Here is why we should absolutely root for the Seahawks tonight

[Coug Girl]

We don't need home field advantage. It would help - but, I believe in this team enough and while Candlestick is by no means a 12th man or the Dome - it was still a good team in a hostile environment. And we found a way to get it done.

At this point, I'm happy with the fact we're leading WC.

[Kevin Greene]

Marshawn Lynch will pund the Aints tonight and cause severe flashbacks. Then, 6 days later it's our turn. Pain New Orleans, pain.

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[Servant of Cthululelei]

I don't trust a man who has more than one favorite team.  

 

 

Haha, fair enough.  It's not even close though.  I pull for the seahawks only when it can't negatively affect the Panthers.  I didn't feel even a tiny morsel of consolation when they beat us in the opener.  But i still like them because I have lots of family in Seattle.

[PanthersAlv]

Any loss for the Saints makes me happy. So I'm pulling for the Hawks.

HFA would be nice. but i think it's kinda asking a lot for the season we've got going on. Make the playoffs is what I want. Take the Division is my hope. the Dream of HFA is nice... but, I'll settle for the Division and a Saints loss tonight if I have to. LOL

But that's just me.

[pstall]

Home field advantage is sooo 1998.

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[MHS831]

here is the other side---not my opinion because a lot can happen in 4 games---

 

If the Saints win, then they are still 1 game up on us.  We have to sweep them to win the division.

If the Saints lose, we are tied with them, but they have the (probable) tie breaker because they will have lost to only 1 NFC team--we lost to 2.  We have to sweep them to win the division.

 

This is causing people to think, "Maybe a Seattle loss is more to the Panthers than a New Orleans loss".  While their schedule looks easy, anyone can lose at any time.  There is still 25% of the schedule remaining.

[xclr82xtc]

you guys keep making these predictions, if this, if that.. we are going to sweep the saints. thats garunteed.. and the only game we MIGHT have hard time with is the jets.  but i think we win that too.   So if thats pretty much a given, that means we will lock up the South, The best thing that can happen for us would be for seattle to lose, and continue to lose.

 

 

Or we could petition the NFL to stop the rediculous seeding format they use.  I mean are you honestly goign to sit here and say the lions and cowboys should be seeded higher than the panthers?? Gimme a break. 

[Vagrant]

I tried to find it, but who was it that started that thread talking about why we should root for the Seahawks on Monday night?

[CLTPanther]

There's very little chance of us getting the #1 seed, so of course we should be pulling for Seattle.. I see Harvin is out though.. I really hope they play the Taints physically so we can follow suit and break them in half next Sunday

[ashehudson]

Am I the only one hoping for a tie?

[pantherclaw]

Division Rivals 101

Says never root for thy enemy.

[toldozer]

I am and have been done choosing who to root for.

"we're going to take what we want. We're gonna do what we want."

-Greg Hardy

I DON'T GIVE A fug WHO WINS THIS GAME. WE ARE GOING TO BEAT THAT SAINTS ASS COME SUNDAY. AND IF WE HAVE TO GO TO SEATTLE THEN SO BE IT.

[TheMaulClaw]

Let's go through this.

 

SEAHAWKS WIN PROS:

- Moves us one step closer to winning the division which would give us a bye and a home game.

- It gives everyone a warm feeling in the loins when the Saints lose.

 

SEAHAWKS WIN CONS:

- Makes the chances of us winning homefield advantage throughout the playoffs even more remote.

- Might make the Saints more likely to win against us the following week (pissed off with something to prove, hard to imagine the Saints losing twice in a row)

 

Here is why those "cons" are bogus and if you think you're being smart by rooting for the Saints tonight, you're wrong.

 

1.) Homefield advantage is already gone. Counting tonight, the Seahawks have 5 games left:

 

NEW ORLEANS

@ San Francisco

@ NY Giants

ARIZONA

ST. LOUIS

 

The Seahawks have a 2 game lead on us right now plus the tiebreaker. That means we would have to win out and the Seahawks would have to go 0-5, 1-4, or 2-3 in these last 5 for us to gain homefield. The odds of that happening are extremely tiny, not much better than us hoping they go 0-4 or 1-3 after this week. No one knew it at the time, but DeAngelo fumbling in Week 1 cost us a chance at homefield advantage. Instead of being down by basically 3, we'd be a half game up (We would be 10-2 and the Seahawks 9-2) and we would own the tiebreaker.

 

2.) If you believe the Panthers are truly a Super Bowl team and are worthy of this 8 game winning streak, then you should have no fear about another team's mentality when they play us. Beating the Saints on the road next week is already going to be a difficult task going off stats: Drew Brees has never lost in the Superdome on Sunday Night Football. He's undefeated. We're already facing something that's supposed to be impossible. If the Saints lose tonight, Riverboat and the coaching staff can see what Seattle did successfully and see what kinds of wrinkles they can put into their own gameplan on Sunday night. Lesser teams are the ones that worry about another team's "mentality". If we're good enough to beat the Saints, then we're good enough to beat the Saints.

 

And I think we will.

I agree with all points and I absolutely hate the Saints.   But I don't like the idea of traveling to Seattle for the NFC championship game.  I'd rather beat New Orleans in their house for the NFC championship if we have to travel anywhere.

[camtheone]

Always want the Aints to lose no matter what....no matter what....KEEP POUNDING!!!!