Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - Week 5

Division Leaders

1. Philadelphia Eagles 4-1 Better conference winning pct. than Green Bay and Carolina
2. Green Bay Packers 4-1 Better conference winning pct. than Carolina
3. Carolina Panthers 4-1
4. Seattle Seahawks 3-2 Head to head tie-breaker over Los Angeles

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Wild Cards

5. Atlanta Falcons 3-1
6. Detroit Lions 3-2 Head to head tiebreaker over Minnesota/Better conference winning pct. than Los Angeles
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Outside Looking In

7. Minnesota Vikings 3-2 Better conference winning pct. than Los Angeles
8. Los Angeles Rams 3-2
9. New Orleans Saints 2-2 Better division winning pct. than Tampa Bay/Better strength of victory than Washington
10. Tampa Bay Bucs 2-2 Better conference winning pct. than Washington
11. Washington Redskins 2-2
12 Dallas Cowboys 2-3 Head to head tie-breaker over Arizona
13. Artizona Cardinals 2-3
14. Chicago Bears 1-4
15. San Francisco 49ers 0-5 Better strength of schedule than New York
16. New York Giants 0-5
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Key Week 6 Games

Philadelphia at Carolina
Miami at Atlanta
Green Bay at Minnesota
Detroit at New Orleans
San Francisco at Washington
Tampa Bay at Arizona
Los Angeles at Jacksonville

Byes: Dallas, Seattle

Depth of the conference doesn't look as hot when Seattle is still winning its Division. But at this point, who else is going to claim it?

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Originally Posted by pbmax

Depth of the conference doesn't look as hot when Seattle is still winning its Division. But at this point, who else is going to claim it?

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The strength of the NFC is in the north and the south. Seattle is probably the 3rd place team in those divisions.

By the way, on the AFC side, at this time the Jets are in the playoffs and the Patriots are not. They play each other this week.