The Official Who To Root For/Against Thread

[kleese]

Just nice to be able to realistically post one of these...

First of all, our main focus is simple... The NFC East. 9-7 could very well win it again. The key game of course is our Monday Nighter with the Giants... If that goes our way then the division is likely to be a tight race down the last quarter of the season.

In the race for the division, rooting interests are simple... Root against the Giants and Cowboys (shouldn't be too hard ).

But I am not looking just at the division... That last wild card spot in the NFC is also wide open and I beleive 9-7 could also be good enough there.

The teams vying for that spot are the Saints, Bucs, Vikings, and Seahawks. There are other teams still technically alive, but the teams I listed are the ones I beleive are a treat to go 9-7 or better. We have a huge advantage in that we already hold the tie breaker with the Saints, Vikes, and Bucs.

Week 15

There are two glaringly obvious ones here:

1. Falcons over Giants
2. Packers over Bears

Either of those go our way and we officially control our own destiny. And if either of those go our way, it also gives us a little breathing room if we happen to lose on Sunday... The Giants could very well lose again next week at Baltimore and the Bears would be in full free fall mode and could lose either at Arizona or at Detroit. By far and away, as a fan, those are the two games you should be watching most closely.

3. Bills over Seahawks
4. Steelers over Cowboys

It would be nice for Seattle to drop this one, but we really need them to lose one of their last two against NFC teams. Similar situation for Cowboys... Losing to Pittsburgh only matters to us if they then also lose to New Orleans.

5. Patriots over 49ers

Catching the Niners is a longshot considering they need to lose out and end at home with Arizona, but might as well root against them just in case.

6. Rams/Vikings... That could go either way. I'd say root for the Rams because they would need to win out to pass us (and we'd have to lose again) but I really don't view either team as a threat.

7. Bucs/Saints is irrelevant to us.... Only ways Bucs pass us is if they win out and we go 8-8 and we all know we are out of it anyway if we go 8-8.

8. Depending on your perspective, maybe keep an eye on Broncos/Ravens. If Denver wins, Baltimore will be desperate when they play the Giants next week. I guess you could also argue they'd be collapsing and maybe not in a good frame to play the Giants. Either way, it probably bears watching a little bit.

The main focus is by far and away the Falcons and Packers.

[TheItalianStallion]

Bears over Vikings

You're writing off snagging the #5 seed, I take it?

[Murphs56]

I agree with that logic. I'm willing to concede the First Wildcard spot to the Packers/Bears. Have to root against the Bucs, Seahawks, Vikings, and Saints along with our division

[RedCapital]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

This is fun to play with. I especially like simulation if the winners are picked by higher ranked offense.

When I went through each game one by one with my predictions I was surprised when I had the Bills making the playoffs.

For the record, my final standings are...

AFC
1. Houston 14-2
2. New England 13-3
3. Denver 13-3
4. Baltimore 12-4
5. Pittsburgh 11-5
6. Buffalo 9-7

NFC
1. Atlanta 13-3
2. Green Bay 12-4
3. San Francisco 11-4-1
4. NFC East Winner 8-8
5. Chicago 12-4
6. Seattle 11-5

[Cooleyfan1993]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

This is fun to play with. I especially like simulation if the winners are picked by higher ranked offense.

When I went through each game one by one with my predictions I was surprised when I had the Bills making the playoffs.

For the record, my final standings are...

AFC
1. Houston 14-2
2. New England 13-3
3. Denver 13-3
4. Baltimore 12-4
5. Pittsburgh 11-5
6. Buffalo 9-7

NFC
1. Atlanta 13-3
2. Green Bay 12-4
3. San Francisco 11-4-1
4. NFC East Winner 8-8
5. Chicago 12-4
6. Seattle 11-5

haha i have us playing the bucs at FedEx Field. skins finishing the regular season at 10-6

[Koolblue13]

haha i have us playing the bucs at FedEx Field. skins finishing the regular season at 10-6

My preseason pick. 10-6

[Mr. Sinister]

If the Giants lose on Sunday, and we find a way to win next week, I will lose all self control. Granted, we would still have a ways to go in terms of snagging a playoff spot, but man, being a Redskins fan these last 17 years, it's been rae that we've played meaningful games in December.

[terpfan]

We NEED the Packers to the win. Outside of that I'm not doing much scoreboard watching yet.

[kleese]

We NEED the Packers to the win. Outside of that I'm not doing much scoreboard watching yet.

It would be nice, but is not essential. If the Giants win Sunday and then we beat them, they'd be 7-5, we'd be 6-6, but we'd be on track to win the tiebreaker...and the Giants still have the Saints, Falcons, and Ravens.

[Bishop Hammer]

We NEED the Packers to the win. Outside of that I'm not doing much scoreboard watching yet.

Same here. Our guys need so much help and luck my head would explode keeping track of all the games.

The NY GB game is going to hold my intrest like Skins themselves are playing.

[Hitman21ST]

Go Packers. I want the NFCE, don't care about the wild card.

[FrFan]

Any team which will beat the Giants and their obnoxious owner.

[mboyd784]

If the Hawks lose to the Dolphins, we can definitely see the #6 seed.

[tibbidoe]

The fact that it's more than just "mathematically possible" this year is awesome! We have a legit shot if we keep rolling.

Can't ask for anything more at this point.

HTTR! I love this freaking team!

[illone]

Hopefully we just win the division, be awesome to do in RG3 first year with a craptastic defense.