Did some playing around with this. There is a chance where Detoilet, Minnesoda and Green Bay could be the 4, 5 and 6 seeds. Tonights game really doesn't matter if the Packers win out, but the Giants/Eagle game does.
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Didn't the giants/eagles game matter in 2010 as well?
If the Pack keep winning, they'll get in. Someone else will screw up along the way.
Yes DocBenni.
DeSean Jackson ran it back with :06 left to beat the Giants.
Weird stuff happened that year (starting Dec. 2010) like beating the Bears 4 times in a calendar year (2011)
Remember Detroit going to Tampa and beating them in week 15 in OT that essentially ended Tampas season unless GB lost one of their last two games?
LOVING the way this plays out.
Lions only have to lose ONE of the next two for us to have a shot.
We have to win out, but beat them in Detroit and we've got them on tiebreaker (head to head), so both of us at 10-6 is just fine.
Like the Giants chances against Matt Stafford with an injured hand. It's really hurt Derek Carr's game.
Playing around with it, if Tampa wins the South with a 10-6 record they would hold the tiebreaker over us, as do the Falcons. Our only change at third seed would be the South winner at 9-7 and us at 10-6. I'd love to go to Seattle to take them out before traveling to Dallas to lay the wood to Dak and Zeke.
Never read this column before. The bold part made me chuckle.
Green Bay Packers (7-6): Winners of three straight (Philly, Houston, Seattle), the Packers feel like the USC of the NFL – perhaps the best team in the conference at this moment, but may not even get into the playoffs. They’re healthy. Aaron Rodgers is scorching hot (seven TDs, zero INTs in the last three weeks). Starks getting healthy will help the run game, and the offensive line has been dominant during the 3-game streak (only two sacks allowed after allowed 10 the prior three weeks).
The final five in the AFC is looking like:
Pats, Broncos, Raiders, Steelers and Chiefs
The Mighty Green Bay Packers are 4-1 in Super Bowls against those teams
You forgot to put the asterisk next to the lone Super Bowl loss. Bronco's cheated the Salary Cap which allowed them to keep key players that season.
I feel so dirty for having to cheer for Beagles, Bears, Cowboys and Scam Newton next weekend. If all these teams win the PACKERS move into the 3rd seed before week 17.
I was just playing with this on ESPN. The Packers are still alive for a first round bye. They need to win their next two games, have both the Falcons and Seahawks lose their next two and have Tampa Bay lose two of its last three. Not likely, but still a possibility. The Saints got a bye in 2006 with a 10-6 record, but it's rare.
I don't GAF....Just get in & scare the beejeezus out of the NFC.
Nobody wants to play them. Nobody
I actually think the Packers are a much more dangerous team when they play indoors or on a fast track.
The home field Lambeau advantage in the playoffs has been overplayed for some time now and a big reason is how this team is built.
Tschmack posted:I actually think the Packers are a much more dangerous team when they play indoors or on a fast track.
The home field Lambeau advantage in the playoffs has been overplayed for some time now and a big reason is how this team is built.
Pete Carroll agrees with you.
Why is Washington the last Wild Card team with 7 wins when GB and TB have 8 wins? How does their tie work in figuring out the final rank?
They haven't played this weeks game yet.
I think they just left them there until AFTER the game on Monday night. IF Washington gets beat by Carolina....then, they are 7-6-1 and the Packers will be ahead of them at that point.
If these teams win their final 2 games, they are assured a playoff spot: ATL, BAL, DET, GB, HOU, KC, MIA, NYG, PIT & TEN.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 19, 2016
The best news is that if Detroit drops the next two then they're likely out of the playoffs all together. Division lead to no playoffs would be so sweet. For them to make it they would need the Giants to win out and Tampa to lose to Nola. If Tampa beats Nola then it doesn't matter what happens, the Lions would be out if they lose out. If the Giants win this week then lose to the Redskins in week 17 then Washington would get the spot over Tampa and Detoilet.
So if I am reading this correctly, if we lose one of our remaining two the only way we can get a Wild Card is for TB to lose their last 2 & Wash to lose at least 2 of last 3?
For the NFCN, what if GB beats MIN, loses to DET and
DET loses to DAL and beats GB? Anybody got the tiebreaker flowchart? GB and DET would both be 4-2 in div. After div record is it conference? That would put DET 8-4 and GB 7-5.
I don't have a ton of faith in this D vs. DET @ DET.
I think in that case DH, Detroit wins without a tie-breaker...they would be 10-6, GB would be 9-7
Detroit would be 10-6, Green Bay 9-7. No tie breakers necessary.
DH13 posted:For the NFCN, what if GB beats MIN, loses to DET and
DET loses to DAL and beats GB? Anybody got the tiebreaker flowchart? GB and DET would both be 4-2 in div. After div record is it conference? That would put DET 8-4 and GB 7-5.
I don't have a ton of faith in this D vs. DET @ DET.
And neither do I. and the other kiss of death is that I will be at that game. I last saw the Packers win in person in I think 95 in Cleveland. 0-8 or something like that since.
Confidence in GB offense vs Detroit defense > confidence in GB defense vs Detroit offense.
First things first. Beat the ever loving **** out of Minny.
CoPackFan posted:Detroit would be 10-6, Green Bay 9-7. No tie breakers necessary.
I think...
GB can get in as a 9-7 WC if WAS loses 2 of their final 3 (MNF tonight vs CAR, @ CHI, vs NYG), AND TAM loses their final 2 (@ NOS, vs CAR).
Also, GB can get the DIV @ 9-7 if they lose to MIN, but beat DET, AND DET loses to DAL this coming weekend.
Henry posted:Now I want braunschweiger.
Keep your kinky fetishes off this family website.
braunschweiger, German for pink feather?
I believe the correct answer is brown feather, Alex.
Detroit's offense doesn't scare me any more than Seattle's did. They have scored 20 points or less in 6 of 14 games this year and the only times they have scored more than 25 were against Indy, GB, LA, JAX, and Nola...those teams rank 23, 22, 20, 27, and 30 respectively in scoring D. GB's D got gashed in the 4Q vs. Chicago, but over this 4 game win streak they have only allowed 15.75 points per game which is 6th best in the league over that stretch.
It's not their O that scares me. It's our D. You just don't know what you're going to get from them week-to-week.
DH13 posted:It's not their O that scares me. It's our D. You just don't know what you're going to get from them week-to-week.
Same here. Even though Lions O isn't lighting it up consistently Dom's D just has a way of allowing massive yards when they shouldn't. Golden Tate, Bouldin, and Jones could have big days. Then again it wouldn't surprise me if the RB "Hoovers" that D.