re: NFC South Championship - Prediction Thread

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If the game is a tie, saints go playoffing

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But what if there’s a tie? That’s when it gets a little interesting.

A tie between the Panthers and Falcons would give the Panthers the edge over the Falcons, with Carolina’s 6-8-2 besting Atlanta’s 6-9. But if the Saints win to move to 7-9, what happens?

What happens is that the Saints and Panthers would, in the eyes of the NFL, be tied. The NFL considers a tie as one-half of a win; at 7-9 for the Saints and 6-8-2 for the Panthers, the two teams would have identical winning percentages of 43.75 percent. With the head-to-head tiebreaker a 1-1 split of their series, the Panthers would eke out the division tiebreaker with a 3-2-1 mark over the Saints’ 3-3 record.

So the Panthers win the division with a win or a tie. The Falcons need to win the game.

And now your day is complete.

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