Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 7 Week To Go

[mraynrand]

^ Rand Rule Corollary

Generally, between two evenly matched Packer Rivals (with similar records), you don't want the road team to win, because that gives them a greater advantage. This rule is negated if the visiting teams has a much poorer record, so that any victory is useful to hurt the team with the better record. If the team is close enough, and dangerous enough (like ATL) you may want Seattle to win so that ATL can't catch the Packers. Plus the Packers beat Seattle. At this point, we are playing for a wild card, so at some point need some Seattle losses so that we at least win tie breaker with Seattle if the Rams win that division.

Bears - Vikings is easy - def cheer for Bears. Vikings and Barr need to be pummeled even if they end up winning.

edit - oops it's Detroit Bears. Same rule applies - need a Bears victory because Detroit is much more a threat.

[pbmax]

Generally, between two evenly matched Packer Rivals (with similar records), you don't want the road team to win, because that gives them a greater advantage. This rule is negated if the visiting teams has a much poorer record, so that any victory is useful to hurt the team with the better record. If the team is close enough, and dangerous enough (like ATL) you may want Seattle to win so that ATL can't catch the Packers. Plus the Packers beat Seattle. At this point, we are playing for a wild card, so at some point need some Seattle losses so that we at least win tie breaker with Seattle if the Rams win that division.

Bears - Vikings is easy - def cheer for Bears. Vikings and Barr need to be pummeled even if they end up winning.

edit - oops it's Detroit Bears. Same rule applies - need a Bears victory because Detroit is much more a threat.

If only we possessed technology that allowed us to record our thoughts for posterity, I wouldn't forget the order of operation here.