NFC

First Round Bye
1) Packers (1) (SOV .438 > Lions .375; Record > anyone else)
2) Redskins (6) (SOV .333 > Giants .167; Conf % .750 > 49'ers .667)

Division Winners
3) 49'ers (4) (SOV .333 > Buccaneers .167)
4) Buccaneers (3) (Conference winning % .667 > Saints .500)

Wild Cards
5) Lions (5) (Winning % 1.000 > Giants .750)
6) Giants (7) (Conference winning % .750 > Saints .500)

The Rest in Order:
7) Saints (8) (Winning % .750 > Cowboys .500)
8) Cowboys (2) (Conf winning % .667 > Bears .500)
9) Bears (10) (Head to Head win over Falcons)
10) Falcons (12) (Winning % .500 > Seahawks .250)
11) Seahawks (9) (Head to Head win over Cardinals)
12) Cardinals (11) (Strength of Victory .250 > Eagles .000)
13) Eagles (13) (Conference winning % .250 > Panthers .000)
14) Panthers (14)(Winning % .250 > vikings .000)
15) vikings (15) (Strength of Schedule .688 > Rams .625)
16) Rams (16)


AFC

First Round Bye
1) Texans (2) (Conf winning % 1.00 > Bills .750; div % > Titans)
2) Bills (1) (head to Head win over Patriots; Conf % > Ravens)

Division Winners
3) Ravens (4) (SOV .333> Chargers .083)
4) Chargers (10) (Winning % .750 > Raiders .500)

Wild Cards
5) Titans (5) (Greater SOV .500 than Patriots .417)
6) Patriots (6) (Winning % .750 > Bengals .500)

The rest in order:
7) Bengals (11) (Conf Winning % .667 > Raiders.500)
8) Raiders (3) (SOV .375 > Browns .000)
9) Browns (7) (Better Conf winning % than Jets)
10) Jets (8) (Strength of Victory .375 > Steelers .125)
11) Steelers (9) (Winning % .500 > Jaguars .250)
12) Jaguars (12) (Conference winning % .500 > Broncos .333)
13) Broncos (13) (Confernce winning % .333 > Chiefs .000)
14) Chiefs (14) (Winning % .250 > Colts .000)
15) Colts (15) (Colts SOS .688 > Dolphins .625)
16) Dolphins (16)

SOV = Strength of Victory(Combined Win/Loss ratio of teams defeated)
SOS = Strength of Schedule (Combined Win/Loss ratio of teams played)



Note:


1) The Packers SOV will go down after beating the Rams and purple goatsuckers before the bye week.
2) The Lions next 3 games are against Bears, 49'ers, and Falcons.
3) The Bears schedule becomes easier as the season goes on, the Packers schedule gets more difficult.
4) Cheer for any team playing the Saints. The Saints have a lot of easy games on their plate.

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Let me guess, you already have all your Christmas shopping done.

The saints still scare me. They are one team that could match our offense point for point. Hopefully we get them in Lambeau for the playoffs (getting ahead of myself of course).

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand he just returned yours.

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As much as it pains me to say it, I will be rooting hard for the Bears this week.

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which is why I always applause cal for these posts.

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I only root for the Packers in the NFL. If they are out of the playoff picture, then I'll pull for the Steelers. If they are out. I usually go for the underdog or team that hasn't won a championship that's not the Vikings.

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In this case, rooting for the Bears is a subset of rooting for the Packers, since a Bears victory advances the Packers' cause.[duh]

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Wrong. No one wins the division in week 5. What if the win sparks a 10 game winning streak, Packers lose a bunch and because the Bears beat the Lions (who always took a nose dive) the Bears get the division while the Packers miss out?

Doesn't make sense to be rooting for any team other than the Packers right now. If they do their job, the rest doesn't matter. And I want the Packers to go in without any assmunch saying 'ooh they snuck in.ooooh'.


You're going to find yourself rooting for the Bears, then the Vikings, then the Lions etc ... waste of time. Only time that theory works is towards the end of the season when playoff spots are actually up for grabs. Week 5 is not the time, it is not the time.

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I agree, I'll be rooting for the bears too. I like rooting for other teams that helps the Packers cause. Keeps me interested in the games that the Packers aren't playing. And it helps the Packers (well my rooting doesn't directly help the Pack but if the team I'm rooting for wins it does. You get the pictures.)

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