In what scenario is week 17 meaningless for the Eagles? (1 Viewer)

[Magnum]

Trying to plan ahead for total points league.

If the Eagles have nothing on the line in week 17 is it fairly safe to assume they hold out their studs? Anybody know how Andy Reid has handled this type of situation in the past?

 

[Mr. Retukes]

The only way Philly can get the #1 seed is if Atlanta loses this week, and then both Atlanta and New Orleans lose next week. If Atlanta wins this week, they will lock up the #1 seed.

If Chicago loses this week, then Philly could get the #2 seed.

Philly and Chicago both play at 1 p.m. in Week 17, so Philly would take the field assuming that they had to win to get the #2 seed.

 

[EFD]

There is no way week 17 is meaningless for Philly. At worst they're going to be playing to win so that they have a shot at the #2 seed vs Chicago.

 

[YoUnG GuNz]

If the Eagles lose this week and so do the Giants then they have nothing to play for week 17 because they couldn't get anything higher or lower than the 3 seed. That is the only possible scenario, but the chances of the Eagles losing this week is very slim so you should be in the clear.

 

[Fire the Fat Man]

There is no scenario that would be meaningless for the Eagles all because the Bears hold the tie breaker for the #2 seed. The Eagles need to win out and the Bears need to lose once.

Atl only has to go 1-1 to get the #1 seed which they should do, so that doesn't really matter to the Eagles.

The Bears must go 1-1 like I said above and the Eagles win out for the #2 seed, therefore week 17 matters to them

The Giants are still in play for the division, if they lose this week they are done, if they win they have a shot as long as the eagles lose. looks unlikely that happens though.

bottom line week 17 matters for the #2 seed.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

If the Eagles lose this week and so do the Giants then they have nothing to play for week 17 because they couldn't get anything higher or lower than the 3 seed.

This is not true. Philly could still get the #2 seed if Chicago loses.

 

[munchkin]

Vick has to play to continue his quest for MVP.

 

[Snotbubbles]

If the Eagles lose this week and so do the Giants then they have nothing to play for week 17 because they couldn't get anything higher or lower than the 3 seed.

This is not true. Philly could still get the #2 seed if Chicago loses.

The correct answer would behilly week 16 lossNYG week 16 lossChicago week 16 winPhilly week 17 meaningless.

 

[Magnum]

My head hurts

 

[Thunderlips]

IF the Eagles are in the playoffs and can't improve from a win in 17....they'll do absolutely nothing. It happened a couple of years ago when they played the Rams.

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