Is it true (playoff seeding)

[Frank12]

That's what I've heard, if we win out we are the #1 seed

 

[kidhawk]

Winning out is obvious as it gives us the best record but what I’m curious about is the final game against the Niners and I’ve heard no really good details on this.

Let’s assume for this question that we win all our games going into the final week but the Rams win out including the final week and the Niners win out up to the final week. (For
The purposes of this question I’m going to assume that the Rams play ahead of us and we know they have won)

This puts the Rams at 13-4
Niners at 12-4
Seahawks at 13-3


Now what happens if the Niners win and it’s a three way tie at 13-4?


I think we would win it so it likely doesn’t come to fruition but it’s not an unlikely scenario that the final game could have this exact circumstance as a possibility.

 

[Rat]

Winning out is obvious as it gives us the best record but what I’m curious about is the final game against the Niners and I’ve heard no really good details on this.

Let’s assume for this question that we win all our games going into the final week but the Rams win out including the final week and the Niners win out up to the final week. (For
The purposes of this question I’m going to assume that the Rams play ahead of us and we know they have won)

This puts the Rams at 13-4
Niners at 12-4
Seahawks at 13-3


Now what happens if the Niners win and it’s a three way tie at 13-4?

I assume the Niners would take the NFC West because they would have the best divisional record of the three teams.

 

[Ad Hawk]

No, we'd all be at 13-4, and would move to head-to-head and divisional wins for 3-way tiebreaker.

Edited: Misread you, Rat. Disregard.

 

[Ad Hawk]

Another possible scenario is that the Rams lose today, then win out. We lose to the Rams, but otherwise win out.

That leaves a 2-way tie in our division for likely 1st seed, and WC.

 

[kidhawk]

Another possible scenario is that the Rams lose today, then win out. We lose to the Rams, but otherwise win out.

That leaves a 2-way tie in our division for likely 1st seed, and WC.

If the Rams beat us we lose tiebreakers to them so we aren’t losing to them

 

[kidhawk]

I assume the Niners would take the NFC West because they would have the best divisional record of the three teams.

I was thinking that was possible which makes it likely that if we all
Keep winning that game ends up on Sunday night for not only the division but the conference.

 

[SEAHAWKSTER77]

If we win today and rams lose we are number 1 seed (for this week ) no matter what anyone else does today … so let’s just take it week by week and take our victories when we can !!!

 

[Appyhawk]

It’s also very strange to me.

I just read we have a higher percentage chance of making the playoffs than the Rams.

Us @97%
Rams @94%

How’s that work (since y’all are helping me think)?

I suspect that three percent difference is the default home field advantage value.

 

[pmedic920]

I was thinking that was possible which makes it likely that if we all
Keep winning that game ends up on Sunday night for not only the division but the conference.

Yep
The 9ers are lurking, just waiting in the shadows for someone to slip up.

It’s actually very impressive that they have kept themselves in the mix


ETA

 

[Chukarhawk]

win today worry about the lambs later

 

[RedAlice]

Go Lions you glorious bastards

You want a Lions win.

If Rams win today, they clinch a playoff spot.


My favorite weird scenario (that I don't want to happen):

If Niners win out and Hawks beat the Rams, Niners win the the NFCW.

 

[pmedic920]

You want a Lions win.

If Rams win today, they clinch a playoff spot.


My favorite weird scenario (that I don't want to happen):

If Niners win out and Hawks beat the Rams, Niners win the the NFCW.

Nope.

Rams and 9ers both have a loss upcoming, and the Hawks win out.

That’s my favorite weird scenario

 

[Wsumatt1982]

There’s still a full quarter of the season to go. I don’t worry about until the final week, maybe two. So much can happen

 

[kidhawk]

There’s still a full quarter of the season to go. I don’t worry about until the final week, maybe two. So much can happen

That’s cool. I’ll worry about today’s game and only today’s game in about 45 minutes. The rest of the week is filler for me and when we are going this well the different scenarios excite me.

 

[Ad Hawk]

Absolutely but….

At this stage I’ll take 1pt ugly wins.

I know I’ve been critical of a couple of our wins, but moving forward “just win baby”

There you go, pm. Ugly.

 

[Seahwkgal]

Nah, I hate the Lions, their fans are insufferable and I can't avoid them where I live. Go Rams. If we take care of our business, it ultimately won't matter what they do anyway.

No Seahawk fan should EVER root for a division rival with the playoffs on the line. Cmon man. That’s because most Lions fans are Wolverine fans. Just admit it.

 

[Optimus25]

Yes it is true.

 

[Torc]

Here's chatgpt's analysis of the tiebreakers between the Seahawks and Rams, if the Seahawks win on thursday:

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

Any lions loss the rest of the way or any win for us clinches a play off spot.

If we had lost today we would have dropped to 3rd in the nfc west. Brutal man