With the Giants and Philadelphia playing Monday night, I figure I can do this tonight since I have the time.
Weird week. Houston gets annihilated, the Patriots (and possibly the Saints) get Refballed, and Seattle gets rolled!
If anything, it might have solidified the #1's in both conferences...
NFC
The biggest problem is that Seattle and San Francisco cannot play in the NFC Championship unless New Orleans (as things stand now) and Dallas/Philadelphia are both eliminated on Wild Card Weekend.
Otherwise, Seattle and San Francisco would play in the lower wild-card Divisional round game.
But tonight's rather interesting matters do reset the board a bit...
1. San Francisco
I know it might become more apparent later. However, at THIS POINT, I can't, for the life of me, figure out why San Fran would be the choice. But Seattle's loss does raise the specter of it.
2. Seattle
Mainly because I don't think Green Bay has a push and New Orleans got a bit of a kick in the dick this week.
3. New Orleans
4. Green Bay
5. Minnesota
6. Dallas, only due to ratings. I do think they are openly throwing games to get Garrett fired.
AFC
1. Baltimore
That much is clear now.
2. Kansas City, by a sliver over the Patriots.
3. New England
4. Houston
5. Buffalo
6. Pittsburgh
And a quick look at the actual seeding:
AFC:
1. Baltimore (11-2) IN PLAYOFFS
2. New England (10-3, has lost to each of the other division leaders)
3. Kansas City (9-4) WINS AFC WEST
4. Houston (8-5, head to head in first meeting with Tennessee, they play again early this week)
5. Buffalo (9-4)
6. Pittsburgh (8-5, conference record over Tennessee (PIT 6-3, TEN 6-4)
NFC:
1. San Francisco (11-2, but has clinched NOTHING yet)
2. Green Bay (10-3, conference record over New Orleans (7-2 vs. 8-3 -- the three remaining games for GB are all in the NFC North)
3. New Orleans (10-3) WINS AFC SOUTH
4. Dallas (6-7, won first meeting with Philly even if Philly wins tomorrow night)
5. Seattle (10-3)
6. Minnesota (9-4)
And don't look now: The Rams are 8-5.
SF is being glorified for a couple reasons.
ReplyDeleteThe stadium isn't even in SF, it's in Santa Clara which is closer to Silicon Valley than it is to downtown SF. Silicon Valley and the people that live there have an extremely large amount of political pull and local power. Building up a team for all these wealthy elites could be part of the plan.
Your other reason is the Jimmy G storyline and a possible matchup vs the Patriots. The Padawan vs the Jedi if you will. Conveniently coming to you as a new star wars movie comes out. Even if NE doesn't get there, it's young white blood they;d be sending to the big game. They must start putting these other QBs on pedestals as Brady and Rodgers are winding down their careers. Jimmy G is also good looking. The coach is young and marketable. The team runs a combo of an old school grit running style, (which the old time football fans love to watch) and mixed in with some elaborate passing plays. They will spin it as 'revolutuionary'
West coast population is enormous compared to the rest of the countries fanbases which aren't on the coasts. Plus the 49r's are one of those original franchises with fans all over the country. They are similar to the Giants and Cowboys in terms of fanbase. They are everywhere. They are a brand.
That's more than enough reason to glorify them. Plus let's not forget the fact that they only made that one big run in 2012-2013. It is simpoly their time again.