Seeding Question

tallglassowater · Post #1 » by **tallglassowater** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:36 pm

Why does Seattle get the #1 seed? I know that it goes by conference record but then Arizona is ahead of Detroit because of a head to head game. I thought it was always head to head first? Is head to head for everything but the #1 seed?

49rangER · Post #2 » by **49rangER** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:01 pm

I believe since the packers and Seahawks were tied with 5-1 for division records it goes to conference record next which seattle was better than Green Bay in. DAllas had a 4-2 division Record and even worse conference record

Post #3 » by **CalamityX12** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:03 pm

I think division and conference are ahead of head to head

49er4life1979 · Post #4 » by **49er4life1979** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:20 pm

If there is a 3 way tie it goes by Conference record.

tallglassowater · Post #5 » by **tallglassowater** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:42 pm

Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

49rangER · Post #6 » by **49rangER** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:07 pm

tallglassowater wrote:Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

Problem with head to head is there are more than 2 teams. Seahawks beat packers and Cowboys beat Seahawks. However Cowboys and packers didn't play eachother this year.

Pattersonca65 · Post #7 » by **Pattersonca65** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:33 pm

tallglassowater wrote:Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

I dont have much faith right now. Maybe Dallas can offensively.

clyde21 · Post #8 » by **clyde21** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:38 pm

tallglassowater wrote:Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

Cardinals/Seahawks/Cowboys/Packers are all in the playoffs for the NFC. :banghead:

God I can't wait till this entire season is over and we can move on.

Pattersonca65 · Post #9 » by **Pattersonca65** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:54 am

clyde21 wrote:
tallglassowater wrote:Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

Cardinals/Seahawks/Cowboys/Packers are all in the playoffs for the NFC.

God I can't wait till this entire season is over and we can move on.

The only team I don't want to see win it is Seattle. We will have to endure a whole offseason about how they are the greatest NFL team in history and Russell Wilson is god.

tallglassowater · Post #10 » by **tallglassowater** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:33 am

clyde21 wrote:
tallglassowater wrote:Ahh. Thanks guys. I feel like head to head should trump all. Oh well. Someone better go into Seattle and win.

Cardinals/Seahawks/Cowboys/Packers are all in the playoffs for the NFC.

God I can't wait till this entire season is over and we can move on.

Jesus...I never looked at it really until just now. Heres hoping the Lions can make a run!!

CrimsonCrew · Post #11 » by **CrimsonCrew** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:17 am

This link kills me:

http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

It says absolutely nothing about tie-breaking procedures for actual playoff seeding. It talks about breaking a tie within a division (only relevant to determining the division winner), and how to break ties for the wild card. It appears the procedure is the same as that applied to wild cards, though. Sucks.

tallglassowater · Post #12 » by **tallglassowater** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:53 pm

CrimsonCrew wrote:This link kills me:

http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

It says absolutely nothing about tie-breaking procedures for actual playoff seeding. It talks about breaking a tie within a division (only relevant to determining the division winner), and how to break ties for the wild card. It appears the procedure is the same as that applied to wild cards, though. Sucks.

This is the only thing I could find as well. But then I stumbled upon this one

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace

click on the tie breaking explanations