Race for the nfc west and the #1 seed

Originally posted by Happs:
Just did a quick analysis on what happens if we lose to Saints and then win out. And if Seattle wins out until last game and lose to us. We both will have 3 losses in that scenario and have to go to tie breaker for the division. Here's how I believe it it breaks down:

Head to head - Tie 1-1
Division games - Tie 1 loss each
Common Games - Tie both lost to Saints and Ravens.
Conference Games - Tie 2 losses each
Strength of victory - Currently tied at 12 wins for the two teams that are not the same on each other's schedule. Both wins by us and them. We need Packers and Redskins to keep winning. They need Eagles and Vikings to keep winning. That would suck if it came down to this.
Strength of Schedule - Currently tied. Same as above
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed: We are dominating this category.

I don't think strength of victory will remain a tie. It would really suck if it came down to that tie breaker but likely would in this scenario. This is definitely a must win vs the Saints so there's no possibility of the above occurring. I'll be out there at the Dome on Sunday supporting the team! Hopefully the same thing doesn't occur as the last time I was there when we lost to the Ravens.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about any of the above.

Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed

Originally posted by SFVNiner:
We definitely have a race on our hands... need this win big time! Please d-line... beat the he!! out of breezy (well just sack and pressure him a bunch) and no turnovers... please!
One game at a time; take care of business.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by SFVNiner:
We definitely have a race on our hands... need this win big time! Please d-line... beat the he!! out of breezy (well just sack and pressure him a bunch) and no turnovers... please!
One game at a time; take care of business.

It's going to be a high scoring game - both teams scoring in the 35-36 point range.

Originally posted by LVJay:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by SFVNiner:
We definitely have a race on our hands... need this win big time! Please d-line... beat the he!! out of breezy (well just sack and pressure him a bunch) and no turnovers... please!
One game at a time; take care of business.

It's going to be a high scoring game - both teams scoring in the 35-36 point range.

Yeah could be, but I'm hoping to hold them under 30

Shanny is familiar with their speed and style of play on that turf/dome...he'll be very detail oriented with the preparation and have the troop ready. Saints will get their points/yards, but in the end, I don't think they'll stop us.

Originally posted by LVJay:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by SFVNiner:
We definitely have a race on our hands... need this win big time! Please d-line... beat the he!! out of breezy (well just sack and pressure him a bunch) and no turnovers... please!
One game at a time; take care of business.

It's going to be a high scoring game - both teams scoring in the 35-36 point range.

Yeah could be, but I'm hoping to hold them under 30

Shanny is familiar with their speed and style of play on that turf/dome...he'll be very detail oriented with the preparation and have the troop ready. Saints will get their points/yards, but in the end, I don't think they'll stop us.

Originally posted by Curlin:

I think you can forget about tiebreakers at this point. Seattle would have to lose 2 games in the next 3 weeks and the niners would have to win 3 for the Seattle game to be meaningless. Not going to happen. The first week of the playoffs is week 17 in Seattle. Loser keeps going, winner gets a break. Either way they are both in.

Originally posted by Happs:

Strength of victory - Currently tied at 12 wins for the two teams that are not the same on each other's schedule. Both wins by us and them. We need Packers and Redskins to keep winning. They need Eagles and Vikings to keep winning. That would suck if it came down to this.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about any of the above.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Curlin:

I think you can forget about tiebreakers at this point. Seattle would have to lose 2 games in the next 3 weeks and the niners would have to win 3 for the Seattle game to be meaningless. Not going to happen. The first week of the playoffs is week 17 in Seattle. Loser keeps going, winner gets a break. Either way they are both in.

Pretty much. Just settled for the 5 and be done. So hard to win 4 straight (esp. given the last two) and then go win a few more in the playoffs. Now if we're healthy and not sacrificing bodies and rolling, ride that wave as long as possible.

Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:

Originally posted by LVJay:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by SFVNiner:
We definitely have a race on our hands... need this win big time! Please d-line... beat the he!! out of breezy (well just sack and pressure him a bunch) and no turnovers... please!
One game at a time; take care of business.

It's going to be a high scoring game - both teams scoring in the 35-36 point range.

Yeah could be, but I'm hoping to hold them under 30

Shanny is familiar with their speed and style of play on that turf/dome...he'll be very detail oriented with the preparation and have the troop ready. Saints will get their points/yards, but in the end, I don't think they'll stop us.

It's extra special that the year we're finally good with Shanny is the year we face his old NFC South foes. He knows the dome well indeed.

Originally posted by mayo49:
35-28, Niners.

Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
It's still technically possible for the entire NFC East to be tied at 6-10