{"id":163618,"date":"2022-12-20T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/official-eagles-clinching-scenarios-for-week-16\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:31:00","slug":"official-eagles-clinching-scenarios-for-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/official-eagles-clinching-scenarios-for-week-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Eagles clinching scenarios for Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everyone knows by now that the obvious path to the Philadelphia Eagles clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff picture involves the team winning at least one of their final three games. <\/p>\n
Beating the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Eve would be a good way to do it. <\/p>\n
But that scenario is not their only<\/em> path to clinching something this weekend. There are other scenarios that aren’t necessarily likely but are still worth noting. <\/p>\n The Birds can actually clinch their division without also clinching the top spot in the conference this weekend. <\/p>\n If the Eagles and Cowboys tie, Philly will be crowned NFC East champions. But they will not secure home field advantage and a first-round bye that result alone. <\/p>\n Again, simply beating the Cowboys allows the Eagles to clinch the No. 1 seed. <\/p>\n But they can also do it by tying the Cowboys … AND getting help from the Minnesota Vikings either losing OR tying. The Vikings are currently 3.5-point home favorites against the New York Giants this weekend. <\/p>\n And note that Vikings-Giants starts at 1:00 PM Eastern on Saturday while Eagles-Cowboys is a 4:25 PM Eastern start. So, Philly will know if they can clinch the No. 1 seed with a tie or not by the time their game starts. <\/p>\n It goes without saying that a tie is an unlikely outcome for this week’s Eagles game. It’s not impossible, though. We’ve already seen a couple ties this year. And we almost saw a third with the Vikings narrowly beating the Indianapolis Colts with seconds remaining in overtime last week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone knows by now that the obvious path to the Philadelphia Eagles clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff picture involves the team winning at least one of their final three games. Beating the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Eve would be a good way to do it. But that scenario is not their …<\/p>\nCLINCHING THE NFC EAST<\/strong><\/h2>\n
CLINCHING THE NO. 1 SEED<\/strong><\/h2>\n