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Yes! Of course this topic is stupid.
I was prepared to say, "If you actually believe the Rams have any plausible shot of reaching the Playoffs, you are insane." But then, the more I thought about it, and looked at the scenarios, of course, I got to thinking, "Well, maybe, MAYBE, it's not THAT crazy after all..."
Yes, it's insane. Of course. Nevertheless....
First the two traditional caveats to this ridiculous annual exercise: 1. Jim Mora GIF saying "Playoffs??" and 2. Jim Carrey GIF in Dumb and Dumber saying "So you're saying there's a chance!"...
Having dispensed with the preliminaries, let's jump right in:
The Basics:
Rams Must go 3-0 the rest of their games. (7-9 does not allow for mathematical chance of playoffs)
AND, Rams need EITHER the Hawks OR the Vikes to go 0-3.
(If all teams are 8-8, Rams go due to tiebreaker over Seahawks)
IF the Seahawks go 0-3, Rams actually have a strong chance of getting in.
IF the Vikings go 0-3, Rams win 3-way tiebreaker as long as another team (such as the Saints or Bears) also go 8-8.
So, here is my most "Plausible" (cough, cough, groan) scenario:
Rams need to beat the Bucs on Thursday. (Doable, right?)
Then, we just need ONE humungous, improbable upset: Browns over Seahawks next Sunday. But hey it's the NFL, so anything can happen, etc. etc.etc. etc.
IF Rams beat Bucs AND Browns pull off the upset over Seahwaks next week.... trust me, this board would go nuts.
If this were to occur, the Rams would then "only" need:
Wins over Seahawks and Niners AND a Cards win over the Seahawks.
So, really, Rams in the playoffs this year....totally plausible. And EVEN if the Seahawks beat the Browns, the Rams have a path to the postseason. So-- playoffs in 2015!!! Right? Right? Bueller? Hello? Hello?
Frankly, I can't even believe that the Rams have odds that are this good (1 in a thousand maybe?) given how awful they've been the past 5 weeks.... If you want to check out the Rams "chances", take a look at ESPN's "playoff machine" predictor, it's pretty cool.
--XXXIVwin
I was prepared to say, "If you actually believe the Rams have any plausible shot of reaching the Playoffs, you are insane." But then, the more I thought about it, and looked at the scenarios, of course, I got to thinking, "Well, maybe, MAYBE, it's not THAT crazy after all..."
Yes, it's insane. Of course. Nevertheless....
First the two traditional caveats to this ridiculous annual exercise: 1. Jim Mora GIF saying "Playoffs??" and 2. Jim Carrey GIF in Dumb and Dumber saying "So you're saying there's a chance!"...
Having dispensed with the preliminaries, let's jump right in:
The Basics:
Rams Must go 3-0 the rest of their games. (7-9 does not allow for mathematical chance of playoffs)
AND, Rams need EITHER the Hawks OR the Vikes to go 0-3.
(If all teams are 8-8, Rams go due to tiebreaker over Seahawks)
IF the Seahawks go 0-3, Rams actually have a strong chance of getting in.
IF the Vikings go 0-3, Rams win 3-way tiebreaker as long as another team (such as the Saints or Bears) also go 8-8.
So, here is my most "Plausible" (cough, cough, groan) scenario:
Rams need to beat the Bucs on Thursday. (Doable, right?)
Then, we just need ONE humungous, improbable upset: Browns over Seahawks next Sunday. But hey it's the NFL, so anything can happen, etc. etc.etc. etc.
IF Rams beat Bucs AND Browns pull off the upset over Seahwaks next week.... trust me, this board would go nuts.
If this were to occur, the Rams would then "only" need:
Wins over Seahawks and Niners AND a Cards win over the Seahawks.
So, really, Rams in the playoffs this year....totally plausible. And EVEN if the Seahawks beat the Browns, the Rams have a path to the postseason. So-- playoffs in 2015!!! Right? Right? Bueller? Hello? Hello?
Frankly, I can't even believe that the Rams have odds that are this good (1 in a thousand maybe?) given how awful they've been the past 5 weeks.... If you want to check out the Rams "chances", take a look at ESPN's "playoff machine" predictor, it's pretty cool.
--XXXIVwin
