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The last two games of the weekend are both AFC interconference contests.. so we can assess the damage of today's loss to KC.. and as figured, we have a long trek ahead of us to get into the playoffs, much less the conversation of a division win and/or bye. Arizona has now built a two game (and for all intents and purposes a 3 game) lead for HFA with their win over the Lions.. so if the Seahawks want to catch them they should probably get to movin'.
Here are the playoff standings after Week 11's action
1 - Arizona - (9-1)
2 - Detroit - (7-3)* - Clinches NFC North via H2H win over Packers
3 - Philadelphia - (7-3)* - Clinches NFC East via better division record
4 - Atlanta - (4-6)* - Clinches NFC South via better division record, H2H win over Saints
5 - Green Bay - (7-3) - Clinches top wild card with better conference record than Cowboys
6 - Dallas - (7-3)
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In the hunt:
7 - San Francisco - (6-4)* - Above Seattle due to better division record
8 - Seattle - (6-4)
New Orleans (4-6)/Carolina (4-6-1) .. only listed because of NFC South division race
Key Week 12 NFC Games
Arizona (9-1) at Seattle (6-4)
Obviously goes without saying. This really could be our season right here. The Seahawks need to keep pace with not only the Cardinals, but the 49ers, Cowboys, Packers, Eagles and Lions. Dropping another game would not officially bury them in the wild card race... but make it very hard to get into it. Fortunately (or maybe not depending how you look at it) enough.. the Seahawks still control their own destiny for the most part down the stretch. 5 of their last games are in the division.. 4 of them against Arizona and San Francisco. They take care of those.. they will be in the playoffs. They dont? Well.. we won't play again in 2015 until August.
The Seahawks playoffs start Sunday.
Detroit (7-3) at New England (8-2)
Following their tough loss to Arizona, the Lions schedule doesn't get any easier as they will go on the road to face the red hot Patriots (who at the moment of posting this lead the Colts by 11). Now.. before you automatically go "well no crap, we want the Patriots to win!" .. consider this...
- The Seahawks would lose a tie-breaker with the Lions right now, if both teams wound up tied at the end of the year. A loss to the Patriots doesn't hurt the Lions at all in the key stat: Conference record
- The Seahawks would beat the Packers in a tie-breaker for a wild card and/or seeding due to that win in Week 1
- Playing at Detroit would be much better than playing at Green Bay
For these reasons.. a Lions win over the Patriots would actually be more beneficial in the long run. Especially when you consider the Lions remaining schedule following the Patriots game becomes incredibly easy until their final matchup in Week 17 against.. you guessed it.. the Packers.
So really. The Lions are friends. Not foes. Not yet anyway.
Who you should root for: Detroit
Packers (7-3) at Vikings (4-6)
The Packers look utterly frightening right now. IMO they are the team to beat in the NFC barring an injury to Aaron Rodgers. And as I alluded to in the previous preview, we really do not want to see this team get a bye and/or HFA. I don't care how well the Seahawks have played the Packers of late.. those games were at the Clink and not in Lambeau on a brutally cold winter day.
The Vikings beating the Packers would be the biggest upset of the year.. and I don't expect it to happen. But sometimes weird things happen in this league. The Packers are a team we have tie-breakers over.. so staying close to them is very important. Go Vikings go! You owe us for giving us Bevell, fleecing us for Harvin, stealing Hutchinson .. and on and on.
Who you should root for: Minnesota
Titans (2-8/3-7) at Eagles (7-3)
The Titans are really a miserable team.. and firmly in the hunt for a Top 3 pick. Asking them to go into Philadelphia and pull off a ginormous upset is probably a bit much.. but.. we shall do so, as the Seahawks would get in over the Eagles in a tie. Go flaming thumbtacks!
Who you should root for: Tennessee and an act of God
Redskins (3-7) at 49ers (6-4)
No long winded paragraph needed here. It's simple.
Who you should root for: The politically incorrect moniker for Native Americans
Cowboys (7-3) at Giants (3-7)
The Cowboys have the H2H tie-breaker over the Seahawks, so once again.. we count on *sigh* the Giants to try and not suck for ONE game. Granted if they gave up 350 rushing yards to us.. DeMarco Murray may do that on his own Sunday night.. but stranger things have happened!
Who you should root for: The Fightin' Eli's
Ravens (6-4) at Saints (4-6)
Browns (6-4) at Falcons (4-6)
Bucs (2-8) at Bears (4-6)
I lumped the whole NFC South into one, because this division is too much of a joke to separate into their own respective capsules. The Falcons are 0-6 outside of the NFC South, and 4-0 inside of it. The Bucs.. despite getting drubbed by everyone.. are 2 games out of first. The Saints are tied for first at 4-6, but because of a H2H loss against Atlanta.. they would miss the playoffs. AND ONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL GET TO HOST A PLAYOFF GAME!
Really .. the only NFC South team that may not lose in Week 12 is Carolina and that's because they're off. I stand by what I said last week though in that facing the Falcons or Panthers is far better than a bad karma wild card matchup against a sub .500 Saints team. The sick twisted part of me really wants to see Tampa win and Atlanta and NO lose to make it an even tighter race.
Who you should root for: Everyone but New Orleans.
NFC Playoff Standings w/Seattle win and likely outcomes in other games..
1) Arizona - (9-2)
2) Green Bay - (8-3)* Clinches first-round bye due to H2H win over Philadelphia
3) Philadelphia - (8-3)
4) Atlanta - (4-7)
5) Dallas - (8-3)
6) Detroit - (7-4)* Clinches wild card spot over SF, SEA due to conference record tie-breaker
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7.) Seattle - (7-4)* Leaps SF due to division record (1-1) vs. (1-2)
8.) San Francisco - (7-4)
Here are the playoff standings after Week 11's action
1 - Arizona - (9-1)
2 - Detroit - (7-3)* - Clinches NFC North via H2H win over Packers
3 - Philadelphia - (7-3)* - Clinches NFC East via better division record
4 - Atlanta - (4-6)* - Clinches NFC South via better division record, H2H win over Saints
5 - Green Bay - (7-3) - Clinches top wild card with better conference record than Cowboys
6 - Dallas - (7-3)
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In the hunt:
7 - San Francisco - (6-4)* - Above Seattle due to better division record
8 - Seattle - (6-4)
New Orleans (4-6)/Carolina (4-6-1) .. only listed because of NFC South division race
Key Week 12 NFC Games
Arizona (9-1) at Seattle (6-4)
Obviously goes without saying. This really could be our season right here. The Seahawks need to keep pace with not only the Cardinals, but the 49ers, Cowboys, Packers, Eagles and Lions. Dropping another game would not officially bury them in the wild card race... but make it very hard to get into it. Fortunately (or maybe not depending how you look at it) enough.. the Seahawks still control their own destiny for the most part down the stretch. 5 of their last games are in the division.. 4 of them against Arizona and San Francisco. They take care of those.. they will be in the playoffs. They dont? Well.. we won't play again in 2015 until August.
The Seahawks playoffs start Sunday.
Detroit (7-3) at New England (8-2)
Following their tough loss to Arizona, the Lions schedule doesn't get any easier as they will go on the road to face the red hot Patriots (who at the moment of posting this lead the Colts by 11). Now.. before you automatically go "well no crap, we want the Patriots to win!" .. consider this...
- The Seahawks would lose a tie-breaker with the Lions right now, if both teams wound up tied at the end of the year. A loss to the Patriots doesn't hurt the Lions at all in the key stat: Conference record
- The Seahawks would beat the Packers in a tie-breaker for a wild card and/or seeding due to that win in Week 1
- Playing at Detroit would be much better than playing at Green Bay
For these reasons.. a Lions win over the Patriots would actually be more beneficial in the long run. Especially when you consider the Lions remaining schedule following the Patriots game becomes incredibly easy until their final matchup in Week 17 against.. you guessed it.. the Packers.
So really. The Lions are friends. Not foes. Not yet anyway.
Who you should root for: Detroit
Packers (7-3) at Vikings (4-6)
The Packers look utterly frightening right now. IMO they are the team to beat in the NFC barring an injury to Aaron Rodgers. And as I alluded to in the previous preview, we really do not want to see this team get a bye and/or HFA. I don't care how well the Seahawks have played the Packers of late.. those games were at the Clink and not in Lambeau on a brutally cold winter day.
The Vikings beating the Packers would be the biggest upset of the year.. and I don't expect it to happen. But sometimes weird things happen in this league. The Packers are a team we have tie-breakers over.. so staying close to them is very important. Go Vikings go! You owe us for giving us Bevell, fleecing us for Harvin, stealing Hutchinson .. and on and on.
Who you should root for: Minnesota
Titans (2-8/3-7) at Eagles (7-3)
The Titans are really a miserable team.. and firmly in the hunt for a Top 3 pick. Asking them to go into Philadelphia and pull off a ginormous upset is probably a bit much.. but.. we shall do so, as the Seahawks would get in over the Eagles in a tie. Go flaming thumbtacks!
Who you should root for: Tennessee and an act of God
Redskins (3-7) at 49ers (6-4)
No long winded paragraph needed here. It's simple.
Who you should root for: The politically incorrect moniker for Native Americans
Cowboys (7-3) at Giants (3-7)
The Cowboys have the H2H tie-breaker over the Seahawks, so once again.. we count on *sigh* the Giants to try and not suck for ONE game. Granted if they gave up 350 rushing yards to us.. DeMarco Murray may do that on his own Sunday night.. but stranger things have happened!
Who you should root for: The Fightin' Eli's
Ravens (6-4) at Saints (4-6)
Browns (6-4) at Falcons (4-6)
Bucs (2-8) at Bears (4-6)
I lumped the whole NFC South into one, because this division is too much of a joke to separate into their own respective capsules. The Falcons are 0-6 outside of the NFC South, and 4-0 inside of it. The Bucs.. despite getting drubbed by everyone.. are 2 games out of first. The Saints are tied for first at 4-6, but because of a H2H loss against Atlanta.. they would miss the playoffs. AND ONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL GET TO HOST A PLAYOFF GAME!
Really .. the only NFC South team that may not lose in Week 12 is Carolina and that's because they're off. I stand by what I said last week though in that facing the Falcons or Panthers is far better than a bad karma wild card matchup against a sub .500 Saints team. The sick twisted part of me really wants to see Tampa win and Atlanta and NO lose to make it an even tighter race.
Who you should root for: Everyone but New Orleans.
NFC Playoff Standings w/Seattle win and likely outcomes in other games..
1) Arizona - (9-2)
2) Green Bay - (8-3)* Clinches first-round bye due to H2H win over Philadelphia
3) Philadelphia - (8-3)
4) Atlanta - (4-7)
5) Dallas - (8-3)
6) Detroit - (7-4)* Clinches wild card spot over SF, SEA due to conference record tie-breaker
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7.) Seattle - (7-4)* Leaps SF due to division record (1-1) vs. (1-2)
8.) San Francisco - (7-4)
