting thing is, MN could lose to GB and assuming the teams above lose as well, MN really doesnt lose ground on the playoff hunt. At some point they need to start winning some games but as long as the competition keeps losing, maybe MN catches a few breaks. 9-7 could be good enough to make the playoffs depending on what TB and SEA do (assuming GB gets the #5 seed).

[El Raymundo]

[ArcticNorseman]

Wow, what a difference one week makes as the season begins its 4th quarter.

It looks like NY, Atlanta and San Fran have their divisions under control.

So, it boils down to the NFC North winner and two wildcard teams. Mathematically, three teams could finish 10-6 in the NFC North ... that would be interesting, but highly unlikely.

Dallas will likely bow-out at 8-8, Seattle appears to have the best chance at a WC, but losing the corners may hurt their final lap, should they go 2-2, that gives the Vikes a glimmer of hope. Tampa has a good shot to climb the ladder too . . . and this is the team I expect to grab the final wildcard spot.

I'm assuming Green Bay and Chicago will win 2 or 3 games of their last 4 which would sow-up the division title and one wildcard. However, if the Pack or Bears goes 1-3 down the stretch, that puts them at 9-7 . . . which sounds great to me.

For the Vikes, it's nice there's at least some hope . . . but making mathematical possibility a reality will take substantially more guts and execution than they have provided the past 2 weeks. Unless they play flawless football, both offensively and defensively, the team and organization can only hang their hat on "well, we improved from last year."

[milanb]

The problem for the Vikings is that they've already lost to Seattle, Tampa Bay and Washington. If one of those teams finishes 9-7, then the Vikings would need to go 4-0 the rest of the way in order to claim the last playoff spot.


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But that’s the way to bet. — Jimmy The Greek

[Sloppy28]

Teams who may still be fighting for the 2 wildcard spots... Updated Records
Vikings 7-6
Rams 6-6-1
Cowboys 7-6
Bears 8-5
Bucs 6-7
Redskins 7-6
Giants 8-5
Seahawks 8-5
49ers 9-3-1
Packers 8-4 (playing now)
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[SteelKing728]

So right now its:

1) Falcons 11-2
2) 49ers 9-3-1?
3) Packers 8-4*
4) Giants 8-5
5) Bears 8-5
6) Seahawks 8-5
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7) Cowboys 7-6
Redskins 7-6
9) Vikings 7-6

Is this right?
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Thanks Jamison on that avi.

2013 Adopt a Minnesota Viking - Jared Allen - DE - #69

[vike daddy]

Seahawks are ahead of the Bears, i believe.
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[rpmwr19]

[Sloppy28]

Best case scenario to get into the playoffs.....

Packers: Lose vs Detroit, Win @ Chicago, W vs Tennessee, Lose @ Minnesota. Record 10-6
Bears: Lose vs Green Bay, Lose @ Arizona, Lose @ Detroit. Record 8-8
Cowboys: Lose vs Pittsburgh, Lose vs New Orleans, Win @Washington. Record 8-8
Redskins: Lose @Cleavland, Win @Philadelphia, Lose vs Dallas. Record 8-8
Minnesota: Win @ St. Louis, Lose @ Houston, Win vs Green Bay. Record 9-7

Playoff bound!
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[rpmwr19]

[Sloppy28]

[Klomp]

It's amazing taking a look at our losses...

Colts: 9-4
Redskins: 7-6
Buccaneers: 6-7
Seahawks: 8-5
Bears: 8-5
Packers: 8-4

Those are good teams that we lost to.
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2013 Adopt-a-Viking: FB Jerome Felton -

[Sloppy28]