Halfway Through: What Record Gets Us Into The Playoffs?

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Originally Posted by scowan

The more I look at schedules the more I think that NY Giants loss in Week 3 is going to come back to haunt the Skins. The Giants play Dallas, Detroit and Minnesota the next 3 weeks. All games they could loose. Then they play @ Chicago, @ Philly, Skins, @ Buffalo and end with New England. New England may not be playing for anything by then, but the Giants have a tough schedule in my opinion. If the Skins were ahead or even with the Giants right now, I would like our chances to knock them out of the playoffs, but being a game behind AND having already lost to them, really stinks with 8 weeks to go.

Very well put. Doesn't make anything impossible, but that was a key game. ANY NFC matchup is incredibly important, especially when the #1 seed appears locked up (Dallas) and the bottom-dwelling Eagles look like they're going to stay at #4.

Duking it out for the #2 seed and having already lost to NY certainly isn't the most desirable position in which to be.