NFC playoff picture: Rams have to win next week, wild cards TBD
by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 27, 2010 7:16 AM CST
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PrintRidiculous, I know, but it's worth taking a quick look at the NFC playoff picture while fan enthusiasm is running so hot.
The picture is actually pretty clear for the Rams: beat Seattle in week 17 and win the NFC West or lose and start thinking about the draft.
The NFC Wild Card spots are a still a little shaky, and though it seems likely the NFC West champs would play the New Orleans Saints, that could change. A New Orleans win tonight guarantees them a playoff berth, but they're playing the Falcons. A Falcons win this week and a Saints win next week over Tampa Bay, still means that the Saints would travel to St. Louis to open the playoffs. A loss to the Falcons in week 16 followed by a loss to Tampa Bay would mean that the Rams face either the Buccaneers or Green Bay. A Packers win over the Bear next week and a Tampa Bay win over the Saints gives the Rams a date with Green Bay. A Bears win and a Tampa win means that the Rams would play the Bucs, in what could be an enticing matchup for a Rams team that came so close to beating Tampa Bay earlier this season. A Saints win in week 17 means that the Rams will play the Saints, regardless of the outcome in Green Bay.
Got that?
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Go Green Bay
A buddy of mine is a GB fan and promised tickets if it ends up being the Rams/Pack.
by JTPirate on Dec 27, 2010 7:40 AM CST via mobile reply actions
WOW
Go Bears (sorry JT), Go Tampa.. I’d LOVE to see Tampa in the playoffs. Of course, we haven’t gotten in ourselves yet.
Pooch punts should be illegal inside an opponents 38 yard line.
I dont like TB or there pumpkin head QB that every one thinks is so great
But I would like to have them in SL for a rematch and kick there asses really good
i agree with you
I could actually see the Rams beating Tampa at home
The only thing comparable to a Rams win is a 49er loss!
by DevsLaRams on Dec 27, 2010 12:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I would
Sooooo Love for us to play the Buc’s!
by Jas the Mace on Dec 27, 2010 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
Assuming we get in...
I’d prefer the bucs then saints and then pack…
Baseball-Cardinals
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by clwxz5 on Dec 27, 2010 7:48 AM CST via mobile reply actions
"And if no clear winner emerges from all of this,
a two-man sack race will be held on consecutive Sundays until a champion can be crowned."
"Now there are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours of sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady who has a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese." - Coach Bobby Finstock
oh hell yeah.
give me the bucs! go falcons, bears, and bucs!
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by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 27, 2010 7:54 AM CST reply actions
I would love for the Rams to get in and host the bucs at home!!!
However, the Saints would provide the biggest opportunity for the Rams to shut the media dorks up about playoff reseeding and all that crap with a win.
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
I dont mind the way the seeding is now cause we get in if we win the division
but I think it would be more fair if the best records got in and no guarantee division entry
I agree
You can still have div champs, but best record moves on.
by Skunkburner on Dec 27, 2010 10:08 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I disagree...
I think you guys are correct in a perfect world… But I have this nagging feeling that this is going to cause a shitstorm that will screw up the NFL playoffs forever.
The media cant help themselves and you just KNOW that it wont stop there. If the NFL decides to make a change like that, then the media is going to cry about the seeding process being unfair because there will be two teams with the same record or some such bullshit where they cant determine who should be the higher seed. Then there will be all this controversy and the media will suggest some sort of strength of schedule deal.
It is imperfect, but nobody had a problem with it until bill collins opened his big fuckin mouth.
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
Yes
Don’t mess w/ it. Every year someone is in w/ less wins
by Jas the Mace on Dec 27, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed.
Why the fuck would we change something that’s worked FOREVER just because of one bad year? Fucking idiots…
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
So like the BCS, right?
The divisions/scheduling/tiebreaker system we have exists because the league has 32 teams and every team cannot play the same schedule every given season. Given that restriction, the current system is THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THE BEST TEAMS. There is no question in my mind that the NFL did it right. Since the divisional schedules rotate, if one division does happen to be “weaker” for a long stretch in a league where revenues are shared fairly equally, they will play every other division over a 3-year stretch (and have a home-and-home every 6 years), thereby equalizing the benefit across the league. So since the NFC West has been historically weak the past three seasons, THE ENTIRE LEAGUE has had the chance to reap the benefits.
The media needs to shut the hell up.
go cards, o's, and phillies.
...boiler up.
If theRams want a chance at moving in to the 2nd round,
First we need to beat the Seacocks. Then our best chance would be to play the Bucinqueers. Even if we lose to them, it should be close. GB and the aints will blow us out. We are not at that level of comp yet. Shit look at what Rogers did to the giants secondary yesterday. 4 TDs, 300 plus yards. He will pick our weakass secondary apart. Let’s be real folks. Let’s whoop the seacocks and hope for Tampa.
by Skunkburner on Dec 27, 2010 10:06 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Let's just focus on beating Seattle.
The rest will take care of itself and there’s nothing we can do about it. Put first things first – beat Seattle.
by andyhawk on Dec 27, 2010 11:00 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
You mean you don't feel you have to do certain things to help the team win?
Stuff like wearing the right socks, eating and drinking the same stuff you did the last time they beat Seattle, focusing all your psychic energy to help the team on important plays, and all that kinda stuff? Man, next you’re gonna tell me you don’t believe in Santa Claus. C’mon, we gotta all focus fully on the game against Seattle, just like the team does, so we make sure we counter all the home field stuff from the Seattle fans. lol
Totally!
I have to drink Tecate from a can and eat wings! All while wearing my 25 yr old rams helmet shirt from Jr. High! It’s a little tight, but it annoys my wife as well as bringing good luck, so a double whammy!
by Jas the Mace on Dec 27, 2010 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
Damn! all this time I have been glued to the Dos Equis! Right Country wrong beer!
I will switch it up for the Seattle game, we will win for sure!!!
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
We can look forward to the playoffs if we want.
Granted, there’s a risk because we’ll be highly disappointed if we lose, but the TEAM has to focus on Seattle, we can look forward to the playoffs. Right now, with Hasselback out, it seems likely we’re in. Any Given Sunday, though, so it’s not a given.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Me and most of the people at RotB are rooting for you guys next week.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
Much appreciated...I rooted for you guys when you went to the SB!
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
Good.
We were pulling for Kurt the last couple of years, you better. :)
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
How I'd love to see Tampa make it
Payback!
or even the Saints…I think the Rams might be able to sneak away with a win this time..
Number 8 is great
This scenario generator
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/playoffscenario?algorithm=currentStandings
disagrees and says we would play the Giants if they beat Washington, the Saints lose twice and the Bears beat the Packers. It might not account for all the tiebreakers (since I think the Giants, Saints, and Bucs would all finish with 8-4 conference records) so that might not be correct, but I will surely take the Giants over any of those potential opponents.
go cards, o's, and phillies.
...boiler up.
I learned from this that the Rams don't even have to win to make the playoffs.
We can tie, too! Our odds just went way up.
Onobun > Gates
I'd rather...
see the saints in the NFC championship rather then the first round just my 2 cents.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no PLAYOFFS."
Winston Churchill
Looking a liiiiiiittle far ahead there haha.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Sam looks so happy.
Like he’s in a dream, running across a field while wearing his Rams gear. All of it in slow motion, so happy.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
2nd try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6EB9RSajA
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
Hahahah that's perfect,
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Yep
barring a miracle involving a lame-duck coach and Jimmy Clausen…
go cards, o's, and phillies.
...boiler up.
That would be such an awesome miracle.
I’d much rather play the Falcons at home in the first round than the Saints.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Why?
The Falcons outclassed us all game when we played them this year, and it was here. We couldn’t get near Ryan on pass plays, and Turner was tough to stop. They aren’t as opportunistic as the Saints, but they also don’t make as many mistakes as the Saints.
Agreed
Neither is ideal, but I think we have a far better chance of beating the Saints, especially assuming they come in overconfident off several wins. The Falcons would probably be pissed off after two straight losses (including one to the worst team in the league at home).
go cards, o's, and phillies.
...boiler up.
They're not as experienced
or as clutch as the Saints either. Plus, we were literally 2 yards from being 2 points down. I still believe that had we run on that play, we probably would have scored and had a chance to win the game. The Falcons are a consistently good team but no one area is eye-popping, therefore, none of our biggest weaknesses will be exploited as badly. IF we pulled off a miracle win in the first round, would you rather play the Falcons at home or the Saints at home? Because it’d be one or the other.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
+1
I would much rather us play the Falcons too. The Saints are too good and have too many weapons.
We were closer to ‘beating’ the Falcons than we were to ‘beating’ the Saints.
If I get paid a dollar for every time Bradford says "you know," I'd be a millionaire!
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