Number 3 will be Number 1 after the Superbowl. GO NINERS!

The Cowboys the best 8-8 team? List, please!

How can the Saints be ahead of the Niners when the Niners are the #2 seed in the NFC while the Saints are third?

/Niners fan
//also, possible first

The1andonlyZack: Number 3 will be Number 1 after the Superbowl. GO NINERS!

I approve of this post.

/uh...third?

It pains me to think about what the Raiders could have done if they didn't lose their QB and RB for a majority of the season.

Looks about right, but I'd still put the Patriots at #3 and Ravens/SF tied for 4th/5th.

oh this thread

cue 9ers fans thinking they're under rated and can stall their way into the Superbowl 3 points at a time.

exploding pork: How can the Saints be ahead of the Niners when the Niners are the #2 seed in the NFC while the Saints are third?

/Niners fan
//also, possible first

Because its not about current rankings. Most people (excluding Niner's fans of course) think that the Saints will probably beat the Niners in the divisional round, hence they are ranked higher in a power poll.

/hopes this doesn't happen

4NSpy: It pains me to think about what the Raiders could have done if they didn't lose their QB and RB for a majority of the season.

This Bears fan knows your pain

robsul82: Alan J Randolph: Because its not about current rankings. Most people (excluding Niner's fans of course) think that the Saints will probably beat the Niners in the divisional round, hence they are ranked higher in a power poll.

/hopes this doesn't happen

Oh, but it will. It will, mwahahaha...

Oh I'm pretty sure it definitely will

/not a Niner's fan

Wire to Wire Numbah #1? Numbah #1 seed in the NFC? O-Line and RB1 getting healthy with a bye? A chance to watch Suh rip Breesus' face off? MVP in the bag? Only 3 things to say about that...

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta



Look at it. LOOK AT IT!!!



Hope everyone had a happy holidays. Let's celebrate the coming of the NFL playoffs

Saints deserve to be above the 9ers, I'm fine with that. Just happy the 9ers have a bye and home field advantage in the divisional round of the playoffs!

2:32 EST and Chargers announce that Norv Turner will continue to have a job for the coming year.

Question: Are 9ers fans preceived as more or less confident than Saints fans before their loss to the Seahawks last season? Just a question....

I still have the Niners myself.

Then the Bengals can do their ritualistic losing to them in the Super Bowl.

/Dammit Giants, don't jump 'em!

Lost Thought 00: 2:32 EST and Chargers announce that Norv Turner will continue to have a job for the coming year.

WTF is this shiat

2007 Patriots were the only other team to rank first wire to wire since 2002.

4NSpy: It pains me to think about what the Raiders could have done if they didn't lose their QB and RB for a majority of the season.

Three of the four teams in the division played without their Week One QB and RB for a majority of the season. A systemic dis-functionality plagued the Raiders more so than injuries.

Alan J Randolph: robsul82: Alan J Randolph: Because its not about current rankings. Most people (excluding Niner's fans of course) think that the Saints will probably beat the Niners in the divisional round, hence they are ranked higher in a power poll.

/hopes this doesn't happen

Oh, but it will. It will, mwahahaha...

Oh I'm pretty sure it definitely will

/not a Niner's fan

As a Packer fan, I hope it doesn't, but yeesh, the only way to stop the Saints is to match them step for step and hope for a late stop. I think San Fran is only capable of one of those, but that will be the most interesting matchup as I assume all of the GB games will have the Packers putting it away by the 3rd quarter, Super Bowl included.

rcf1105: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want the Patriots to win, just because I think their all offense/no defense approach this year is awesome.

I'm waiting for them to put Brady in as a Nickel corner and getting OPI called on every down.

rcf1105: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want the Patriots to win, just because I think their all offense/no defense approach this year is awesome.

When Tom Brady asked for the ball in his hands more, this isn't quite what he was expecting.

Pratty: Lost Thought 00: 2:32 EST and Chargers announce that Norv Turner will continue to have a job for the coming year.

WTF is this shiat



STUPID!!!

It is likely the Packers will win the Super bowl, and for that I am thankful.

/Not that it will be easy.
//Although watching blowouts is fun.

Pratty: Lost Thought 00: 2:32 EST and Chargers announce that Norv Turner will continue to have a job for the coming year.

WTF is this shiat

I think it's refreshing to see an ownership outright accepting mediocrity as its future.

Stimied in a Rut: Question: Are 9ers fans preceived as more or less confident than Saints fans before their loss to the Seahawks last season? Just a question....

I think you have to measure the relative change. Seeing as how before this season Niners fans barely existed on the sports tab (except one guy whose name starts with an e), they win the confidence bowl.

I'll be rooting for them if they play the Saints though.

roc6783: Alan J Randolph: robsul82: Alan J Randolph: Because its not about current rankings. Most people (excluding Niner's fans of course) think that the Saints will probably beat the Niners in the divisional round, hence they are ranked higher in a power poll.

/hopes this doesn't happen

Oh, but it will. It will, mwahahaha...

Oh I'm pretty sure it definitely will

/not a Niner's fan

As a Packer fan, I hope it doesn't, but yeesh, the only way to stop the Saints is to match them step for step and hope for a late stop. I think San Fran is only capable of one of those, but that will be the most interesting matchup as I assume all of the GB games will have the Packers putting it away by the 3rd quarter, Super Bowl included.

Also a Packers fan. I hope you're right. Don't know if the GB will have it that easy if they have to face the Giants again (depending on which Eli shows up)

rcf1105: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want the Patriots to win, just because I think their all offense/no defense approach this year is awesome.

Why support the Evil Empire of the NFL^TM, when you can root for the scrappy underdog who has been there before, ala 2007 Red Sox?

//A vote for GB is a vote for puppies, love, and freedom!! And beer!

For once I agree with something Fox had to say

Mike Shanahan has won 11 games in two seasons as the Redskins' head coach. Steve Spurrier and Jim Zorn were fired for winning 12 games in the same span.

Well, almost. Spurrier left of his own accord. Zorn was the only one fired.

Lost Thought 00: 2:32 EST and Chargers announce that Norv Turner will continue to have a job for the coming year.



/Broncos fan

John Nash: Stimied in a Rut: Question: Are 9ers fans preceived as more or less confident than Saints fans before their loss to the Seahawks last season? Just a question....

I think you have to measure the relative change. Seeing as how before this season Niners fans barely existed on the sports tab (except one guy whose name starts with an e), they win the confidence bowl.

I'll be rooting for them if they play the Saints though.

I was around; it's just when your team has underachieved for 8 years straight you don't have much to say other than..damn it.

Shouldn't the Ponies be higher or does no one think they can pull it off?

Okay, EVERYONE thinks they can't pull it off except...

roc6783: rcf1105: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want the Patriots to win, just because I think their all offense/no defense approach this year is awesome.

Why support the Evil Empire of the NFLTM, when you can root for the scrappy underdog who has been there before, ala 2007 Red Sox?

//A vote for GB is a vote for puppies, love, and freedom!! And beer!

You forgot cheese. We have cheese too.

Alan J Randolph: roc6783: Alan J Randolph: robsul82: Alan J Randolph: Because its not about current rankings. Most people (excluding Niner's fans of course) think that the Saints will probably beat the Niners in the divisional round, hence they are ranked higher in a power poll.

/hopes this doesn't happen

Oh, but it will. It will, mwahahaha...

Oh I'm pretty sure it definitely will

/not a Niner's fan

As a Packer fan, I hope it doesn't, but yeesh, the only way to stop the Saints is to match them step for step and hope for a late stop. I think San Fran is only capable of one of those, but that will be the most interesting matchup as I assume all of the GB games will have the Packers putting it away by the 3rd quarter, Super Bowl included.

Also a Packers fan. I hope you're right. Don't know if the GB will have it that easy if they have to face the Giants again (depending on which Eli shows up)

The Giants have gone toe to toe once, and they have spoiled dreams before, but I do not think any of the NFC teams are pushovers this year, except maybe Atlanta. AFC has the Bengals and a Schaubless Houston, but I would be greatly surprised if either of them pulled a Trollhawks in the first round.

eddievercetti: Shouldn't the Ponies be higher or does no one think they can pull it off?

They should be higher than the beach-bound Cowboys, but I don't think they can pull it off.

Alan J Randolph: Also a Packers fan. I hope you're right. Don't know if the GB will have it that easy if they have to face the Giants again (depending on which Eli shows up)

No offense to the Saints or 49ers, but the Giants have the best shot to upend the Pack. The very construction of their team ( potentially dominant across the entire defensive line that needs no blitz help to get to the QB when they're "on", a good offense that can move the ball and/or chew the clock against anyone, etc). Obviously they've been Jekyll & Hyde all year, and their secondary can be awful at times, but when they're playing right they're the most balanced team.

The Saints would have to flat outscore them (which they could very well do, but not easy), and the 49ers would have to outright stymie them (same).

"Lovie Smith's toughest decision is whether to re-sign offensive coordinator Mike Martz. (Clayton)"

Not a decision at all.

Treygreen13: /but we'd still have shiatty players on defense

And an interfering owner.