Did both teams lose?

[stankowalski]

I mean wins are what count, right?  If this game had been against another NFC team at least we could say well a tie is better than a loss because that other team would have been a game up now had they won.  But since this game was played with two teams from different conferences both teams lose with a tie. 

 

So I'm really confused how to feel about this game.

 

 

[Guest Irv]

both teams won by .5

[stankowalski]

both teams won by .5

 

You're a glass half full kinda guy aren't you?

[Goondal]

If either team wins their division or makes the playoffs by half a game I would consider it a win

[Pox 08]

If we and another team in the division end up with the same amount of wins,  the tie-breaker essentially belongs to us then. 

[stankowalski]

If either team wins their division or makes the playoffs by half a game I would consider it a win

 

I wonder how often that happens?  I don't really keep up with who gets in by how much. 

 

I'm still confused how a tie might benefit us here, can someone lay out a plausible scenario?

[Udogg]

technically we gained a half game on the Falcons so we sort of won ........

 

[stankowalski]

If we and another team in the division end up with the same amount of wins,  the tie-breaker essentially belongs to us then. 

 

So basically a tie is good for tie-breakers?

 

[csx]

Its a win compared to a loss. Its a tie, its not that hard to comprehend is it?

[Davidson Deac II]

Looking at it objectively, Cincy fans have to feel a little worse than we do.  They tied at home to a team they felt they would beat, and they tied because they missed a relatively easy fg at the end of ot. 

 

We can criticize Rivera, Cotchery, kick coverage, the offense, the defense etc... but if Gano had missed that fg, we would be ready to shoot Gano. 

[stankowalski]

Looking at it objectively, Cincy fans have to feel a little worse than we do.  They tied at home to a team they felt they would beat, and they tied because they missed a relatively easy fg at the end of ot. 

 

We can criticize Rivera, Cotchery, kick coverage, the offense, the defense etc... but if Gano had missed that fg, we would be ready to shoot Gano. 

 

Yeah, I gotta agree...this tie was definitely worse for Cinci. Kicker has to be kicking himself...and missing.

[Frizzy350]

I wonder how often that happens?  I don't really keep up with who gets in by how much. 

 

I'm still confused how a tie might benefit us here, can someone lay out a plausible scenario?

 

Say the Saints go 10-6 and we go 10-5-1.  We are automatically ahead of them for the divisional crown by half a game.  It eliminates the winner of the division coming down to tie-breaker scenario (e.g: both teams are tied at 10-6, tie breaker would be  head-to-head, divisional record, then conference record, etc etc).

[CharlottePanther]

After further review, a tie is perfectly fine and here is why. We would be in the same EXACT situation in the NFCS had we won or tied. A tie puts us at 3-2-1, the Bucs are 1-4, Saints 2-3 and Falcons 2-4. What does that mean?! It means we are still up 2 games in the division and it means if the worst case scenario next week happens which is us losing and the Saints winning still keeps up at the top of the NFCs because we win conference wins tiebreaker over the Saints since we are 3-0 in the NFC.

Also keep in mind, if we finish 8-7-1 and say the Saints or Falcons go 8-8, we still win the NFCS because they would have one more loss than us and by default we win the division. Even better, say we go 9-6-1 and either the Falcons or Saints goes 9-7, we still win the NFCS by default because we would have less losses.

So if we went 4-2 today we would still be in the same exact position, up 2 games in the NFCs and worst case scenario next week has us still on top of the NFCs. In essence us tying today puts in the same exact position as if we where 4-2, we are all just upset is more mental than anything but in reality, a tie would have put us in the same exact position in thr NFCs had we won

[L-TownCat]

Well if everyone was put at ease that our losses have come to AFC teams imagine how good a tie is gonna feel.