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  1. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Well, you know the drill. . . If either the Vikings or Eagles lose (or tie) Sunday, we back-in to the playoffs. Same if the Saints lose (or tie) on Monday. Any one of those three gets us in. A few more specifics on the NFC West race: If Rams beat MIN: we clinch at least a wildcard, though the...
  2. TheCardinal

    Maybe it means nothing . .

    A few years ago, while I was on my way to a Cardinals-Chiefs game, I drove past a dead cardinal smashed along the side of the road. Turns out to have been an accurate omen.
  3. TheCardinal

    Niners @ Titans Thursday game

    Vikings. We have 12 other ways to clinch the playoffs, but fewer paths to the division.
  4. TheCardinal

    Niners @ Titans Thursday game

    Head to head across divisions doesn’t necessarily apply if there is a 3-way or 4-way tie. If it was just ARI/MIN, we would win it (but then PHI and NO would’ve already lost and so we’d already be in, and would just be for seeding purposes). In a 3-way or 4-way tie, H2H only applies if one team...
  5. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    49ers lose to the Titans; they can no longer win the NFC West. Meanwhile, the Cardinals are extremely close to clinching a playoff spot. We would need any ONE of the following: a) any ARI win/tie b) any PHI loss/tie c) any MIN loss/tie d) any NO loss/tie e) losses by LAR in the final two games...
  6. TheCardinal

    Niners @ Titans Thursday game

    49ers lose. SF can no longer win the NFC West. Meanwhile, the Cardinals are extremely close to clinching a playoff spot. We would need any ONE of the following: a) any ARI win/tie b) any PHI loss/tie c) any MIN loss/tie d) any NO loss/tie e) losses by LAR in the final two games (BAL/SF)
  7. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    As for the NFC West race, the one scenario where the Rams can win the tie-breaker over us is still in play. Essentially, if the Cards/Rams get through next week still tied (both win or both lose), then we CANNOT clinch the division the following week even if we build a one-game advantage (with...
  8. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    For those who are interested in deeper details: As far as the Cardinals are concerned, a loss by PHI or NO carries more weight than a loss by SF or MIN. That is because SF and MIN still have to play the Rams. If the Eagles or Saints lose a game, to keep us out of the playoffs, it forces BOTH...
  9. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Your unofficial Week 16 clinching scenarios: ARI win/tie OR Any two of the following: a) SF loss b) NO loss/tie c) MIN loss/tie d) PHI loss/tie In fact, these hold true for the rest of the season. Any 49ers loss, or any loss/tie by the Saints, Vikings, or Eagles would remove them from the...
  10. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    The short version preview for the Week 16 clinching scenarios going into Tuesday night’s games. If Washington loses, we need: ARI win OR a loss by 2 out of 4: NO/SF/MIN/PHI. If Philly loses, we need: ARI win OR NO loss OR a loss by 2 out of 3: SF/MIN/WSH. The difference here is that a Saints...
  11. TheCardinal

    MadJack’s Banner Suggestions - Colts Christmas Day Game!

    Unless. . . Philly/Washington tie Tuesday night AND the 49ers lose to Tennessee on Thursday. Though very unlikely, it is mathematically possible to clinch prior to kickoff Saturday!
  12. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Vikings beat the Bears. No clinching scenarios left for us in Week 15. Tomorrow night, a WSH/PHI tie is still best since it wipes out both teams in terms of catching us. However, short of a tie, a loss by PHI (instead of WSH) gives us more clinching options next week since it takes away a...
  13. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    I don’t disagree with your point. The problem would be which game to drop (home, away, neither, both), and still satisfying the “minimum of four.” Some college basketball tie-breakers use a modified common opponent format where 1-0 doesn’t beat 1-1 (if the teams COULD’VE been tied had they...
  14. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Yes, both meetings would count towards common games.
  15. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Cards and Bucs have the same conference record at the moment. Division record wouldn’t apply. The Bucs lead on common games, which would eventually include DAL/IND/LAR/CRL/CHI (they are 3-1 and we are 2-2, each team with 2 such games remaining). However, some analyses would only include common...
  16. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    A simplified version of this scenario would require: Cards lose all three AND Three out of the following four win out: NO, SF, MIN, WSH/PHI winner (though we would be in if those three are WSH/SF/MIN) AND The Rams would have to win at least two of remaining four (but play MIN and SF...
  17. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Still very likely we will clinch eventually. Just not this week. In the big picture, probably better for us for TB to have lost.
  18. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Saints beat TB. Going to be tough for Cards to clinch Week 15. Have to get: MIN loss/tie + WSH/PHI tie Looks like there will be a bunch of Week 16 scenarios.
  19. TheCardinal

    Cardinals @ Lions postgame thread

    Have updated clinching scenarios in Playoff Thread. Following the SF win, we would need: NO loss + MIN loss OR GB win + NO loss + PHI loss Also some scenarios involving ties.
  20. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    SF wins, they can still catch us. ATL loses. No longer a factor. Saints are now the de facto South survivor until they lose a game. GB leads, and keeps in play a back-door killing off of MIN even should the Vikings win (NO loss + PHI loss + GB win). Cards can still clinch with: NO loss + MIN...
  21. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Driving home from Detroit. Will try to update as the late games roll in.
  22. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    If you think these are bad, somebody at the NFL had to work out the 22 possible elimination scenarios for the Bears!
  23. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    Reviewing the official release, looks like there are two more Week 15 clinching scenarios I hadn’t considered. We can also get in with: ATL/SF tie + LAR loss + PHI/WSH tie -OR- ATL/SF tie + LAR loss + NO loss/tie These force a scenario where the eventual LAR/MIN loser or the eventual SF/LAR...
  24. TheCardinal

    Playoff Picture 2021

    If all three 10-3 teams win out to finish 14-3, it goes: 1-GB, 2-TB, 3-ARI. If just GB and ARI win out: 1-GB, 2-ARI. If just TB and ARI win out: 1-TB, 2-ARI. If just GB and TB win out: 1-GB, 2-TB. If the three teams all finish 13-4, the order can change depending on who the loss is against.
  25. TheCardinal

    Cardinal History

    Happy Birthday to Charley Trippi — I believe he is the last living link to the 1947 Championship team. He turns 100 today.

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