The NFL Thread 2012: Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII

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noname2200 said:

amp316 said:
Lovie Smith said that the Bears game against the Packers wasn't a must win game. Should I should break it to him that if the Bears win the final two game that they still might not make the playoffs?

That's pretty unlikely though, since I believe you guys currently have the edge over the Cowboys. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think missing the playoffs after winning out would require any combination of the Vikings (@ Houston, vs. Green Bay) winning out, the Giants (@ Baltimore, vs. Philadelphia) winning out, and the Seahawks to win one of its next two (vs. San Francisco, @ St. Louis). I think the Vikings are unlikely to win out, less sure about the Giants.

Of course, the odds would be better if Seattle had one fewer win. The ultimate victim of Replacement Ref-Gate might be the Bears rather than the Packers.

The Giants would hold the tie breaker over the Bears if both win out and that would probably keep them in the 7th spot, but that's not what I was getting at.

What I was getting at is the Lovie Smith is an incompetent dumb ass that needs to be fired.  My greatest fear is that they'll barely win the next two games, get the sixth spot, get creamed in the Wildcard Round, and Lovie will get a contract extension.