Way too early to know playoff pondering

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Ellard80 said:
The NFC north is out of control at the moment with great records.
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It's hard to determine whether that will continue or not because they could beat up on each other.
Minnesota has 3 division games left (@GB, vDet, vChi) plus games against vBuffalo, @New England, @San Francisco and vAtlanta.
Chicago has 4 division games left (Det 2, v GB, @ Min) plus games against vJacksonville and @ Buffalo
Detroit has 4 division games left (Chi 2, @Min, @GB) plus games against vNew England and @Atlanta
Green Bay has 3 division games left (vMin, @Chi, vDet) plus games against @New England, @the Rams and vBuffalo.
 
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I see the NFC North starting a slide. Feels like the Vikings will start losing games after a fast start. Packers I don't think are that good. I see the Lions and Bears fighting it out for the Division. If we keep winning then that takes care of itself.
 
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Tumak61 said:
I see the NFC North starting a slide. Feels like the Vikings will start losing games after a fast start. Packers I don't think are that good. I see the Lions and Bears fighting it out for the Division. If we keep winning then that takes care of itself.
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Yeah I looked through all the schedules yesterday.

They can only "slide" so much because they all play each other.... which means some of them will win.

That's partially how i came up with my win totals.
 
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PARAM said:
It's hard to determine whether that will continue or not because they could beat up on each other.
Minnesota has 3 division games left (@GB, vDet, vChi) plus games against vBuffalo, @New England, @San Francisco and vAtlanta.
Chicago has 4 division games left (Det 2, v GB, @ Min) plus games against vJacksonville and @ Buffalo
Detroit has 4 division games left (Chi 2, @Min, @GB) plus games against vNew England and @Atlanta
Green Bay has 3 division games left (vMin, @Chi, vDet) plus games against @New England, @the Rams and vBuffalo.
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yeah as i posted above - that means they will gain wins as much as losses from playing each other.

Most of them have a 2 game lead on the rams at the moment.
 
Tumak61 said:
I see the NFC North starting a slide. Feels like the Vikings will start losing games after a fast start. Packers I don't think are that good. I see the Lions and Bears fighting it out for the Division. If we keep winning then that takes care of itself.
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Other than the first two games - beat the Packers which isn't that great imho and beating the Bears after Williams got hurt, the Vikings have not beaten anyone worth a damn. And 8 game midget is already starting to play the new Call of Duty. His play against a crappy Lions defense wasn't worth a damn.

I think the Vikings will lose at minimum 5 more games.
 
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There are 6 "preseason playoff teams" who aren't having a good year so far. The Rams, Seattle, Baltimore all 4-4, Dallas 3-5, Philly 2-6 and LAC 0-7. Certainly they won't all miss the postseason and obviously the teams at 4-4 stand the best chance to turn things around. Baltimore could be done without Lamar though.

So which teams currently in playoff position might fail?

San Francisco and Minnesota both 6-1 but one could certainly drop out. They play each other in 2 weeks. NY Giants 4-2-1 are in a terrible division but they're not a given. The rest of the North I could see Green Bay dropping out. Or Detroit.

I remember going round and round with a fan back in 2021. He believed the Arizona Cardinals were going to win the division after beating our ass early in the season. I wasn't going to give up on the Rams. Things have a way of working out. Pretenders become exposed and teams having rough starts recover.
 
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IMO, the Rams MUST beat the commodes and cardinals. Then a bye week followed by Green Bay which I think McVay has never won against. Win all 3 and the Rams are sitting at 7-4. In the 2021 the Rams were 7-4 but the circumstances were different as the Rams started 7-1
 
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There are seven teams vying for the five spots that will be available. Minnesota will eventually drop out unless they get Kirk Cousins next week, then they'll have a shot. Seattle has shown they can be beat, and by the time the Rams play them Adams, Ferg, Garrett should be back. The Rams need to beat GB to win any potential tie-breaker, beat down on Dallas and win vs SF. All is quite possible. KC has shown they have limitations, and I consider TB, Wash and Az as most likely wins. They can go 7-2, and 6-3 looks very likely. If SF stays strong and wins the Div, then I think the Rams get in as a 5 or 6 seed, going to the East or South winner. Only question then will they go to SF or Chicago the next round?
 
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PARAM said:
It's hard to determine whether that will continue or not because they could beat up on each other.
Minnesota has 3 division games left (@GB, vDet, vChi) plus games against vBuffalo, @New England, @San Francisco and vAtlanta.
Chicago has 4 division games left (Det 2, v GB, @ Min) plus games against vJacksonville and @ Buffalo
Detroit has 4 division games left (Chi 2, @Min, @GB) plus games against vNew England and @Atlanta
Green Bay has 3 division games left (vMin, @Chi, vDet) plus games against @New England, @the Rams and vBuffalo.
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You’re right. Those are some tough schedules ahead. They have a LOT of division hell to go through still.

Can you see a scenario where the vikings miss the playoffs despite their hot start? I don’t think it’s that far fetched.
 
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Right now we just gotta focus on the next two game. There is no room for error. Both are winnable. But after the Cards game and the most the first half of the Chargers game, we can't assume anything. But win those two and we'll be at 6-4 going into the bye. Guys will be coming back from injury. Garrett, Turner, Ferguson are all key components. We have a game against Green Bay after the bye. We still control our own destiny. Its just harder at 4-4 today. Every game is crucial for at least the next month.
 
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I was going nuts trying to figure out who to root for in the Hag vs Bears game. Some thought to go Hags. Hard to do. It's a crap shoot at this time. The Viking have a very difficult schedule. I can see them tanking, The Hags have an easy schedule. The Rams would have to beat them and the Packers. I rooted for the Bears. Rams need a Packers, Vikings melt down with two wins over the Hags and a win over the Packers.
 
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Ram65 said:
I was going nuts trying to figure out who to root for in the Hag vs Bears game. Some thought to go Hags. Hard to do. It's a crap shoot at this time. The Viking have a very difficult schedule. I can see them tanking, The Hags have an easy schedule. The Rams would have to beat them and the Packers. I rooted for the Bears. Rams need a Packers, Vikings melt down with two wins over the Hags and a win over the Packers.
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I have a feeling by season's end the Bears will win their division. I've resigned myself to accepting the ship has sailed for us to win our division. So the Bears winning was more beneficial for us. We do need to beat the Packers and Seahawks when the time comes.
 
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Me? I'll just take it one game at a time. There's just too many imponderables in a season to not look at it any other way.

The QB on any of the teams being discussed in this thread could go out for the season - changes everything. And we've seen it many times.

Rams play the Commandos Sunday - a dangerous team who's record does not indicate that necessarily. Rams need to FOCUS and execute in all three phases of the game!

Go Rams!!
 
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snackdaddy said:
I have a feeling by season's end the Bears will win their division. I've resigned myself to accepting the ship has sailed for us to win our division. So the Bears winning was more beneficial for us. We do need to beat the Packers and Seahawks when the time comes.
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I don't remember so I'll ask......were you in the same boat back in 2021? When the Rams went on a 3 game losing streak to fall to 7-4 and Arizona, after kicking our ass in week 4, were sitting pretty at 9-2? IIRC, there were quite a few fans who wrote the season off and thought Arizona was going to win the division. I don't give up on any possibility as long as the math says, it's possible.
 
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Pats taking out the packers and the Bucs beating the bears along with the Bills beating the vikings are all possible. That division losing outside their division is key to us climbing the ladder.
 
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Steve808 said:
Then a bye week followed by Green Bay which I think McVay has never won against.
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