Playoff Chances?

by 700 Level on Nov 16, 2008 5:39 PM EST Comment 25 comments

Are we done? At this point we have to win out right? I feel like Jim Mora at this point... PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS?

But honestly I'm asking someone like andrew etc, to break this down. I'm too frustrated to even look into it...

I'm assuming we need to pull for the skins tonight right? Luckily this tie was againt an afc team, and ultimately it is somewhat better than a loss...

I'm more frustrated than i was in 2005. This team has so much potential, AND YET NO LEADERSHIP

whatsoever. Period.

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I don’t think the Eagles will make the playoffs, but I’m assuming that mathematically, this doesn’t hurt our playoff chances too much more.

Would 10-5-1 and do it? Or are they all must-win from here on out? (Either way…color me un-optimistic)

I would think that that the 3 division games are absolutely must-win, but I’ll wait for someone more numerical than I to break it down.

Yeah — I had such high hopes this season.

I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.

by BrianS on Nov 16, 2008 5:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Playoff seedings right now for the Wild Card are:

Bucs (7-3)
Redskins (6-3)
Falcons (6-4)
Cowboys (5-4)
Eagles (5-4-1)
Packers (5-5)
Bears (5-5)
Vikings (5-5)

The Wild Card is easily in reach, especially since we didn’t lose today.

Since the 2002 realignment

6 #1 seeds have made the Super Bowl (only one won)
2 #2 seeds have made the Super Bowl (both won)
2 #3 seeds have made the Super Bowl (one won)
0 #4 seeds have made the Super Bowl
1 #5 seed made the Super Bowl (and won)
1 #6 seed made the Super Bowl (and won)

So of the 5 or 6 seeds each has won as many Super Bowls as the #1 seeds.

I think 10-5-1 can do it, 11-4-1 can too. 9-6-1 may even get us in.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 5:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

so we want the skins tonight

or doesnt it really matter since we lost to both of them and will need to beat both to get it

Color me a skins fan tonight because unless it is a hands-down benefit for us, i cant ever hope well for the Cowboys

Billy Penn who?

by 700 Level on Nov 16, 2008 6:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well look at the record

if dallas wins then you get one game closer to the skins, boys, and eagles having a closer record. If dallas loses, then the skins are 1.5 games ahead of you instead of 0.5. In reality its a long season and I am not going to count y’all out of this one yet.

Ignore the Mainstream Media, EMBRACE THE HATE!!!!

by cowboy78 on Nov 16, 2008 6:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know man. If the Skins win, they are further ahead of us. If the Cows win, then it will drag the Skins down to 6-4. That leaves Skins at 6-4, Cows at 6-4 and us at 5-4-1. So eventhough we’ll be last in the short term, a Skin L would be better in the longrun.

by LeonSA on Nov 16, 2008 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

but count me hoping that they tie as well

Billy Penn who?

by 700 Level on Nov 16, 2008 6:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Redskins choke!

Honestly, this is a great outcome for us.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How do you only score 10 points at home?

How do you only call 17 runs but 39 passes?

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

Boy, its fun to do that with other teams.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

idk ask Andy Reid

Fire the Fat One
Fire Andy Reid

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Nov 22, 2008 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i love u andrew

thanks for the always-good statisical data

Billy Penn who?

by 700 Level on Nov 16, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

at this point, even if they did make the playoffs, i think the giants are a (gulp) far superior team. if the birds cant even contend it is my hope that they lose a few more and get a decent draft pick. maybe i’ll change my mind tomorrow but this is a pretty friggin depressing non-win to cinci.

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by sixrfan on Nov 16, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

They have an awesome running game. Manning gets to throw on 2nd and 3rd and short constantly while we’re throwing 2nd and 3rd and 10. Gilbride does a great job of mixing up their play calling and keeping the defense honest…. We on the other hand are the exact opposite. I would say our defenses our equal but their offense, in particular their balance, is on a level the Eagles just aren’t even close to. We probably lead the league in 3 and outs, it’s pitiful.

by Joe_D on Nov 16, 2008 7:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Giants

If the Giants are a far superior team, they wouldn’t have let the Bengals take them to overtime, they would have beat the Eagles by more than 5 points and 57 yards, and they wouldn’t have been blown out by the Cleveland Browns.

Reality is, the Giants have strengths and weaknesses too, and the Eagles don’t match up badly against them.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

they're 9-1 and win close games..

by Joe_D on Nov 16, 2008 11:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Through 10 games they’ve won the close games. There’s six more games to go, and then they get to enter single game elimination.

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

they're not facing the same struggles week in week out and we are... they're the most consistent team in football

we aren’t even close…and trust me it pains me to say that cuz i hate the giants.

by Joe_D on Nov 17, 2008 12:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Most Consistent?

Really? Are we watching the same Giants team?

Footballoutsiders has them ranked 28th in variance in the NFL, right behind the Falcons and right ahead of the Rams.

I suppose losing to the Browns, barely beating the Bengals, and letting the Rams hang around through 3+ quarters will do that to your record.

The Giants have been all over the place this year. If the team that played either of those three games above shows up again in the playoffs, they are one and done, just like the Cowboys last year.

by Andrew B on Nov 17, 2008 1:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i think this really puts us on the outside looking in…we needed a win…plain and simple…we had to win out and lose one game tops…not we have to count this as our los b/c we cant lose to anyone else b./c were down a win…so…wow bout 11-4-1 guys…:-/

The thing that really disappoints me is this was the only game after the giants game i counted as a guarenteed win…welll.fuck that

Why Can't Us

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Nov 16, 2008 7:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No, you misunderstand. The Eagles can now tie any other team for wins, and beat them out immediately on record because they have one less loss. Now our NFC conference record will probably become completely meaningless for playoff tiebreakers. So if we are 10-5-1 and the Redskins are 10-6, we beat them for the spot, even if we lost to them twice.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

but if we got the win...thats one more win...

Fire the Fat One
Fire Andy Reid

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Nov 22, 2008 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

last time a tie happened. i think it was the falcons and the steelers? but what i do rememeber is both teams made the playoffs and won in the first round. some hope for the iggles?

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by anuj on Nov 16, 2008 9:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Position

The Panthers play the Falcons next week and the Bucs a few later. Both Falcons and Bucs have to play the Vikings. The Bears have to play the Vikings and Packers again. The Vikings have to play the Giants. The Panthers have to play the Packers and the Giants. No matter what happens, its good for the Eagles.

The Eagles get to play both the Skins and Boys before the end of the season, either game of which is enough to allow us to not just catch them, but pass them, thanks to having one less loss and one more tie. The Skins and Boys also both have to play the Giants again.

There’s just way too much football left to write off the Eagles when they are 1/2 a game out of the 6th wild card spot.

by Andrew B on Nov 16, 2008 11:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Totally agree

But man, a win woulda been so much better!

Billy Penn who?

by 700 Level on Nov 17, 2008 8:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

No doubt.

But a tie is better than a loss. Somehow, no one here sees that.

With a tie, we are only 1/2 a game back of the Falcons, Redskins, and Cowboys. We can finish tied for wins and we win the tie-breaker because we lost one less game!

by Andrew B on Nov 17, 2008 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs