Had the Saints beaten the Eagles, Seattle's game fate against the 49ers would not be a factor. Only a Saints win and Packers loss would be in play for the #1 seed.
Yeah, it’s crazy. For all the hand-wringing over that loss to Philly (and I was just as guilty), all it’s changed is that we need a heavily favored Seattle team to beat SF.
We would’ve still needed to beat Carolina and would’ve still needed Chicago to beat GB.