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    Thank you Spock for the compulsive need for accuracy; or thank you beauty queen for always comparing others flaws.


    WEEK 2
    NFC

    First Round Bye
    1) Redskins (5) (Greater Strength of Victory than Lions)
    2) Lions (8) (higher combined conference points ranking than Packers)

    Division Winners
    3) Saints (12) (Greater Strength of Victory than 49'ers and Falcons)
    4) 49'ers (3) (Better division winning % than Cardinals)

    Wild Cards
    5) Packers (6) (Better winning % than Cowboys)
    6) Cowboys (9) (Greater Strength of Schedule than the Bears)

    The Rest in Order:
    7) Bears (2) (Head to Head win over Falcons)
    8) Falcons (15) (Greater Strength of Victory than Eagles)
    9) Eagles (1) (Higher combined points ranking than Cardinals)
    10) Cardinals (7) (Better conf combined pts ranking than Buccaneers)
    11) Buccaneers (Better conf combined pts ranking than Giants)
    12) Giants (13) (Better winning % than Panthers)
    13) Panthers (Greater Strength of Schedule than vikings)
    14) vikings (10) (better conf combined pts ranking than Seahawks)
    15) Seahawks (14) (better conf combined pts ranking than Rams)
    16) Rams (16)


    Notes:

    -The number in parentheses indicates last week's playoff position.
    -The Panthers and Buccaneers were a coin toss decision between 4th and 11th last week. No last week ranking appears.
    -The Packers are 2-0 in conference games and Lions 1-0 but conference winning percentage is the same.
    -The Packers have more conference net points than Lions but that it not a tiebreaker for teams within a division.
    -Combined Points Ranking is adding the points scored ranking to the points allowed ranking.
    -Abbreviations SOV and SOS may be used for Strength of Victory and Strength of Schedule.



    AFC

    First Round Bye
    1) Patriots (3) (better division winning %than Jets; better SOV than Texans)
    2) Texans (2) (better winning % than Raiders)

    Division Winners
    3) Raiders (4) (greater Strength of Schedule than Ravens)
    4) Ravens (1) (better conference combined point ranking than Bengals)

    Wild Cards
    5) Jets (9) (greater strength of victory than Bills)
    6) Bills (5) (greater winning % than Jaguars)

    The rest in order:
    7) Jaguars (7) (head to head win over Titans)
    8) Titans (10) (greater strength of victory than Chargers)
    9) Chargers (8) (better division winning % than Broncos)
    10) Broncos (11) (head to head win over Bengals)
    11) Bengals (6) (head to head win over Browns)
    12) Browns (12) (greater conference winning % than Steelers)
    13) Steelers (15) (greater winning % than Dolphins)
    14) Dolphins (13) (better conference combined points ranking than Chiefs)
    15) Chiefs (16) (greater strength of schedule than Colts)
    16) Colts (14)
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Playoff Picture Week 2 (15 Weeks to Go) started by CaliforniaCheez View original post
    Comments 1 Comment
    1. pbmax's Avatar
      pbmax -
      My favorite weekly feature.

      Looks like the Pack will need to sweep the Lions to earn a playoff bye week and homefield.