I'll play along;

I will root for anything based on the individual circumstances, if it helps my team. And only then. I would, for example, root for Bama to win the Iron Bowl if that allows LSU to win the SEC West (as that is actually rooting against Auburn who might be in front of LSU).

I rooted against Carolina in week 17 so the Saints would win the NFC South; their opponent was Atlanta so you could say I pulled for Atlanta to win that game.

Had the Saints played and won yesterday, and the Eagles/Falcons played today, then yes, I would have rooted for Atlanta to win. In order to set up a home game next week.

We haven't played yet. I hope we win, but it isn't guaranteed, and we aren't favored. So unless and until we win today, I don't care about other outcomes, other than the fact that I don't want the Falcons going further than the Saints.

My best case scenario is the Saints winning the Superbowl. My worst case prior to the playoffs was losing to the Panthers. My worst case prior to yesterday's games was losing to the Falcons. I don't want a division rival going deeper into the playoffs than we do.

At this point, we can't have a bad end to the season anymore. We've wpn the division, beat our rivals head-to-head, and finished with a better record than them. We're the last NFC South team standing, and the best. Anything further is gravy. Minnesota is a tough team, and if we beat them I think we're likely to beat Philly. We bring more offense to the table than Atlanta did, and I THINK we could outscore them home or away. But that's assuming we beat Minny, which isn't a shoe-in.

For what it's worth, I pulled for Wisconsin to beat Ohio State, as they would have went 13-0 and made the playoffs, and knocked Alabama out of the playoff picture. Yeah, I probably would have pulled for UGA to win, but any of the 4 would have been good.