The Seattle Seahawks are on a bye week this upcoming weekend. So, what are 12s speculated to do within the meantime? You could possibly take the day to get pleasure from life outdoors of soccer, comparable to going to the fitness center, or catching up on chores, or spending time with the household. Or… you’ll be able to lock into NFL RedZone and root towards/for sure groups in hope that sure particular outcomes will assist the Seahawks within the NFC Playoff Image.
To find out who to root for/towards, allow us to first try the NFC Playoff Image.
NFC Division Leaders
One Seed: Detroit Lions – 7-1
Two Seed: Washington Commanders – 7-2
Three Seed: Atlanta Falcons – 6-3
4 Seed: Arizona Cardinals – 5-4
Following behind the division leaders are the three wildcard groups, and the remainder of the NFC. As of now no workforce has been eradicated, nonetheless there are a couple of groups who, barring a miraculous turnaround, are possible not sniffing the playoffs in 2024.
NFC Wild Card groups
5 Seed: Minnesota Vikings – 6-2, second within the NFC North
Six Seed: Philadelphia Eagles – 6-2, second within the NFC East
Seven Seed: Inexperienced Bay Packers – 6-3, third within the NFC North
Listed here are the NFC groups who’re nonetheless alive, however wouldn’t make the playoffs in the event that they began at this time (in any other case often known as the “within the hunt”):
Not in a playoff spot
Eight Seed: Chicago Bears – 4-4, fourth within the NFC North
9 Seed: San Francisco 49ers – 4-4, third within the NFC West
Ten Seed: Los Angeles Rams – 4-4, second within the NFC West
Eleven Seed: Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 4-5, second within the NFC South
Twelve Seed: Seattle Seahawks – 4-5, third within the NFC North
13 Seed: Dallas Cowboys – 3-5, third within the NFC East
Fourteen Seed: Carolina Panthers – 2-7, third within the NFC South
Fifteen Seed: New Orleans Saints – 2-7, fourth within the NFC South
Sixteen Seed: New York Giants – 2-7, fourth within the NFC East.
After wanting on the NFC Playoff image, two issues develop into obvious. First, there are three groups (Giants, Saints, Panthers), whom barring a miraculous comeback, do not make the playoffs in 2024. You could possibly arguably put the Cowboys in right here as nicely, as they’re sitting at 3-5 and are with out Dak Prescott for no less than 4 weeks now. Two, there’s a (present) massive hole between the present WC groups and the “within the hunt” groups. The present seven seed is the Packers at 6-3, whereas the eight seed is the Bears at 4-4. That’s 1.5 recreation hole between who’s at present within the playoffs and who isn’t.
How do these two observations have an effect on the Seahawks? This implies, the likeliest path for the Seahawks to make the playoffs is by successful the NFC West. Presently, Seattle (4-5) is the twelve seed, and are two video games behind the seven-seed Packers (6-3). In the meantime, regardless of an 0-2 division report, Seattle (4-5) is just one recreation behind the Cardinals (5-4). Which means Seattle at the beginning, must root towards all of its division foes (duh).
So, who’re the remainder of the NFC West groups enjoying this Sunday? The present leaders, the Cardinals, are internet hosting the New York Jets. In the meantime the Rams are internet hosting the Miami Dolphins, and the 49ers are travelling to Tampa Bay. Which means for the NFC West functions, 12s must be rooting for the Jets, Dolphins, and Buccaneers. These three video games would be the video games of highest curiosity to the Seahawks.
Outdoors the NFC West, the opposite Week 10 video games may be separated into three buckets (1) video games that won’t matter for the Seahawks, (2) video games that possible received’t matter for the Seahawks, and (3) video games that can affect for the Seahawks.
Video games that won’t matter to the Seahawks
– Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (TNF)
– Denver Broncos @ Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
– Buffalo Payments @ Indianapolis Colts
– Tennessee Titans @ Los Angeles Chargers
These video games are all between AFC groups, so for the Seahawks’ playoff possibilities, they won’t matter. Maybe 12s may need some fantasy soccer relevance for these video games.
Video games that can possible not matter to the Seahawks
– New York Giants vs Carolina Panthers (Germany recreation)
The Germany recreation between the Giants and Panthers includes groups with solely two wins, and neither is probably going sniffing the playoffs in 2024. One other recreation 12s might need to search for fantasy soccer tie ins.
Video games that can affect the Seahawks
– Pittsburgh Steelers @ Washington Commanders
– Minnesota Vikings @ Jacksonville Jaguars
– New England Patriots @ Chicago Bears
– Detroit Lions @ Houston Texans
– Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys
– Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints
This bucket, there are clear groups for the 12s to root for in regard to the Seahawks’ playoff hopes. The primary 4 video games listed beneath have an NFC workforce vs an AFC workforce. In these situations, merely root for the AFC groups to beat the NFC groups. That means this Sunday, 12s ought to root bought the Steelers, Jaguars, Patriots, and Texans.
The following two video games contain somewhat extra considering by. For the Eagles and Cowboys recreation, a Cowboys win may very well be dangerous for Seattle as that may carry them to 4-5, similar to Seattle. Nevertheless, an Eagles win might arguably be worse as they’re at present the six seed, and for Seattle to presumably sniff a Wildcard spot, they want the present wildcard groups to lose as a lot as attainable. An analogous evaluation holds for the Falcons and Saints recreation. A Saints win might get them nearer to Seattle within the rankings. Nevertheless, the Falcons haven’t locked up the NFC South, and the Buccaneers might simply nonetheless catch them. That means that the Falcons might simply be a wildcard risk as nicely. With this mentioned, a Falcons loss could be extra useful to Seattle, even with the Seahawks already having overwhelmed them this season.
This was a variety of data. So, what’s the closing tally? This Sunday, 12s must be primarily be rooting towards the NFC West, and be rooting for the Jets, Dolphins, and Buccaneers. After this, 12s must be rooting for the Steelers, Jaguars, Patriots, Texans, Cowboys, and Saints.
