So, we want the Cowboys to win?

[CGI_Ram]

If we win at 1pm against the Ravens, I will root Cardinals at 4:25pm.

Get that #2 seed.

But, we got to take care of Baltimore first.

 

[majrleaged]

If we win at 1pm against the Ravens, I will root Cardinals at 4:25pm.

Get that #2 seed.

But, we got to take care of Baltimore first.

Exactly

 

[tempests]

The advantage of the 2 seed is 2, possibly 3, home playoff games.

Over the last ten years, out of the 20 teams that finished with a no 2 seed, only four ended up hosting the Championship Game.

There is only one true home field advantage in seeding the NFL playoffs, and that is the no 1 seed. They only need to win one game to get to the championship game, and they have guaranteed home field. This gives them an advantage that none of the other six teams in the conference field have.

At no 2, you now play in the wild card round. You host the game, but so does no 3 and 4. The bye you used to have is gone. Now you have to slog through that game, weak opponent or no, and hope you don't lose key contributors to injury.

The only advantage the no 2 seed now holds over 3 or 4 is hosting the divisional round playoff game, but that advantage was there before. You still draw the highest ranking seed. The difference now is you don't sit out the wild card round to heal up and get some players rested.

How it's going to play out, is you're going to see more lower ranked teams winning in the divisional round now. More upsets. That's what the NFL wanted.

Rams need to win their division. That's what they need. There is no home field if they end up as a wild card.

 

[majrleaged]

Over the last ten years, out of the 20 teams that finished with a no 2 seed, only four ended up hosting the Championship Game.

There is only one true home field advantage in seeding the NFL playoffs, and that is the no 1 seed.

Well I would just say, that this season has been unpredictable. Key players could go out for covid or maybe get a rib injury and make the favorite vulnerable. Then the percentages mean nothing. Go for the highest seed possible and be ready to take advantage of the unexpected opportunities. If nothing unexpected changes, at least we won't face them before the NFC championship.

 

[bubbaramfan]

Fuck resting players, and fuck rooting for the Cards. Bring of the Whiners for a two week
in a row beat down.

I want some payback.

 

[SeminoleRam]

If we win at 1pm against the Ravens, I will root Cardinals at 4:25pm.

Get that #2 seed.

But, we got to take care of Baltimore first.

Great Plan! I just don’t know if I will be able to watch the Cowboys vs Cardinals Game since I don’t like either one of them!!!

 

[Loyal]

The seeding is not determined yet and there is no assurance of whom the Rams would play in the first round no matter where they end up.

The advantage to having the no 2 seed in the past was sitting out the wild card round. You had a week to scout the playoff field and to get some players back healthy. The NFL added two teams into the playoff field specifically to reduce that advantage. They wanted more parity. It doesn't matter how lame your first round opponent is. Having to play an extra playoff game takes away the advantage the no 2 seed once held. Now there is very little distinction between #2, 3 and 4.

"Favourable matchup" thing is a myth in the playoffs. You don't get to choose your opponent. The most likely scenario at this point is the Rams would have to win two playoff games on the road to get to the Super Bowl. That's the consequence of going winless in November.

Well, we thought the consequence of a winless November was only a shot at a Wild Card also, and look how that turned out.
Packers might get beaten in the playoffs and we’d have home field throughout. The Packers should have lost against the Browns. It was so obvious that the Browns would run it because the Packers couldn’t stop them and kick a FG in the last seconds to win the ge with Rodgers impotently on the sidelines. It was the obvious path and almost feels like the Browns threw the game. Anyway, I’m for betting on the Rams to beat Niners and the Ravens. Screw giving Week 18 to the Niners. If we can’t beat their asses, we deserve to lose the division. The Cowgirls play in a weak division and so the Cards could beat those posers, but we win either way, in my book.

 

[Ram Ts]

If we lose in the AM, then rooting for cowboys.

If we win, then I really don’t care much. Because it’s win-win either way.

 

[dang]

The Rams play a good game tomorrow and they beat the Ravens (with Jackson possibly out or at least much less than 100%).
So let’s start with a ‘W’ tomorrow and let the other teams beat the snot out of each other.

 

[madrid311]

We have to win the rest of the games in front of us. All of them. No losses.

 

[Loyal]

We have to win the rest of the games in front of us. All of them. No losses.

Piece of cake!

 

[FarNorth]

Over the last ten years, out of the 20 teams that finished with a no 2 seed, only four ended up hosting the Championship Game.

There is only one true home field advantage in seeding the NFL playoffs, and that is the no 1 seed. They only need to win one game to get to the championship game, and they have guaranteed home field. This gives them an advantage that none of the other six teams in the conference field have.

At no 2, you now play in the wild card round. You host the game, but so does no 3 and 4. The bye you used to have is gone. Now you have to slog through that game, weak opponent or no, and hope you don't lose key contributors to injury.

The only advantage the no 2 seed now holds over 3 or 4 is hosting the divisional round playoff game, but that advantage was there before. You still draw the highest ranking seed. The difference now is you don't sit out the wild card round to heal up and get some players rested.

How it's going to play out, is you're going to see more lower ranked teams winning in the divisional round now. More upsets. That's what the NFL wanted.

Rams need to win their division. That's what they need. There is no home field if they end up as a wild card.

Agree Rams have to win their last two games. But having a second round home field advantage still matters.

If Dallas wins its last two games, Rams finish at No. 3 and could end up playing Dallas at Dallas in the 2nd round.

If Rams finish at No. 2 they could get Dallas at SoFi. If Tampa Bay finishes 4th Rams could get the Bucs at SoFi. Or any wild card team which advances. And if GB happens to lose Rams get the NFC championship at home.

I like this last scenario a hell of a lot more than going on the road, especially if it’s to play the Cowboys at Dallas then the Packers at Green Bay.

Although the Rams play well on the road, I personally think playing at SoFi in the playoffs will be a huge, raucous home field advantage for the Rams. And to an unexpected degree which hasn’t yet been fully seen.

 

[Karate61]

The higher the playoff seeding, the better the odds of winning the super bowl. So, go Cards!

 

[Ramlock]

Doesn’t matter…Cowboys beat the midget, who is doing his annual fade.

 

[Kupped]

I don't know what we want... but the Cowboys are going to smoke the Cards. The Cards injury situation has put them in a bad, bad, bad spot.