They were talking about this a little on the radio today. Thinking about the seeding and what all that means to our playoff chances. If the season ended today, the seeding would go:
- Eagles-NFC East
- San Fran-NFC West
- Detroit-NFC North
- Atlanta-NFC South
- Dallas-Wildcard 1
- Minny-Wildcard 2
- Packers-Wildcard 3
So week one, we'd get a bye.
SF would (presumably) beat the Packers
Detroit would presumably beat Minnesota
Dallas would beat Atlanta
In that scenario, we'd have to play Dallas in week 2 and one of Detroit or, more likely, SF in the NFCCG. While the bye is a great thing, that's a tough couple of games.
If we lose to Dallas this week and then us and Dallas win out, we'd still win the NFC east but be the 2 seed. If that happens, week one, SF gets the bye and...
We'd (presumably) beat the Packers
Detroit would presumably beat Minnesota
Dallas would beat Atlanta
Week 2 would send Detroit to us and Dallas to SF.
Assuming we beat Detroit, we'd face Dallas at home or SF in SF. You have to assume that the game between Dallas and SF would be knock down drag out fight. Just wondering if getting the 2 seed might be better than the 1. This of course stipulates that the bye week is huge and I'm only considering the prospective matchups.