Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 1 Week To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1. Green Bay Packers 12-3
2. New Orleans Saints 11-4 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
3. Seattle Seahawks 11-4
4. Washington FT 6-9 Head to head tie-breaker over Dallas
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Wild Cards

5. Tampa Bay Bucs 10-5
6. Los Angeles Rams 9-6
7. Chicago Bears 8-7 Better winning pct. in common games than Arizona

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Outside Looking In

8. Arizona Cardinals 8-7
9. Dallas Cowboys 6-9 Head to head tie-breaker over Minnesota and San Francisco
10. Minnesota Vikings 6-9 Better winning pct. in common games than San Francisco
11. San Francisco 49ers 6-9
12. Detroit Lions 5-10 Better winning pct. in common games than NY Giants and
Carolina
13. New York Giants 5-10 Better strength of victory than Carolina
14. Carolina Panthers 5-10
15. Philadelphia Eagles 4-10-1
16. Atlanta Falcons 4-11
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Key Week 17 Games
Dallas at New York Giants
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Green Bay at Chicago
Arizona at Los Angeles Rams
Seattle at San Francisco
New Orleans at Carolina
Washington at Philadelphia

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Packers could fall to the 3 seed with a loss to the Mobsters of the Midway. To paraphrase Beth Harmon, Winning ain’t everything; it’s the only fucking thing.

[Joemailman]

Some Playoff Scenarios:

Packers - Have clinched NFCN. Can take #1 seed with win over Bears or Seattle loss to 49ers.

Saints - Have clinched NFCS. Can take #1 seed with a win over Panthers, win by Seahawks over 49ers and loss by Packers to Bears.

Seahawks - Have clinched NFCW. Can take #1 seed with a win over 49ers and losses by Packers to Bears and Saints to Panthers.

Washington - Can clinch NFCE with win over Eagles.

Buccaneers - Have clinched playoff spot. Can clinch #5 seed with win over Falcons

Rams -Can clinch playoff spot with win over Cardinals or a loss by the Bears to Packers.

Bears - Can clinch playoff spot with win over Packers or Cardinals loss to Rams.

Cardinals - Can clinch playoff spot with win over Rams.

Cowboys - Can clinch NFCE with win over Giants and Washington loss to Eagles.

Giants - Can clinch NFCE with win over Cowboys and Washington loss to Eagles.

[Joemailman]

Bears/Packers, Cardinals/Rams, Seahawks/49ers and Saints/Panthers games will all be going on at the same time. 3:25 start.

[hoosier]

Some Playoff Scenarios:

Packers - Have clinched NFCN. Can take #1 seed with win over Bears or Seattle loss to 49ers.

Saints - Have clinched NFCS. Can take #1 seed with a win over Panthers and loss by Packers to Bears.

Seahawks - Have clinched NFCW. Can take #1 seed with a win over 49ers and losses by Packers to Bears and Saints to Panthers.

Washington - Can clinch NFCE with win over Eagles.

Buccaneers - Have clinched playoff spot. Can clinch #5 seed with win over Falcons

Rams -Can clinch playoff spot with win over Cardinals or a loss by the Bears to Packers.

Bears - Can clinch playoff spot with win over Packers or Cardinals loss to Rams.

Cardinals - Can clinch playoff spot with win over Rams.

Cowboys - Can clinch NFCE with win over Giants and Washington loss to Eagles.

Giants - Can clinch NFCE with win over Cowboys and Washington loss to Eagles.

Only way Saints can get #1 seed is a three-way tie with GB and Sea, and they would then win based on best conference record. It would take a GB loss and a Sea win for that to happen

[Joemailman]

Only way Saints can get #1 seed is a three-way tie with GB and Sea, and they would then win based on best conference record. It would take a GB loss and a Sea win for that to happen

Thanks. Fixed it.

[Joemailman]

Jared Goff will not play this week due to surgery on injured thumb. Someone named John Wolford will likely start in his place. Wolford has no career stats.

[Joemailman]

New Orleans placed running back Alvin Kamara on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. Kamara has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out Week 17 vs Panthers, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported.

Should Kamara remain asymptomatic and obtains medical clearance, he could play in an NFC Wild Card Weekend game on Sunday, Jan. 10, but not on Saturday, Jan. 9, Pelissero reported. Thusly, the upcoming NFL playoff schedule could determine Kamara's playing status.

Obviously huge news. They can clinch #1 seed with a win over Carolina and a Packers loss.

[MadtownPacker]

Only way Saints can get #1 seed is a three-way tie with GB and Sea, and they would then win based on best conference record. It would take a GB loss and a Sea win for that to happenSo Packer lose to bears and end up with same record as Saints. Isn’t the NO loss to Packers the ultimate tiebreaker?

[Joemailman]

So Packer lose to bears and end up with same record as Saints. Isn’t the NO loss to Packers the ultimate tiebreaker?

Not in a 3 way tie. In that case head to head tie-breaker is thrown out unless one team has head to head advantage over both other teams.

[HarveyWallbangers]

So Packer lose to bears and end up with same record as Saints. Isn’t the NO loss to Packers the ultimate tiebreaker?

Not with a three way tie—where one team hasn’t beaten both of the other teams.

[MadtownPacker]

Damn who woulda thought a three way could turn out so bad. Sunday is going to be wild.

[Joemailman]

Wrong thread.

[Joemailman]

It gets worse for the Saints.



New Orleans placed running back Alvin Kamara on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. Kamara has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out Week 17 vs Panthers, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported.

Should Kamara remain asymptomatic and obtains medical clearance, he could play in an NFC Wild Card Weekend game on Sunday, Jan. 10, but not on Saturday, Jan. 9, Pelissero reported. Thusly, the upcoming NFL playoff schedule could determine Kamara's playing status.Obviously huge news. They can clinch #1 seed with a win over Carolina and a Packers loss.


Saints running backs Latavius Murray, Dwayne Washington, Michael Burton and running backs coach Joel Thomas will be unavailable against the Panthers due to close contact with Kamara, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday.

FOX's Jay Glazer first reported the news.

The Saints' Ty Montgomery, who's been used primarily at receiver and on special teams, is poised to take on a running back role.

[texaspackerbacker]

Will they even be back for the first week of the playoffs? It's a ten day quarantine, isn't it?

[Joemailman]

nm

[Joemailman]

Will they even be back for the first week of the playoffs? It's a ten day quarantine, isn't it?

Eligible Sunday, but not Saturday.

[Joemailman]

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[texaspackerbacker]

Has it been decided yet if the Saints play Saturday or Sunday - with or without Kamara?

[Vincenzo]

Any word at all when our first playoff game will be?? I guess we won’t know until after the Wild Card weekend is over, but I’m not certain about this.
But I wonder if it’ll be on the Saturday or the Sunday January 16th or 17th.

[Joemailman]

No word yet, but we'll know tonight. I'll bet Saints will get to play Sunday though.

[MadtownPacker]

It doesn’t matter you are going to watch regardless.

[George Cumby]

NFC-E still in the air, correct?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

NFC-E still in the air, correct?

Redcoats win, they’re in. Balding Eagles win, Lil Giants are in, 6-10 and all.

[George Cumby]

Redcoats win, they’re in. Balding Eagles win, Lil Giants are in, 6-10 and all.

Thanks.

[Joemailman]

Eagles have taken lead over FT.

[Joemailman]

Matchups for wild card round:

#7 Bears at #2 Saints

#6 Rams at #3 Seahawks

#5 Buccaneers at #4 Giants/Football Team

[RashanGary]

We’ll probably get buccaneers

[RashanGary]

Or Rams

[call_me_ishmael]

I don't hate the Bucs coming to snowy GB. Especially if there bomb ass LB is still on the covid list. Let's get some snow and throw Thighland at them 30 times. That cold ass thicc boi will have them shaken' in their boots.

Hopefully it's cold as hell and Brady looks like Tom Coughlin in the damn cold.

[RashanGary]

I kind of hope we get a Saturday noon game in the divisional round and then a Sunday late game for the championship round. 13 days rest and then 8.5 going into the NFCC game

[RashanGary]

We’ve played a lot of late games this year so that Sunday late game would still be a good routine for the team.

[texaspackerbacker]

If the Saints happen to lose to the Bears, we would be playing the Bears again. If not, and Seattle beats the Rams and Tampa beats Washington, we play Tampa - the most likely scenario. If the Rams upset Seattle, then we would get them as the lower seeded team, though.