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Wrong. If Pitt loses both, and we lose both, we get in if Carolina beats Indy. It's a pretty cool dummy-helper. You should try it.
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Wow- logic fail!
You picked out one scenario and said “see, it doesnt matter”. what you obviously dont get is that it just might matter A HELL OF A LOT. what if we lose to the Texans? plug that into that dummy helper and see what you get if Pitt loses both games. We get in with a win over NO.
Beating NO gives us another path to the playoffs.
Just for tiebreaker explanation because I too didn’t go far enough,If Pittsburgh loses both games, then NO still doesn't matter. Because we could lose both games and still get in at 8-8 on the tie-breakers.
If Pittsburgh wins 1 game, then we would get in at 9-7 with tie-breakers by losing to NO and beating Houston. If we beat NO and lose to Houston, we would be out based on tie-breakers with Pittsburgh at 9-7.
The only way the NO game matters at all is if Houston loses to Tampa Bay on Saturday. If Houston beats Tampa Bay, the NO game will then have zero bearing on our playoff berth.
Currently both Hou and Ten are 1pm games
Winston will probably be able to throw against that secondary but I don't see them winning that game, hope I'm wrong. The other issue is beating NO's I think we will be able to score against them to a point but fear we will never be able to stop them from scoring at will. I think we are all but toast for the playoffs at this point. Really wanted to believe we were finally going to break through this year and maybe make a real run, but as usual Titans gonna Titans.
I didn’t go through all the 8-8 scenarios/tiebreakers.Houston plays Saturday. Titans will know Saturday evening if they have a chance to win the division. If Houston beats Tampa Saturday, NO means nothing on Sunday.
I suppose by the time we know if the NO game mattered, we’ll either be eliminated already or in the playoffs. At that time, we can dissect all 16 games on which ones mattered.
As of now, the NO game matters, titans need to win regardless off TB/Hou. A loss just doesn’t eliminate them. A win and a Pit loss sets Tennessee at the #6 spot going into week 17.
So you’re basically saying theres almost no way that Pitt can lose one of their last two road games, and no way we can beat the Texans at home?
mberglo- i have yo add you to the logic fail list.
You see, picking a scenario where the NO game doesnt matter, DOES NOT EQUAL the NO game not mattering.
Because no one knows what is going to happen, you always try to give yourself the best chance to advance.
Beating NO gives us a path that we dont have if we dont beat them. Yes, other things MGHT happen that gets us in, but that is not the same thing as NO not mattering.
Let me give you a scenario: Pit loses both games, Indy wins 1, and we lose to the Texans.
At this point, New Orleans matters! If you went up the Titan coaching staff and said the NO game doesnt matter because there are still ways we can get in the playoffs if we lose, they’d look at you like you were from Mars.
By that “logic” the Texan game Sunday really didnt matter, did it?
To recap, Saints game is not meaningless even if Texans beat Bucs.
Problem is we won’t know if it is meaningless or not until after week 17. If Texans beat Bucs and we think our best chance to get in is by having a healthier team to help us get a win against the Texans, then we should rest some players.
Henry practiced weds as did adoree. Today they both did not practiceThat’s a weird dilemma to have but knowing the Texans result on Saturday kind of helps. I don’t see scenario though where we don’t go all out to beat NO (unless Henry is that bad that he just can’t go and I thought I read that he practiced the last two days so I doubt he would practice and not end up playing) either way these last two weekend are gonna be anxiety ridden for us fans.
Incorrect with tie breakers.If Texans beat Bucs and Titans lose to Saints - IT'S ALL OVER!
Pittsburgh will probably get past the Jets but not the Ravens. I think it's critical that the Titans win against both the Saints and Texans because they'll surpass the Steelers at least securing the last playoff wildcard spot.
There’s one scenario where the Saints game matters, and that’s if both TEN and PIT lose out and the Colts manage to go 2-0.
The odds of all of that happening aren’t even worth discussing....
I can’t tell if you’re punking me or you’re just a moron.
just cleaning up all of your little messes, of which there have been plenty. no
problem- i do it for free.
How is it not meaningless?To recap, Saints game is not meaningless even if Texans beat Bucs.
Problem is we won’t know if it is meaningless or not until after week 17. If Texans beat Bucs and we think our best chance to get in is by having a healthier team to help us get a win against the Texans, then we should rest some players.
We need 2 win out 2 have a chance at the wc if the texans winHow is it not meaningless?