(12-09-2017, 12:54 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote:

(12-09-2017, 09:20 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: But the interesting thing is, we can lose this game and if we win out from there, all 3 remaining games, we win the division.  

Not that I want to lose this game. Losing this game puts us in a corner where we might have to win all 3 after that, but in the overall scheme of things, this game is not remotely as important as the last game of the season against Tennessee. It's not even as important as the game a week from now against the Texans.

It is a must-win for this reason: Tennessee is visiting Arizona, then goes to San Francisco before hosting the Rams. So we have to stay caught up with them and that will not be easy with better teams than the Cardinals and 49ers coming up. Of  course that is not to downplay the importance of our game at Tennessee.

But we don't have to stay caught up with them.  We can lose to the Seahawks and if we win the next 3 games, we will then be tied with Tennessee and we will have the tiebreaker at that point, because we would only have 1 division loss and they would have 2.  That's why our game against the Texans is so much more important than our game against the Seahawks.  It's a division game and counts in the tiebreaker. 

So, if you understand what I just wrote, then you understand, it's not a must-win game.  Winning it would make things easier, but it's not essential.

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