You can't ask for anything more than that of a playoff contender. If Arizona loses tonight and falls to 4-4, then the only two teams ahead of us for the Wildcard spot are Minnesota and Green Bay. We can't catch Green Bay without help, so we don't control whether we get the 5th seed, but the 6th seed will become ours to lose should SF beat Arizona tonight. Then it's in our own hands to beat Minnesota and Arizona, which would put us in the drivers seat for the 6th seed.

If Az wins tonight and we beat them later, we end up tied with them, but they may well hold a tiebreaker come season's end so that isn't good enough to control our own destiny. It does, however, leave us a slim shot at the division.

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Word - thanks for this.

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@ryanadamdavis

Arizona is not going to win out, so I would rather them take down the 49ers and keep the 49ers from building a bigger cushion for the division lead.

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Go, 49ers.

Que the BFS post question the masculanity of my fandom.

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@ryanadamdavis

So what? I still want the division as long as we are playing make-believe. Go CARDS!

AZ and Minnesota will both freefall regardless of what occurs tonight.

(And it is 'cue' you high-school dropout)

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Go, meteor.

We win the NFC West by default because the Rams are still barely an NFL team.

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I just don't see it in the cards for Seattle to win the Division this year - but I am hoping.

5th or 6th Seed is more likely.

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It was a catch.

I'm leaning towards the Cards tonight.
It simply gives us more options if they win.

When it comes down to it, we need to do our work and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.
Its time to start beating up teams that aren't ridiculous on either side of the ball.
Giddy Up!

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@ryanadamdavis

oooooohhhhhh! I'd call that a Skadooosh!!!!

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Richard Sherman doesn't just wanna get in your head, he wants to build a vacation home there.

To hell with this; go Cardinals! The Cards have a tougher second half of the season than the 49ers, and the 49ers are better than them. I doubt the Cardinals win the division, but possibly; we need the 49ers to be kept in check so we can try and go on a run with our last 8 games to try and win the division.

i'm sorry, rooting on the niners is like kissing my sister, i just can't do it... i hate their guts and i hate their fans more... and i hate their coach on a much higher level that i can't talk about in this forum... my joy is the niner fans misery and pain. GO Cards!!! i'll take my chances down the road... this is from my heart not my head....

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On to the Next Episode

Looks like our division is going to beat itself up this year lol.

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-- Seattle coach Pete Carroll, celebrating with his coaches after the Seahawks pulled off a trade with the Jets, netting running back Leon Washington on Saturday, via Seahawks.com

It's kind of a win-win either way.

Cards win, we have a better shot at the division. But then again, so do they, and they also beat us, so they would hold a tiebreaker in divisional record. This could also lead to us and the Niners meeting for the divisional title in December, which would be cool as hell.

49ers win, and we have a better shot at the wildcard. But, the Niners then get a 2 game lead on us that we probably won't pick up.

I'd have to say, as mediocre as we've been, as inconsistent as both sides of the ball can be, I'd have to root for AZ. It's the most likely way we get into the playoffs

Our schedule is a cake walk compared to ARIZONA, MINN, GB, SF, DET, and TB......They all play each other and have rather difficult schedules compared to ours. We get 5 home games over the next 8. 6-2 gets it done.....The next 2 games are must win IMO.

Barely a team that beat ours apparently.

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Cardinals may only win 2-3 more games the rest of this season, at best. The "fun" part of their schedule lurks.

They have already lost 3 straight. Tonight would be 4...then next it's @ Green Bay and @ Atlanta. That should be a 6-game losing streak.

Freefall time for the little red birds.

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@SeahawkGreg

YEAH, WE HAVE A DUDE NAMED CHRISTINE...DEAL WITH IT!

I'd still rather the Cards win. I'm on the "Keep SF in check a bit" team.

Besides, I can't root for the wild card as a first option, no matter how 'logical' it might sound. First goal is always to win the division. If the Niners win, that becomes much harder and less likely, though they too, have some tough games ahead of them.

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It takes character to win when you get there.

I'm not worried about getting into the playoffs, i'm just not seeing the point if we aren't sure who we are. Are we a NYG type team (in the making) that can suck but get into the playoffs and superbowl it? or are we a glad to be here one and done team. That new orleans game was thrilling and all, but minus the beast quake and i'd looooooove to have that pic right now for a big name receiver (the only missing ingrdient).

We do control our own destiny. We are the only team in the league that wound up playing it's 1st 3 division games on the road, 1 of them a Thurs nite game on a short week.

In the NFC, we are basically ahead of the game as, all teams in the North have 5 division games remaining. Beat yourselves up guys. The East is a dogs stew, only team to emerge at the end being the Giants, and we all know how well they do at home. South, Falcs basically run away with it as the Aint's are in one hell of a hole, and TB despite moxie is just not there yet.

Anyone else at least kinda/sorts smell there could be 3 NFC West teams in at the end?