Convoluted yet hilarious possibility

[SgtJoo]

If the Saints lose next week to us & against the Bucs, the Cardinals win out, and the Niners beat the Falcons, the Saints miss the playoffs.

[Stickman2]

I like it

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

This would be most satisfying.....

[smash_n_dash]

It's happened before to franchises, one recently I think.

[Chaos]

So, would we rather get the #1 seed by having Seattle lose out and SF win out, but allowing the Saints to then qualify as a wild card (by virtue of tiebreaker over AZ), or would we want the #2 seed and have the above scenario unfold with the Saints eliminated completely?

 

I think this is a no-brainer, but good discussion.  Unless I'm not thinking of a scenario where we could get the #1 seed and the Saints would still not qualify.

 

Let's be real, I'm just thrilled we can have this discussion in mid-December.

[RoaringRiot]

So, would we rather get the #1 seed by having Seattle lose out and SF win out, but allowing the Saints to then qualify as a wild card (by virtue of tiebreaker over AZ), or would we want the #2 seed and have the above scenario unfold with the Saints eliminated completely?

 

I think this is a no-brainer, but good discussion.  Unless I'm not thinking of a scenario where we could get the #1 seed and the Saints would still not qualify.

 

Let's be real, I'm just thrilled we can have this discussion in mid-December.

 

 

yeah.....no-brainer.  I don't hate the Saints enough to not have the #1 seed and put us in the best situation in the playoffs. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

It's happened before to franchises, one recently I think.

 

i always think of tampa bay sitting at 9-3 and then collapsing to 9-7 and out of the playoffs capped off with a home loss to the raiders in 2008

[Proudiddy]

Fapping

[Cat]

Similar thing could happen to us

[smash_n_dash]

i always think of tampa bay sitting at 9-3 and then collapsing to 9-7 and out of the playoffs capped off with a home loss to the raiders in 2008

That's the one I believe. Almost as bad as being 10-6 and missing the playoffs, happened to a team in the AFCEast around the same year.

[SgtJoo]

That's the one I believe. Almost as bad as being 10-6 and missing the playoffs, happened to a team in the AFCEast around the same year.

 

Bears poo the bed last year when they fired Lovie.

 

Started 7-1, finished 10-6, missed the playoffs.

[Spaceballs83]

I just think its retarted how teams with crappy records in a crappy division can get into the playoffs.

[Salvo]

Similar thing could happen to us

 

This...

 

Don't count your chickens before they hatch...

[DaveThePanther2008]

Think that would be motivation for Tampa to put pressure on them    That game is in Tampa or New Orleans.  Definitely not out of a real possibility. 

 

Either way the loser of Sunday's game is going into their final divisional game with their playoff lives at hand.