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Old 12-25-2011, 08:04 PM   #4320
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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball View Post
I thought Dallas couldn't clinch the NFC East since the Giants beat the Jets unless it was just for a wild card spot in general regardless if they won or lost to Philly?
The situation was Dallas COULD have clinched the division by beating Philly if the Giants had lost to the Jets since it would have given them a 2 game lead (7-8 Giants, 9-6 Cowboys) and the Giants wouldn't have been able to catch up by beating Dallas this week. Since the Giants won though, a win over Philly would have made them 9-6 to the Giants' 8-7 so the Giants would have been able to win the division this week regardless since both teams going 9-7 would get the Giants in on the head to head tiebreaker.

It was just confusing because of the situation. Usually when a team has nothing to play for in a game it means they're locked in or eliminated. Rarely does a team have "nothing to play for" in week 16 and then suddenly have a meaningful week 17 game.
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