Day: December 6, 2017

Scenarios | The Seeders’ Cup IV | Leg 1

Seeders’ Cup Leg 1 Scenarios:

Slate of Games | Leg 1

Slate of Games | Seeders' Cup | Leg 1
Slate of Games for Leg 1 of The Seeders’ Cup

Scenarios | Seeder Bonus Points Leg 1 (CORRECTED)

 
“OR” in capital letters indicates start of a new scenario to clinch.
 

New England clinches AFC East division (2 points) with win or tie OR BUF loss or tie

Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division (2 points) with win or tie. Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth (1 points) with BUF loss or tie.

Jacksonville clinches a playoff berth (1 pooint) with JAX win + BUF loss + MIA loss or tie + NYJ loss or tie + LAC loss or tie + OAK-KC game does not end in a tie.

Philadelphia clinches NFC East division (2 points) with win or tie OR DAL loss or tie.

Minnesota clinches NFC North division (2 points) with win or tie OR DET loss or tie + GB loss or tie

Los Angeles Rams clinch a playoff berth (1 point) with LAR win + DET loss or tie + GB loss or tie + DAL loss or tie + CAR loss + ATL loss

New Orleans clinches a playoff berth (1 point) with NO win + CAR loss or tie + DAL loss or tie OR NO win + CAR loss + DET loss or tie OR NO win + DET loss or tie + GB loss or tie OR NO win + CAR loss + NO clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over DAL OR NO win + CAR tie + NO clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over DAL and GB OR NO win + CAR tie + GB loss or tie + NO clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over DAL.

See Week 14 clinching scenarios here: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000888855/article/nfl-playoffclinching-scenarios-for-week-14.

Patriots clinch the AFC East with a win over the Dolphins OR if Bills lose to Colts on Sunday (Value = 2 Seeder Points).

Eagles clinch the NFC East title with a win over the Rams OR if Cowboys lose to the Giants (Value = 2 Seeder Points).

Vikings clinch NFC North with a win over the Panthers OR if both a) Lions lose to the Buccaneers AND b) Packers lose to Browns (Value = 2 Seeder Points).

Source: Bleacher Report

Scenarios | Analyst of the Year | Week 14:

Kal Krome will be eliminated if The Strategist earns a trifecta AND he does not earn a trifecta.

Atwork will be eliminated if The Strategist earns a trifecta AND he does not earn a trifecta.

In both cases, the Analyst falls 4 trifectas behind with only 3 weeks to go.

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Seeders’ Cup IV | Slate of Games

The Entrants

The Analysts have selected their Home Teams to start the fourth annual Seeders’ Cup.

Wise Orangutan has dropped the redbirds and selects….. the Baltimore Ravens.

The entrants are:

Slate of Analysts | Seeders' Cup IV
Slate of Analysts for the Seeders’ Cup IV

Slate of Games

Seeders' Cup IV | Slate of Games
Slate of Games for Seeders’ Cup IV

 

The slate of games for The Seeders’ Cup IV will test the playoff-worthiness of the Analysts’ Home Teams in the final stretch as Analysts compete for Seeder bonus points in winning trifectas.

We have four head-to-head clashes between the Analysts’ Home Teams in the first two legs of the Cup: in Leg 1, conference upstarts Eagles and Rams face each other while division rivals Ravens and Steelers will destroy their hopes for a championship with needlessly brutal blows to the head that will eventually aid the Patriots; in Leg 2, division rivals Rams and Seahawks spar for supremacy in the NFC West as the Patriots visit the tattered remains of the Steelers after the prior week’s Ravens game.

During the month, a few un-owned teams will be competing for playoff seeds: Vikings (1), Falcons (3 and 4), Cowboys (3 and 4), and Titans (3), being the most likely. These un-owned teams, or others as the season unfolds, may be worth “seed” scores to the Analysts.

Home teams owned by an Analyst are in bold. The team at the left is the visiting team; the team at the right is the host (playing at home). There are a half dozen or more featured games, including one Thursday night games, two Sunday night games of the week (subject to flexing), two Saturday games, one Monday night games, and two Xmas day games.

Picks

Reminder: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may not pick the sponsored team to lose. Analysts do not have to pick his or her Home Team to win a trifecta or to earn the Seeder bonus points.

Additional points in a winning trifecta are scored for picking teams that clinch spots during the week according to the following: playoff spot/wildcard (1 point), division title (2 points), first round bye (3 points), and homefield advantage (4 points).

The Clearinghouse will start the Picks thread with a link and notes regarding which teams have an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot during the upcoming week.

Email three picks to The Bookie before each leg (week) of the Race. The first picks are due Thursday, December 7, before kickoff.

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