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Raider Nation

Raider Nation

Devil's Advocate
One of these six teams figures to be on the road playing the NFC West champion:

Giants, Eagles, Packers, Bears, Falcons, Saints.

With the exception of maybe the Bears, every team on that list has got to be favored by a TD over that NFC West slop, no?

 
I can't speak for the other NFC West teams, but the niners played the saints, eagles, and falcons to the wire (shoulda beat the falcons in atlanta) so not sure why that would be the case considering they're currenlty dwelling in the basement of the NFC West.

 
The NFC West is the only division in the NFL that has all 4 of the teams giving up more points than they have scored. Every other division is either split with 2 and 2 or even 3 scoring more than they give up to 1 giving up more points than they score.

The NFC West is a bad, bad division. Whoever wins it will be the tallest midget - and will get clocked in the first round.

IMHO, this is exactly the type of reason that a division crown should not be an auto-home game vs. a wild card team.

 
I will gladly accept a playoff birth even if we won't be favored.

While I think an Alex Smith-less Niners team can go toe to toe with any of those squads, there's no way they should be favored. Even against the Bears.

Of course the season is still a long ways out...if one of these teams catches fire things can change quickly. But as of now...it's ugly.

I don't follow the other NFC West teams well enough to speak for their chances.

 
Raider Nation said:
One of these six teams figures to be on the road playing the NFC West champion:

Giants, Eagles, Packers, Bears, Falcons, Saints.

With the exception of maybe the Bears, every team on that list has got to be favored by a TD over that NFC West slop, no?
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No. As Herm Edwards always says, let's wait until after Thanksgiving. That's when real football starts.
 
DoubleG said:
The NFC West is the only division in the NFL that has all 4 of the teams giving up more points than they have scored. Every other division is either split with 2 and 2 or even 3 scoring more than they give up to 1 giving up more points than they score.The NFC West is a bad, bad division. Whoever wins it will be the tallest midget - and will get clocked in the first round.IMHO, this is exactly the type of reason that a division crown should not be an auto-home game vs. a wild card team.
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don't worry, you guys will make it. :unsure:
 
When the 49ers get a real QB and the Rams get a few weapons for Bradford, both will be very good teams. Like I said, the Rams already could be 8-1 if they knew how to close out games.

 
DoubleG said:
The NFC West is the only division in the NFL that has all 4 of the teams giving up more points than they have scored. Every other division is either split with 2 and 2 or even 3 scoring more than they give up to 1 giving up more points than they score.The NFC West is a bad, bad division. Whoever wins it will be the tallest midget - and will get clocked in the first round.IMHO, this is exactly the type of reason that a division crown should not be an auto-home game vs. a wild card team.
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The tallest midget has been to th SB more than any other NFC division the last 5 years. I'm not saying it's a good division, but if it was as bad as you say, someone wouldve offed them easily in 05 or 09.Eta. This won't be the worst division next year.
 
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STL can't win on the road to save their life so probably going to be Seattle, who can actually be a tough team at home

 
Not to mention Seattle won their two first round games after the SB run, and in 06 came within a fg on the road from knocking out the Bears. So that's 4 of the last 5 years if an NFCW team advancing past rd 1. Seems like they do just fine in the playoffs.

 
mad sweeney said:
Not to mention Seattle won their two first round games after the SB run, and in 06 came within a fg on the road from knocking out the Bears. So that's 4 of the last 5 years if an NFCW team advancing past rd 1. Seems like they do just fine in the playoffs.
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We're talking about this season. HTH.
 
DoubleG said:
mad sweeney said:
Not to mention Seattle won their two first round games after the SB run, and in 06 came within a fg on the road from knocking out the Bears. So that's 4 of the last 5 years if an NFCW team advancing past rd 1. Seems like they do just fine in the playoffs.
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We're talking about this season. HTH.
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The season when the Hawks handily beat the NFCN division leaders at their own home? Somehow that's supposed to make the NFCW champ a poor choice to make the playoffs? Seems like the same argument would disqualify the N as well for losing to such a weak division's leader. The same division with perennial rug mat Lions and the biggest train wreck of THIS season? Careful about that glass house you're chucking rocks from. HTH.
 
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I think the even more amusing option is one of these teams COULD win a home playoff game. Imaging the line for any of those teams on the road vs. a top 2 team in the NFC in Round 2?

 
Ariakis said:
I think the even more amusing option is one of these teams COULD win a home playoff game. Imaging the line for any of those teams on the road vs. a top 2 team in the NFC in Round 2?
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Hey since lines mean everything, want to throw out yesterdays game? Where the Cowboys were 14pt underdogs.
 
All 9 losses by the Seahawks have been by 15 or more points. 3 of those losses have been at home.

Humorously enough, though, the closest of those 9 losses was at the Saints.

Still, -10 1/2 looks pretty tempting.

-QG

 
Hey, just so everybody knows, the NFC West has sent at least 1 team to the divisional round every year since the 2002 divisional realignment. Just sayin'.

 
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xfactor99 said:
Hey, just so everybody knows, the NFC West has sent at least 1 team to the divisional round every year since the 2002 divisional realignment. Just sayin'.
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While that may be, the run game has been the worst in the league and they have lost a lot of firepower at WR. As sad as it sounds last night, that game at STL was hideous. No one could catch a freaking ball. I don't think the Saints are going to have those issues.I like the Saints.
 
Being a lifelong 49ers fan it certainly has been a disappointing year for the whole NFC West.Things won't get drastically better next year but there should most certainly be improvement as I don't think the division can get any lower. Seeing the Saints as a 10.5 pt. favorite probably means they could field their scout/practice squad against the Seahawks and stand a decent chance of winning. We got rid of Singletary, thank God, and they better get rid of Alex Smith. If they don't the 49ers 2011 season is a bust before it begins. Singletary=gone, Alex Smith=better be gone, the Yorks=if we could find a way to get rid of them their chance of getting better are high. I'll settle for Singletary and Smith gone so the ball's in the Yorks court with getting a franchise QB and no, it's not Troy Smith either. For God's sake Yorks, don't screw it up anymore. Grow some cahones and make the right frigging decisions. They have high hopes of landing Jim Harbaugh as their next coach. I'd be happy with that but not so sure Harbaugh will. He probably will have better options but might be interested in the challenge. It'll be more than a challenge though. He'd certainly have his hands full. We're still a rather young team but there again the reason they call them franchise QB's is obvious and obviously the 49ers have completely overlooked that since dragging out the Alex Smith project. The Niners #1 priority after they get their saviour coach is to do what's necessary and get a real franchise QB.

 
The Saints havent blown teams out like they did last year. Below average teams like San Fran, Carolina, Arizona, Dallas, Cincy, and Cleveland have either beaten the Saints or played them to within 5 points.

They won by 15 in N.O. against SEA earlier this year but Seatle much tougher at home. I dont see the Saints losing but 10.5 is far from a no-brainer.

 
Ghost of Bill Walsh said:
Being a lifelong 49ers fan it certainly has been a disappointing year for the whole NFC West.Things won't get drastically better next year but there should most certainly be improvement as I don't think the division can get any lower. Seeing the Saints as a 10.5 pt. favorite probably means they could field their scout/practice squad against the Seahawks and stand a decent chance of winning. We got rid of Singletary, thank God, and they better get rid of Alex Smith. If they don't the 49ers 2011 season is a bust before it begins. Singletary=gone, Alex Smith=better be gone, the Yorks=if we could find a way to get rid of them their chance of getting better are high. I'll settle for Singletary and Smith gone so the ball's in the Yorks court with getting a franchise QB and no, it's not Troy Smith either. For God's sake Yorks, don't screw it up anymore. Grow some cahones and make the right frigging decisions. They have high hopes of landing Jim Harbaugh as their next coach. I'd be happy with that but not so sure Harbaugh will. He probably will have better options but might be interested in the challenge. It'll be more than a challenge though. He'd certainly have his hands full. We're still a rather young team but there again the reason they call them franchise QB's is obvious and obviously the 49ers have completely overlooked that since dragging out the Alex Smith project. The Niners #1 priority after they get their saviour coach is to do what's necessary and get a real franchise QB.
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Would love to see Gruden or Cowher become the next HC.
 
So does anyone know if Seattle is indeed the biggest home underdog ever in the playoffs? I would have to imagine they are.

 
Raider Nation said:
So does anyone know if Seattle is indeed the biggest home underdog ever in the playoffs? I would have to imagine they are.
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According to the people at The Gold Sheet, Seattle is clearly the biggest home dog ever.Or at least according to their data which dates back to 1973.

1977 - Baltimore was +4 at home against Oakland. (Raiders won 37-31) :lmao:

1979 - Tampa Bay was +4½ at home against Philly. (Bucs won 24-17)

1976 - Oakland was +4½ at home against Pittsburgh. (Raiders won 24-7) :lmao:

2000 - New Orleans was +6½ at home against St. Louis. (Saints won 31-28)

So three of the four 4+ point home underdogs won the game outright. But that is a FAR cry from 10½ points.

 
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