Did both teams lose?

[Panthers8969]

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. 

 

 

gano did miss that fg, intact we shouldn't have even gone to over time. 

[Sapper]

We tied but won for sure. Our D was porous. Cincy will be hanging their heads. We'll be sleeping comfortable on our return flight.

We're in a stretch when ties make huge differences.

[MedellinHeel]

tie is better than a loss. 

 

still not sure how one can feel good about a tie though. 

 

 

[Davidson Deac II]

gano did miss that fg, intact we shouldn't have even gone to over time. 

 

I meant if Gano missed a field goal at the end, as Nugent did. 

[FearTheCats]

So does this mean that Cincy's home win streak is over or not?

[Rise of The Hive]

TBH it feels like a win to me but Rivera should have went for it on fourth down and let Cam run it, I think we would have scored a td there and won the game.

[Frizzy350]

So does this mean that Cincy's home win streak is over or not?

 

Yes, but it will be reported in a different manner.

Cinci has now not lost the last 12 (I think?) games at home.

[ichigo1057]

I don't like the tie, would rather have a W obviously, however I'm fine with it. Since both the Bucs and Falcons lost the only team that can sort of say they didn't lose ground on us is the Saints so our position at the top isn't hurt to badly compared to what a lose would have done.

[TrianglePanther]

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

 

There's a flip side to that, though. If we go 8-7-1 and the Saints go 9-7...yeah.

[Boltergeist]

Yes, but it will be reported in a different manner.

Cinci has now not lost the last 12 (I think?) games at home.

 

it's now a 12 game unbeaten streak (in the regular season)

[French Navy]

Does this make getting back to back winning season easier?

[OriginalPantherDan]

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

More like a 0.5 full kinda guy.

[London Loves Luke]

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

 

Praise the Lawd - someone understands math. Having a tie while you lead the division seems like a much better position then if we were chasing. It means the others still need to catch up two wins on us to take first place. 

[Snake]

Which is why the Panthers should be even more pissed off that they gave away the win. Should've never been in overtime to begin with, then they blew a promising first drive by settling for a field goal before the 3rd down play was even called. 

 

 

 

It was not the Panthers that gave the game away... Just saying