week 16 thread

**VikesFan28** · 12-23-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by IHavNoCyCash

2012 NFL Playoff Machine - Simulate Matchups and Scenarios - ESPN

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AFC
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1) Denver 13-3
2) New England 12-4 (head to head)
3) Houston 12-4
4) Baltimore 10-6 (division games over Cincy)
5) Indy 11-5
6) Cincy 10-6

NFC
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1) Atlanta 14-2
2) San Fran 12-3-1
3) Green Bay 11-5
4) Washington 10-6
5) Seattle 10-6
6) Minnesota 10-6 (division games)
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7) Chicago 10-6

If Seattle wins 1 of their last 2, they get in and Minnesota and Chicago battle for the last spot.

I'm hoping for a Seattle loss tonight. Can't the Vikes get in if Seattle lost its last two and Chicago loses next week? I haven't looked into it much, but I've been thinking that all along.

Edit: Since the Seahawks are at the 5 seed right now, they could win their games and the Vikings could still get the 6 seed. I don't know what I was thinking.

**CyFan61** · 12-23-2012, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by VikesFan4Ever28

I'm hoping for a Seattle loss tonight. Can't the Vikes get in if Seattle lost its last two and Chicago loses next week? I haven't looked into it much, but I've been thinking that all along.

Edit: Since the Seahawks are at the 5 seed right now, they could win their games and the Vikings could still get the 6 seed. I don't know what I was thinking.

Vikings could still get the 5 seed if Seattle loses tonight vs. San Francisco AND next week vs. St Louis, if the Vikings beat Green Bay.

I really hope that's the case, I'd much rather play the Redskins than the Packers two weeks in a row. Plus there would still be that (miniscule) hope that the Vikings would host an NFC Championship Game vs. the #6 seed.

**VikesFan28** · 12-23-2012, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by CyFan61

Vikings could still get the 5 seed if Seattle loses tonight vs. San Francisco AND next week vs. St Louis, if the Vikings beat Green Bay.

I really hope that's the case, I'd much rather play the Redskins than the Packers two weeks in a row. Plus there would still be that (miniscule) hope that the Vikings would host an NFC Championship Game vs. the #6 seed.

Yeah. Seattle losing twice and us winning would be best (obviously). If they lose tonight, my hopes will increase until I think about them playing the Rams.

**cmjh10** · 12-23-2012, 08:49 PM

2012 NFL Playoff Machine - Simulate Matchups and Scenarios - ESPN

AFC:
1. Denver 13-3
2. New England 12-4 (head to head over Houston)
3. Houston 12-4
4. Baltimore 10-6 (Division win %)
5. Indy 11-5
6. Cincy 10-6

Houston over Cincy
Indy over Baltimore
New England over Houston
Denver over Indy
Denver over New England to get to the Super Bowl

NFC:
1. Atlanta 14-2
2. Green Bay 12-4
3. San Fran 11-4-1
4. Washington 10-6
5. Seattle 11-5
6. Chicago 10-6

San Fran over Chicago
Seattle over Washington
Atlanta over Seattle
San Fran over Green Bay
Atlanta over San Fran to get to the Super Bowl

Denver over Atlanta in the Super Bowl

**Bu4ISU** · 12-23-2012, 10:39 PM

Let's Go Seahawks!!!!

**VikesFan28** · 12-23-2012, 11:20 PM

What a beatdown by Seattle.

**Tre4ISU** · 12-23-2012, 11:29 PM

That was awful. Time will tell but I don't think Kaepernick was the right decision with the results they had been getting from Smith. I think the Niners are just too erratic to win the Super Bowl. They just absolutely suck sometimes. Of course, at times, they are unbeatable.

**cyfanatic13** · 12-23-2012, 11:32 PM

Seattle is the hottest team in the NFL right now

**cmjh10** · 12-23-2012, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Tre4ISU

That was awful. Time will tell but I don't think Kaepernick was the right decision with the results they had been getting from Smith. I think the Niners are just too erratic to win the Super Bowl. They just absolutely suck sometimes. Of course, at times, they are unbeatable.

I still dont understand why they took Smith out. I knw he was hurt, but they were doing just fine with him at QB. I guess thats why they are the coaches and I am just a fan of football, they obviously thought it was the right decision then.

**CyFan61** · 12-24-2012, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by cyfanatic13

Seattle is the hottest team in the NFL right now

A first-round Seattle @ Washington game would just be nasty. Seattle's won four in a row (probably five after next week vs. the Rams), averaging 50 points/game over their last three, and Washington will have won seven in a row if they make it in the playoffs.

That could be the best game of the whole playoffs, and it might be the very first one.

**Cyclones_R_GR8** · 12-24-2012, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by cmjh10

I still dont understand why they took Smith out. I knw he was hurt, but they were doing just fine with him at QB. I guess thats why they are the coaches and I am just a fan of football, they obviously thought it was the right decision then.

Harbaugh drafted Kaepernick so it was inevitable that he would want his guy in there.

And I agree with the post above that Seattle is the hottest team out there.

**Rural** · 12-24-2012, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by cyfanatic13

Seattle is the hottest team in the NFL right now

As a fifty-plus years Bears fan, I really enjoy watching Seattle home games and would love to attend a Seahawks game in their stadium.

Having said that, something about Pete Carroll just makes me........uneasy.