Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 4 Weeks To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Leaders

1. Minnesota Vikings 10-2 Better record vs. common opponents than Philadelphia
2. Philadelphia Eagles 10-2
3. Los Angeles Rams 9-3 Head to head tie-breaker over New Orleans
4. New Orleans Saints 9-3
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Wild Cards

5. Seattle Seahawks 8-4 Better conference winning pct. than Carolina
6. Carolina Panthers 8-4
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Outside Looking In

7. Atlanta Falcons 7-5
8. Detroit Lions 6-6 Head to head tie-breaker over Green Bay/Better record vs. common opponents than Dallas
9. Green Bay Packers 6-6 Head to head Tie-breaker over Dallas
10. Dallas Cowboys 6-6
11. Wash. Redskins 5-7 Better conference winning pct. than Arizona
12 Arizona Cardinals 5-7
13. Tampa Bay Bucs 4-8
14. Chicago Bears 3-9
15. San Fran. 49ers 2-10 Head to head tie-breaker over NewYork
16. New York Giants 2-10
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Key Week 14 Games

New Orleans at Atlanta
Minnesota at Carolina
Philadelphia at Los Angeles Rams
Seattle at Jacksonville

[MadScientist]

So basically the Packers have to win out and 2 of Seattle, Carolina and Atlanta have to lose at least 2 games. Not impossible, but not super likely. Any scenarios with Green Bay losing a game are not worth thinking about.

Minnesota is in good position to loose a championship game, to keep their streak of doing it at least once a decade alive.

[MadScientist]

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[Tony Oday]

Minnesota will beat Carolina this week so we just need to win out!

[MadScientist]

Minnesota will beat Carolina this week so we just need to win out!

That only takes care of Detroit and Carolina. The Falcons and Seahawks could still shut the Packers out. One of them needs to loose two games. I'm not sure what happens if Atlanta, GB and several others are at 10-6. Weird rules could come into play.

[Tony Oday]

Only need Carolina and the Falcons to lose. Falcons will lose tonight and then we have a great avenue to the playoffs and kicking 7 different kinds of shit out of the Vikings.

[Tony Oday]

Oh and Carolina and the Saints are the next two losses for the Falcons ;)

[channtheman]

Obviously we need help to get in, but the 2 teams ahead of us in wildcard slots have difficult games coming up. So, while the picture looks bad right now, if we win out it's very possible we are in.

Seattle 8-4
@ Jaguars L
vs Rams L
@ Cowboys W
vs Cardinals W
Final Record 10-6

Falcons 7-5
vs Saints L
@ Bucs W
@ Saints L
vs Panthers L
Final Record 8-8. Give em one of the Saints game, they still are only 9-7.

Panthers 8-4
vs Vikings L
vs Packers L
vs Bucs W
@ Falcons W

Final Record 10-6

Actually, if this played out = Packers 10-6, Seattle 10-6, Panthers 10-6.

When 3 teams tie, I believe head to head is removed as a tiebreaker. This would especially hurt us as we would have beaten both of the teams we are tied with. This scenario would be similar to 2003 I believe when the Packers would have missed the playoffs being tied at 10-6 with the Vikings, Cowboys, and Seahawks despite beating the Seahawks head to head and splitting the season series with the Vikings. Fortunately, the Arizona Cardinals beat Minnesota on a last second TD to drop them to 9-7 and the Packers took the division and made the playoffs. That year, the only way the Packers would have made the playoffs is if they won their division due to a Viking loss.

[ThunderDan]

Obviously we need help to get in, but the 2 teams ahead of us in wildcard slots have difficult games coming up. So, while the picture looks bad right now, if we win out it's very possible we are in.

Seattle 8-4
@ Jaguars L
vs Rams L
@ Cowboys W
vs Cardinals W
Final Record 10-6

Falcons 7-5
vs Saints L
@ Bucs W
@ Saints L
vs Panthers L
Final Record 8-8. Give em one of the Saints game, they still are only 9-7.

Panthers 8-4
vs Vikings L
vs Packers L
vs Bucs W
@ Falcons W

Final Record 10-6

Actually, if this played out = Packers 10-6, Seattle 10-6, Panthers 10-6.

When 3 teams tie, I believe head to head is removed as a tiebreaker. This would especially hurt us as we would have beaten both of the teams we are tied with. This scenario would be similar to 2003 I believe when the Packers would have missed the playoffs being tied at 10-6 with the Vikings, Cowboys, and Seahawks despite beating the Seahawks head to head and splitting the season series with the Vikings. Fortunately, the Arizona Cardinals beat Minnesota on a last second TD to drop them to 9-7 and the Packers took the division and made the playoffs. That year, the only way the Packers would have made the playoffs is if they won their division due to a Viking loss.

I think if 1 team has beaten the other two, head-to-head still counts.

[Cheesehead Craig]

In the Week 14 key games, only Jax holds serve at home.

[denverYooper]

That only takes care of Detroit and Carolina. The Falcons and Seahawks could still shut the Packers out. One of them needs to loose two games. I'm not sure what happens if Atlanta, GB and several others are at 10-6. Weird rules could come into play.

#GeauxSaints

Saints @ Falcons in an hour.

[Joemailman]

Packers not getting any help so far this week. Can still be a decent day if Jax beats Seattle.

[pbmax]

Packers not getting any help so far this week. Can still be a decent day if Jax beats Seattle.

They are killing me in Pick Em by the Jags came through.