Adidas410s
12-24-2005, 05:30 PM
So far the standings look like this
- Carolina 10-5 (holds tiebreaker over Minnesota)
- Washington 9-6 (holds tiebreaker over Dallas, DNP Carolina or Minnesota)
- Dallas 9-6 (holds tiebreaker over Carolina, DNP Minnesota)
- Minnesota 8-6 (still has to play Baltimore tmrw...then it will be clear if they are still in the running)
What must happen for each team to get in the playoffs:
Washington...in the playoffs with a win
Carolina...in the playoffs with a win, a loss to Atlanta combined with a Dallas win over STL and they are out
Dallas...in the playoffs with a win vs STL and either a Carolina loss to ATL or a Washington loss to Philidelphia
Minnesota...needs to win final two games and have both Dallas and Washington lose...I think. I may be wrong on this. Though Chicago is not marked as having clinched I believe they have because the 1st tiebreaker would be head-to-head and at worst they are 1 and 1 vs the Vikings. The 2nd tiebreaker is division record and they would be 9-3 with 2 straight losses where as the Vikings would be 8-4
Where things get "interesting" is if Washington and Dallas win and Carolina loses. For a 3 team tiebreaker the rules are as follows:
1. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the clubs). - Washington 2-0 Dallas 1-2 Carolina 0-1
Now I believe that it gets Dallas in regardless of what the tiebreakers are because they have the 2nd highest win% of the 3 teams as well as a head-to-head win over Carolina. Feel free to correct any scenarios that I have incorrect. If Minnesota wins it could twist things a little because they have only played Carolina (a loss) so let's hope Baltimore sticks to winning at home (5-2 this year) and then the Cowboys can win and get some help next week.
- Carolina 10-5 (holds tiebreaker over Minnesota)
- Washington 9-6 (holds tiebreaker over Dallas, DNP Carolina or Minnesota)
- Dallas 9-6 (holds tiebreaker over Carolina, DNP Minnesota)
- Minnesota 8-6 (still has to play Baltimore tmrw...then it will be clear if they are still in the running)
What must happen for each team to get in the playoffs:
Washington...in the playoffs with a win
Carolina...in the playoffs with a win, a loss to Atlanta combined with a Dallas win over STL and they are out
Dallas...in the playoffs with a win vs STL and either a Carolina loss to ATL or a Washington loss to Philidelphia
Minnesota...needs to win final two games and have both Dallas and Washington lose...I think. I may be wrong on this. Though Chicago is not marked as having clinched I believe they have because the 1st tiebreaker would be head-to-head and at worst they are 1 and 1 vs the Vikings. The 2nd tiebreaker is division record and they would be 9-3 with 2 straight losses where as the Vikings would be 8-4
Where things get "interesting" is if Washington and Dallas win and Carolina loses. For a 3 team tiebreaker the rules are as follows:
1. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the clubs). - Washington 2-0 Dallas 1-2 Carolina 0-1
Now I believe that it gets Dallas in regardless of what the tiebreakers are because they have the 2nd highest win% of the 3 teams as well as a head-to-head win over Carolina. Feel free to correct any scenarios that I have incorrect. If Minnesota wins it could twist things a little because they have only played Carolina (a loss) so let's hope Baltimore sticks to winning at home (5-2 this year) and then the Cowboys can win and get some help next week.