Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - Week 4

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1) San Francisco 49ers 3-0
2) New Orleans Saints 3-1 Better strength of victory than Dallas and Green Bay
3) Green Bay Packers 3-1 Head to head tiebreaker over Chicago/Better strength of
victory than Dallas
4) Dallas Cowboys 3-1
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Wild Cards

5) Chicago Bears 3-1 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
6) Seattle Seahawks 3-1 Better division winning pct. than Los Angeles Rams
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Outside Looking In

7) Los Angeles Rams 3-1
8) Detroit Lions 2-1-1
9) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-2 Head to head tiebreaker over Carolina/Better strength of
victory than Philadelphia/Better conference winning pct. than
Minnesota
10) Philadelphia Eagles 2-2 Better division winning pct. than New York Giants/Better
conference winning pct. than Minnesota and Carolina
11) New York Giants 2-2 Better conference winning pct. than Carolina and Minnesota
12) Minnesota Vikings 2-2 Better strength of victory than Carolina
13) Carolina Panthers 2-2
14) Atlanta Falcons 1-3
15) Arizona Cardinals 0-3-1
16) Washington Redskins 0-4
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Key Week 5 Games

Los Angeles Rams at Seattle
Chicago at Oakland
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
Minnesota at New York Giants
New York Jets at Philadelphia
Jacksonville at Carolina
Green Bay at Dallas
Cleveland at San Francisco

Bye:

Detroit

[Joemailman]

If the season were over right now, Bear, Rams and Cowboys would all be out of the playoffs. Realistically, Cardinals, Falcons and Redskins probably are out of the playoffs.

Football Outsiders with updated playoff odds for all teams. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/playoffodds

Packers at 64.6% chance of making playoffs. Packers currently tied with Eagles for best odds at #2 seed. Saints with best odds for #1 seed.

[QBME]

If the season were over right now, Bear, Rams and Cowboys would all be out of the playoffs. Realistically, Cardinals, Falcons and Redskins probably are out of the playoffs.

Football Outsiders with updated playoff odds for all teams. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/playoffodds

Packers at 64.6% chance of making playoffs. Packers currently tied with Eagles for best odds at #2 seed. Saints with best odds for #1 seed.

Thanks Joe. It will be interesting to see how well Brees bounces back from the passing hand thumb issue. I don't remember the exact year, but Favre played the better part of a season with a passing hand broken thumb (hairline fracture, but c'mon...sheeeet..). Favre stated he played because it would only hurt bad for 2 - 3 seconds after a throw or hand off. It might have been in his Vicodan days (daze), but still.

[mraynrand]

Thanks Joe. It will be interesting to see how well Brees bounces back from the passing hand thumb issue. I don't remember the exact year, but Favre played the better part of a season with a passing hand broken thumb (hairline fracture, but c'mon...sheeeet..). Favre stated he played because it would only hurt bad for 2 - 3 seconds after a throw or hand off. It might have been in his Vicodan days (daze), but still.

1999 - sprained thumb in preseason game (hit helmet of Mobley, DenverLB) , 2003 on shoulder pad of teammate vs. St. Louis. Brees' injury is the ulnar collateral ligament; the surgery re-inforced the repair without a k-wire through the joint so he can move it while it heals I think.
https://www.arthrex.com/hand-wrist/dx-swivelock-sl-thumb-collateral-ligament-reconstruction