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This is what I think is most likely to happen.

 

Even the best of players,

no matter how good of shape their in,

It usually takes a week or two to knock off the rust.

Be interesting to see.

 

The Eagles and Cowboys games should have been played in the early window and the Chiefs and Patriots games in the later window.

 

I hope your wrong on this.

I don't want the Saints playing a game in Green Bay.

Santa Fran ? Fine.

I'll even take @Seattle.

But not the frozen tundra.

Anywhere but there !!

 

If Seattle wins the Saints get a bye week.

 

If this happened I'd probably have:
Wild Card
Chiefs over Titans
Bills over Texans

Saints over Vikings
Eagles over Seahawks


Divisional
Ravens over Bills
Chiefs over Patriots

49ers over Eagles
Saints over Packers

Championship
Ravens over Chiefs
Saints over 49ers

SB
Ravens over Saints (Just playing odds to get here honestly. It's tough.)

 

Then who would be the #1 seed ?

Green Bay or Seattle ??

The Seahawks are a one point underdog in that game.

But C'mon

It's Seattle, at home.

One point don't mean shit in that place.

 

Saints have to win. They lose a tie with Seattle and Green Bay.

 

That's why they play the games !!

Right ?????

 

Seattle would be the 3 seed. GB is the 1. Seahawks are a 3-point home underdog right now and it'll probably push to 5 honestly. And Seattle hasn't been great at home. THey've been road warriors actually. Just last week they got handled by Arizona in front of the 12th man in a game that mattered to control the #1 seed.

 

Seattle's problem is they got RBs off the street to play against the 49ers.

 

If all the NFC teams ended 12-4 that could get that record, Seattle is the 1 Green Bay 2 and the Saints 3

 

Going to be chiefs and saints in the sb with the chiefs winning

 

Aaron Jones rushes for two TDs as Packers clinch division with 23-10 win over Vikings

Aaron Jones rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns and Davante Adams caught 13 passes for 116 yards as the Green Bay Packers clinched the NFC North title with a 23-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.

The win puts the Packers in position to earn a first-round bye next weekend with a win over the Detroit Lions.

The Packers defense also suffocated Kirk Cousins, Mike Boone and the Minnesota offense as they missed the presence of Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison. The Vikings managed just 139 yards of offense on the night as Adam Theilen was held without a catch.

Jones and Adams each lost fumbles and Aaron Rodgers was intercepted once as well as first half turnovers gave Minnesota the early advantage. A 21-yard touchdown pass from Cousins to Stefon Diggs after the Anthony Harris interception of Rodgers served as the only touchdown for either team until late in the third quarter.

Mason Crosby‘s three field goals from 42, 33 and 19 yards brought the Packers within a point, 10-9, at halftime.

Cousins was intercepted by Kevin King on a deep shot to Diggs that helped Green Bay finally flip the script and find the end zone. The pick gave the Packers the ball near midfield and eight plays later Jones sprung free for a 12-yard touchdown to take their first lead of the night. A two-point conversion from Rodgers to Geronimo Allison pushed the lead to 17-10.

Rodgers completed 26 of 40 passes for 216 yards with an interception.

Meanwhile, Minnesota just couldn’t get anything accomplished offensively. Cousins was sacked five times with Za’Darius Smith racked up 3.5 sacks and five total quarterback hits on the night.

Just one play after linebacker Anthony Barr was sidelined, Jones delivered the final blow for the Packers. Jones knifed through the Packers’ line for a 56-yard touchdown that gave Green Bay a 23-10 lead with 5:51 left to play.

A 53-yard touchdown pass from Cousins to Bisi Johnson was negated by a holding penalty on tackle Riley Reiff against Kyler Fackrell that would have given the Vikings a chance to revive their chances.

Cousins completed 16 of 31 passes for 122 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Boone was held to just 28 yards on 11 carries in place of Cook and Mattison.

source; NBC

 

Took the wind out of my sails.

 

Just remember they will have a healthy (hopefully) cook in the playoffs and that makes them a different team.

 

Will they still have Cousins back there? Cos he's a dogshit QB.

And as a Bears fan you can consider that an informed opinion from multiple angles.

 

I wouldn't consider him dogshit, but average, yes... an overpaid, average QB. In the ESPN QB rankings, he's 13th in the NFL, at Sporting News he's 17th, so he's just a middle teer kinda QB and not a Mahomes, Brady type.

He's hot or cold and when he's hot he's great, but he sure isn't very good primetime or in the 'big' game, yet.

Anyway, with a run game and a defense with a good Cousins, they might get lucky and win a playoff game or two... maybe.

lol at an informed opinion from multiple angles. Isnt that what we all have?

 

He dry humped both arms of the couch while watching the Vikings play.

 

The NFL released the following playoff scenarios for the final week of the season.

AFC

CLINCHED:

Baltimore Ravens – AFC North division and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs

Houston Texans – AFC South division

Kansas City Chiefs – AFC West division

New England Patriots – AFC East division

Buffalo Bills – playoff berth

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) (vs. L.A. Chargers (5-10), 1:00 PM ET, CBS)

Kansas City clinches a first-round bye with:

KC win + NE loss

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-3) (vs. Miami (4-11); 1:00 PM ET, CBS)

New England clinches a first-round bye with:

NE win or tie OR
KC loss or tie

OAKLAND RAIDERS (7-8) (at Denver (6-9); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)

Oakland clinches a playoff berth with:

OAK win + PIT loss + TEN loss + IND win + OAK clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PIT*

*OAK clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PIT if ONE of the following teams win or tie:

CHI, DET, LAC OR NE

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-7) (at Baltimore (13-2); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)

Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with:

PIT win + TEN loss or tie OR
PIT tie + TEN loss OR
TEN loss + IND win + OAK loss or tie OR
TEN loss + IND win + PIT ties OAK in strength-of-victory tiebreaker*

*PIT ties OAK in strength-of-victory tiebreaker if ALL of the following teams win:

MIN, GB, KC AND MIA

TENNESSEE TITANS (8-7) (at Houston (10-5); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)

Tennessee clinches a playoff berth with:

TEN win OR
TEN tie + PIT loss or tie OR
PIT loss + IND loss or tie

NFC

CLINCHED:

Green Bay – NFC North division

New Orleans – NFC South division

Minnesota — playoff berth

San Francisco — playoff berth

Seattle — playoff berth

DALLAS COWBOYS (7-8) (vs. Washington (3-12); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)

Dallas clinches NFC East division with:

DAL win + PHI loss

GREEN BAY PACKERS (12-3) (at Detroit (3-11-1); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

Green Bay clinches a first-round bye with:

GB win OR
NO loss OR
GB tie + SF loss OR
GB tie + NO tie

Green Bay clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

GB win + SF loss or tie OR
GB tie + SF loss + NO loss or tie

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (12-3) (at Carolina (5-10); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

New Orleans clinches a first-round bye with:

NO win + GB loss or tie OR
NO win + SF loss or tie OR
NO tie + GB loss OR
NO tie + SF loss OR
SF loss + GB win or tie

New Orleans clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

NO win + GB loss or tie + SF loss or tie OR
NO tie + GB loss + SF loss

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8-7) (at N.Y. Giants (4-11); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)

Philadelphia clinches NFC East division with:

PHI win or tie OR
DAL loss or tie

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (12-3) (at Seattle (11-4); 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

San Francisco clinches NFC West division title with:

SF win or tie

San Francisco clinches a first-round bye with:

SF win OR
SF tie + GB loss or tie OR
SF tie + NO loss or tie

San Francisco clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

SF win OR
SF tie + GB loss or tie + NO loss or tie

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (11-4) (vs. San Francisco (12-3); 8:20 ET, NBC)

Seattle clinches NFC West division with:

SEA win

Seattle clinches a first-round bye with:

SEA win + GB loss

Seattle clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

SEA win + GB loss + NO loss