Naturally, the easiest road for Atlanta is to win both games. Then, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, who is in charge of tracking all of the possibilities, one of three things must happen:1. Dallas beats Philadelphia on Christmas Day, or
2. Dallas beats Detroit in Week 17, or
3. New York loses one of its remaining games (New Orleans, at Washington).
In other words, two Falcons victories combined with one Cowboys victory OR one Giants loss in the next two weeks puts Atlanta into the tournament. (Side note: anyone else notice that 'tournament' is becoming the preferred term in the NFL?)
According to Elias, a loss alone on Sunday does not eliminate the Falcons from postseason play - but it gets really convoluted at that point.
[No reason for a picture of Keith Brooking except that we don't say it often enough: the guy is an absolute beast.]
