What does Atlanta have to play for?

Question

With Chicago in, Atlanta has a wild card spot. I guess they can still play for 5th seed since Detroit has 5 losses and Atlanta has 5 losses.

Do teams play for such a small seed advancement?

cropduster · Answer

With Chicago in, Atlanta has a wild card spot. I guess they can still play for 5th seed since Detroit has 5 losses and Atlanta has 5 losses.

Do teams play for such a small seed advancement?

Andy_Dufresne · Answer

They&#x27;re playing for the Difference of playing IN WISCONSIN or playing IN SAN FRAN..... They&#x27;re also playing to keep Saints out of a possible 2 seed... There is no way they don&#x27;t treat this game like a playoff game!

cropduster · Answer

It seems like the Saints would have more incentive to keep the #2 seed alive.

smartbets · Answer

they have no reason to playstay square and lay the chalk on the saints, you know like  how easy it was with gb tonight.

NSFL · Answer

They are still playing for the division crown...and to revenge an intense rivalry loss on their home turf in OT in a game which they dominated much of the stats

MakeSumCake · Answer

Its still a division game.

PrimeTimeBoys · Answer

Truer words can not have been typed.....................

shark_apreza · Answer

looks like lovie smith pissed on some one dinnersquares have been blasting vegas the whole year in cfb and NFL

football_007 · Answer

They have nothing to play for as they are happy that they will play in the postseason. They are celebrating tonight and will not care about tomorrow game.Saints hugeeeeeeee

smartbets · Answer

yup, anyone on chicago would have been pissed. and anyone on gb was lucky. simple as that.

cropduster · Answer

Ok, I found this, "As it stands, Atlanta's in line to play either the New York Giants or Dallas Cowboys on the road in wild card round, pending the winner of the Week 17 matchup between those two teams. But if the Falcons can beat the New Orleans Saints on Monday night and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 17 -- along with a Saints loss to the Carolina Panthers -- we would be looking at a home game against the Detroit Lions. It would also mean a road trip to play the 49ers instead of the Packers in the event of an opening-round win."

I guess the Saints could lose at home twice but I think that's stretching it.

Niners13 · Answer

Care to back that up with some facts?Because you are wrong.

LETGOPACK1234 · Answer

&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Because a team down 25 in the 4th quarter should cover???&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, GB was lucky after leading 35-10

cropduster · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Squares is just another word for favorites basically.  Trust me, betting favorites is not easy because you always think it&#x27;s a trap. And it&#x27;s never easy to lay the lumber because you&#x27;re always in fear of a back door cover.

Stew Baker · Answer

Will Atlanta be that motivated to try to improve their playoff position? I don&#x27;t know; if you look back at NFL history, you&#x27;ll see many teams that don&#x27;t play that well when seeding is the only thing on the line. Next question. Will Atlanta be motivated to beat their hated rival New Orleans? Absolutely. Possibly more so to avenge the bitter hard-fought loss to the Saints earlier in the season. If New Orleans does cover the -6 1/2 tonight, they will have done so against an Atlanta teams that&#x27;s trying their butts off.

Gavinnick · Answer

this line is moving like the Minnesota line versus Washington this last week

Minnesota won SU I hope this game plays out a similar way

Brees has been money all yr at home, it seems every year the Saints have on big let down in the DOme, I think this is that night

rxpert · Answer

The Falcons can win the NFC South title and earn the No. 3 seed with victories over New Orleans and Tampa Bay coupled with a loss by the Saints to Carolina.

nbafan88 · Answer

For the first time in club history*, the Atlanta Falcons are going to the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The Green Bay Packers are three minutes from beating the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, assuring the Birds of at least a wild card spot.

With two games left, what's still out there to play for?

As it stands, Atlanta's in line to play either the New York Giants or Dallas Cowboys on the road in wild card round, pending the winner of the Week 17 matchup between those two teams. But if the Falcons can beat the New Orleans Saints on Monday night and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 17 -- along with a Saints loss to the Carolina Panthers -- we would be looking at a home game against the Detroit Lions. It would also mean a road trip to play the 49ers instead of the Packers in the event of an opening-round win.
Oh, and a NFC South championship, which would make the Birds the first team to ever win consecutive crowns in that division.

Niners13 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by cropduster]  &#xD;&#xA;Squares is just another word for favorites basically.  Trust me, betting favorites is not easy because you always think it&#x27;s a trap. And it&#x27;s never easy to lay the lumber because you&#x27;re always in fear of a back door cover.   [/Quote]faves/dogs are ~50% in nfl/cfb this year.

bills296 · Answer

If you picked your spots it was money. play anyone against the colts and i think you would have lost 3 games. percentage wise maybe 50% but dollar wise much different. this is what I think he meant.

tsw · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;That&#x27;s insane. They can still win the division. And even if that didn&#x27;t happen, being the 5 seed would seem to be quite an advantage over being the 6 seed.

nc1capper · Answer

I guess the bottom line is this should not be a factor in capping this game- both teams with lots on the line--falcons at &#x2B; 8 for me,,hard lean on the UNDER also at 53

mrquija27 · Answer

Lets be real they aint winning the Division. Orleans gets Carolina next week. But....

If they lose today they could lose any possibility of getting a homefield game in the NFC championship game to the DETROIT LIONS!!!

ShadowWarrior · Answer

Lions are in so I really do not like Atl. chances.

What does Atlanta have to play for?

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