Domani notte ennesima partita nel gelo di Chicago.
Le ultime due sono andate male, e il proverbio dice che non c'è due senza tre...
Vincendo, in teoria, salirebbero le possibilità che ai playoff ci possano andare 3 squadre della NFC South...ma molto in teoria, in realtà dovremmo vincerle tutte e sperare in una serie di risultati a noi favorevoli...bastava averne vinta una in più ed era tutto molto diverso. Unico appiglio per sperare è che, arrivando con un record pari ai Falcons, nel caso, passeremmo noi per il miglior tie breaker...
Comunque, i Bears sono la 29° difesa sui pass (e poi Urlacchia prende per il culo la nostra difesa...). Il problema è che questo lo sa anche coach Payton e quindi....addio corse di Thomas, addio attacco bilanciato...addio ultime e quasi impossibili speranze di playoff....
Sulla situazione della corsa playoff di seguito posto un intervento di un tifoso dei Saints su un forum. A parte il fatto che è troppo ottimista e che ci vorrebbe un culo della madonna per i playoff, credo sia interessante per analizzare la situazione della NFC, davvero equilibratissima...
Call it homerism if you want... I call it Hoping for the best ...for the WhoDat Nation!
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80d2e42aTEAM........................OVERALL............... ..CONF.
Carolina.........................10-3..........................7-3
Tampa.............................9-4..........................8-3
Dallas..............................8-5..........................6-4
Atlanta.............................8-5..........................5-4
Philadelphia.....................7-5-1.......................6-4
Washington......................7-6..........................6-4
Chicago...........................7-6..........................5-5
New Orleans...................7-6..........................4-5
Bucs go on a 3-game win streak to finish at 12-4 (wins NFC South)
Panthers go on a 3-game skid to finish at 10-6 (Conference record: 7-5; gets #5 seed)
Saints win final 3 games to finish at 10-6 (Conference record: 7-5; gets #6 seed)
Falcons lose to Bucs; win final two vs. Vikings & Rams to finish at 10-6 (Conference record: 7-5, but Saints win tiebreaker) NOTE: See Tiebreaker rules #'s 4 & 5, below.
Eagles win 2 of final 3 (...Bengals' game bites them in the end) to finish at 9-6-1 (final loss to Cowboys); miss playoffs
Cowboys lost 2 of final 3 (lose to Giants & Ravens; win @ Eagles); miss playoffs
Redskins win vs. Bengals & Eagles; lose @ 49'ers as Mike Singletary has team rev'd-up for the season ender. Miss playoffs.
So after week 17, it looks like this for final regular season NFC Conference standings (IMO):
Tampa............................12-4........................11-3
Carolina..........................10-6.........................7-5
New Orleans...................10-6........................7-5
Atlanta............................10-6.........................7-5
Philadelphia.....................9-6-1.......................7-5
Dallas..............................9-7..........................7-5
Washington......................9-7..........................7-5
Tiebreaker Rules (per NFL.COM):
Three or More Clubs
(Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of applicable two-club format.)
Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.
Head-to-head sweep. (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others.)
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
Strength of victory.
Strength of schedule.
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best net points in conference games.
Best net points in all games.
Best net touchdowns in all games.
Coin toss
When the first Wild-Card team has been identified, the procedure is repeated to name the second Wild-Card, i.e., eliminate all but the highest-ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. In situations where three or more teams from the same division are involved in the procedure, the original seeding of the teams remains the same for subsequent applications of the tie breaker if the top-ranked team in that division qualifies for a Wild-Card berth.