Mizak":gp9o189i said:
Seeing as how 49ers have the Rams number, if Cardinals win, they get at least home field. Or do Seahawks win and both Cardinals and Rams lose, therefore letting the Rams get home field instead? Cuz I know some people on here really hate the Rams and don’t want the Rams to get any kind of advantage, especially if they get home games in the playoffs.
Or do the Seahawks and fans say we don’t care. We are not in the playoffs, it is not a concern to us.
That's not true. The Cards are 11-5, a game behind the 12-4 Rams. In order for them to get a guarantee of a home game, they're going to have to beat us AND hope that the Niners beat the Rams. The Rams and Cards split their season series, so if they both finish with 12-5 records, it would go to the 2nd tiebreaker, divisional record, of which the Cards own. The 3 wild cards travel to the 3 other divisional champs.
The Cards might be scoreboard watching. If the Rams are blowing out the Niners, there's a good chance that they'll decide to pull some of their players and give them a rest. Losing to us isn't going to lower their seeding as they have a 2 game lead over the next team below them. They are guaranteed of at least a 5 seed.
Both games start at 1:25pm this week to eliminate any advantage that might be gained by one team finishing their last game ahead of the other.
If the Niners beat the Rams, they get the 6 seed. If they lose, they need some help. The Eagles and Saints are still alive for the 6th and 7th seeds.