Back from the Dead (or just the waterlogged)

by Shrug on Dec 18, 2006 1:45 AM PST

I'm back. I had a confluence of really silly situations that prevented me from posting anything until now. They were:

We went to Oly for the weekend, and I spent Friday night in Tumwater, WA, in one of the several houses in the area that had no power whatsoever because of Storm of the Century '06
I left the power cord for my laptop in Seattle and could not find a cheap replacement in Olympia
I had spotty internet access all weekend
I'm really just a lazy sod at heart.

So I couldn't post anything until now. I apologize. We're back and ready to gear up for Christmas Eve's POTENTIAL SUPER BOWL PREVIEW!!!! against the Chargers.

(That's called ironic overstatement, seattlesucks. AKA "a joke.")

For now, here's where things stand after Sunday's action: Miraculously, hilariously, the Seahawks are not out of the race for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.

First, they have to win out, against the Chargers and the Buccaneers. I know the Chargers look daunting, but wouldn't it just fit this season's entire profile for the Hawks to beat title contender San Diego at home, then lose to the woeful Buccaneers in their last regular season game? So why not win them both? Stupider things have happened. Like According to Jim getting renewed every year.

So. The Seahawks have to win out. Then, the Cowboys and Saints would have to lose both of their remaining games, and the Eagles -- after beating Dallas next week -- must then lose their final game against Atlanta.

Dallas, who has clinched a playoff spot, faces a suddenly powerful Eagles unit in an unforeseen showdown for the NFC East title on Christmas. Then they get Detroit.

The Saints don't have a total cakewalk after losing to the Redskins this afternoon. They play a pissed-off Giants team next week before finishing up the season at the CONSENSUS PICK TO REPRESENT THE NFC IN THE SUPER BOWL!!!, the Carolina Panthers.

If all those things happen, then the Seahawks finish 10-6, and Dallas, Philadelphia and New Orleans would all finish 9-7. If Seattle finishes tied with any of those teams, I believe they would lose the tiebreaker. (If Philly wins out, they get the division title. They would have beaten the Cowboys twice.)

Will all of this actually happen? Do I look like I'm on drugs?

Anyway, let's get this week underway. I need to do stuff.

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If...

-- the Seahawks lose to San Diego and beat Tampa Bay, and

-- Dallas loses out

...the Seahawks would hold the conference record tiebreaker over Dallas (7-5 to 6-6).

That's uplifting yet sad.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Dec 18, 2006 2:00 AM PST reply actions

Yes

But if Dallas loses out, the Eagles would get the division title. They'd both be 9-7 with the Eagles getting the series sweep. The Eagles would have at least 8 conference wins, which the Seahawks can't reach.

Man, that's like, serious sad-clown hilarity.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Dec 18, 2006 2:06 AM PST up reply actions

(I should say)

If the Eagles beat Dallas and lose to Atlanta, they'd finish up 9-7. (But a pretty damn impressive 9-7, considering their late-season feats.)

--Shrug

by Shrug on Dec 18, 2006 2:08 AM PST up reply actions

And you know what else?

The Bears and the Saints are the big favorites, but they aren't exactly unbeatable. Nowhere close, in fact. They both have shown vulnerabilities, and have both lost to bad teams this year. The Saints just did this afternoon. I can totally see the NFC championship going to a third seed or lower this year, the same way Pittsburgh won the AFC championship last year.

More uplifting pillow talk for y'all.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Dec 18, 2006 2:16 AM PST up reply actions

sheesh...

You know, it's only just past midnight here in Hawaii, but I'd feel marginally better if I was up at this hour and was discussing playoff scenarios and tiebreakers of teams that were a bit more above the level of middling. I mean, my goodness, Seattle could get the #2 seed with a record of 10-6. That record didn't even get them a home playoff game in 2003. They got a fifth seed and a game at Lambeau instead.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Dec 18, 2006 2:20 AM PST up reply actions

hehehe

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"I got to fulfill every defender's dream of punching Tom Nalen in the head" - Chuck Darby

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2006 10:58 AM PST reply actions

Before we get visions of Super Bowl in our head...

and not to be a downer, but we all might want to pack the jock-strap to this week's contest against San Diego, because they are more than capable of kicking our playoff hopes right in the nuts.

Facing the weakest division in the NFL we have a point differential of -19. The 2005 Super Bowl champion Steelers? +131. The 2005 Super Bowl champion, er, NFC champion, Seahawks: +181.

Assuming we won our final two contests by a total of twenty combined points, we'd be +1. Our Pythagorean record would be 8-8.

So rather than ride the roller coaster ride of impossible expectations, allow me to say my Monday morning optimism hopes that the Hawks win the division and don't get embarrassed at home during the Wild Card round.

Oh, and one final scary note. The 2006 Chargers point differential through 14: +179 in the second hardest division in the NFL.

by John Morgan on Dec 18, 2006 11:26 AM PST reply actions

That why if we beat the chargers

I will be estatic

"I got to fulfill every defender's dream of punching Tom Nalen in the head" - Chuck Darby

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2006 11:50 AM PST up reply actions

bingo

Yeah, I'm a lot closer to expecting an 0-2 finish out of the Seahawks instead of 2-0. I fully expect them to get beat by San Diego on Sunday. It's just that the fact they even have a chance at the #2 seed despite their suckitude is just appalling.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Dec 18, 2006 6:55 PM PST up reply actions