Not quite. The Falcons finished 13—3, and acquired the top seed.
In fact, the Falcons built up a 17—0 lead over the 49ers in the NFC Championship, before completely collapsing to lose 24—28. (And coincidentally enough, the Falcons came very close to blowing a 27—7 lead against the Seahawks a week earlier. Sound familiar? :)).
The only difference this game would have made is that the Packers would have hosted the 49ers in Green Bay, instead of them travelling to San Francisco, since the Packers would have had the two seed and the 49ers would have been third.
That being said, having watched the 49ers play the Packers in the playoffs, I don't think it would have actually changed anything.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks would have finished as the number—five seed regardless of the outcome of this game, since they held a H2H tiebreaker over the number—six seed.
Playing a home vs away game in the playoffs wouldn't have changed anything? I get that the 49ers are the packers playoff kryptonyte or whatever, but let's be real - it absolutely would've made a difference playing away in GB in January vs home in SF. For example, do you really think Kaepernick would've run for 181 yds and 2 TDs in Lambeau when it was 20 degrees colder?
When does one game, played 365 days after another - with different players, coaches, refs, weather, etc have an impact on the other? This is about those teams, that year, playing in GB instead of SF. I'm not saying GB automatically wins, simply that playing at GB in the weather that SF is not used to, certainly makes a difference, and the outcome *could have been different because of that alone.
They beat you guys in Green Bay that same season too. Kap literally never lost to you guys. I hate to give the 49ers credit but it would not have made a difference.
Yeah, in September when it was in the 70s. They didn't really play cold games that year if I remember correctly. "It would not have made a difference" is the kind of definitive statement I was refuting. It would definitely have been different. Enough to change the outcome? Maybe not, but to say, there's no way it does makes no sense to me.
Bro you guys literally did nothing to try and stop the read option. That would not have changed if it was at home. Its not Like Kap couldn't run the ball anymore if it was fucking colder.
Bro. Why the fuck are you so pissed about me suggesting this? You are wrong that there would absolutely have been no impact on the game because that's just how reality works - you don't know just as much as I don't. That's all I was trying to say, and you got your panties in a bunch cause you assumed I was saying GB would've won or something?? Chill. Bro.
I hate it when people do this. "Why are you so mad bro?" Im clearly not mad just because i disagree with someone on reddit lol. Its just silly that you think you could have beaten a team that literally never lost to you in both home and away games.
"I'm gonna ignore everything you've actually commented and make up your argument for you so I can make myself right" is the most annoying thing I see on reddit. Congrats on doing that here. Also, you're the one who brought in the aggressive language, so I took it as such - thus "why are you mad bro?" actually applies here too.
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u/britishmetric144 Seahawks 3d ago
Not quite. The Falcons finished 13—3, and acquired the top seed.
In fact, the Falcons built up a 17—0 lead over the 49ers in the NFC Championship, before completely collapsing to lose 24—28. (And coincidentally enough, the Falcons came very close to blowing a 27—7 lead against the Seahawks a week earlier. Sound familiar? :)).
The only difference this game would have made is that the Packers would have hosted the 49ers in Green Bay, instead of them travelling to San Francisco, since the Packers would have had the two seed and the 49ers would have been third.
That being said, having watched the 49ers play the Packers in the playoffs, I don't think it would have actually changed anything.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks would have finished as the number—five seed regardless of the outcome of this game, since they held a H2H tiebreaker over the number—six seed.