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Schefter: "Panthers own #1 pck tiebreaker"


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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=schefter_adam&page=10spot/10week15

I'm assuming that he knows what he is talking about. The article says that since we lost to the Bengals, that trumps the winning percentage and we would own the #1 pick in the event that Carolina and Cincinatti have the same record.

Should the Panthers and Bengals finish with the same record -- and right now, Carolina is 1-12 and Cincinnati is 2-11 -- then the Panthers would own the No. 1 pick in the April draft.

There is no way in hell we beat Pittsburgh and there is very little chance we beat Atlanta, unless they sit their starters for the finale which IDT happens with NO at 10-3. It'd be nice to just go ahead and seal the deal with a loss to Arizona (call me a bad fan if you want..) but according to Schefter it won't matter if we lose to Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

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Not per the NFL: Tie-Breaking Procedures

TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION MEETING

1. Clubs not participating in the playoffs shall select in the first through 20th positions in reverse standings order.

2. The Super Bowl winner is last and Super Bowl loser is next-to-last.

3. The losers of the Conference Championship games shall select 29th and 30th based on won-lost-tied percentage.

4. The losers of the Divisional playoff games shall select 25th through 28th based on won-lost-tied percentage.

5. The losers of the Wild Card games shall select 21st through 24th based on won-lost-tied percentage.

If ties exist in any grouping except (2) above, such ties shall be broken by strength-of-schedule. If any ties cannot be broken by strength-of-schedule, the divisional or conference tie-breakers, if applicable, shall be applied. Any ties that still exist shall be broken by a coin flip.

Head-to-head isn't listed at all.

He reports for a major sports news group - used to work for the league itself - and doesn't know this? Ouch :sosp:

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I was under the impression that the Bengals beating us early in the season had no impact on who would own a tiebreaker. I'm going to assume Schefter knows what he's talking about, but I'm a bit confused as to how it works.

Not this time he doesn't.

There are already two comments on the article telling him he's wrong.

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For all who keep saying "dont we have to win another game for this to matter"...... I think this weekend the Panthers will win. AZ has a QB with less experience and I dont think is much better than Clausen. I can we can depend on the usually game day Panther implosion. :arf:

Its to bad Jake isnt playing for the Browns this weekend. I was hoping he would help out the Panthers one more time by giving Cincy a bunch of picks and fumbles.

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