Yeah, fair enough.
I am SUPER excited the Rams are playing meaningful football in December. . We went through many years where football was over by week 7. And yes, this is better than talk about next year...
Just feels like half the internet has us in already. Lot's of work to do, and no guarantee. IMHO this game is the biggest hurdle to at least get us into the 9er game with a chance and it's not like the Saint's are the Commanders. They are 7-7 and need this game as much as we do to make the playoffs.
As for the question about going 2-1... yes, we can backdoor our way in if the Vikings go 1-2. But in most scenarios is where we beat the Saints and have a chance to win it vs 9ers, or get in either way with a Vikings loss IF they have already lost one other game by then.
So losing to the Saints now would put us WAAAAY behind the 8 ball.