Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - Week 6

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1) Arizona Cardinals 6-0
2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-1 Better strength of schedule than Green Bay/Better strength
of victory than Dallas
3) Green Bay Packers 5-1 Better strength of victory than Dallas
4) Dallas Cowboys 5-1
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Wild Cards

5) Los Angeles Rams 5-1
6) New Orleans Saints 3-2
7) Minnesota Vikings 3-3 Better division winning pct. than Chicago/Head to head
tie-breaker over Carolina
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Outside Looking In

8) Chicago Bears 3-3 Better conference winning pct. than Carolina
9) Carolina Panthers 3-3
10) San Francisco 49ers 2-3 Better conference winning pct. than Atlanta
11) Atlanta Falcons 2-3
12) Washington FT 2-4 Better division winning pct. than Philadelphia/Better
conference winning pct. than Seattle
13) Philadelphia Eagles 2-4 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
14) Seattle Seahawks 2-4
15) New York Giants 1-5
16) Detroit Lions 0-6
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Packers take over #3 spot. Saints and Vikings move into #6 and #7 spots.
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Key Week 7 Games:

Washington at Green Bay
Atlanta at Miami
Carolina at New York Giants
Philadelphia at Las Vegas
Detroit at Los Angeles Rams
Houston at Arizona
Chicago at Tampa Bay
Indianapolis at San Francisco
New Orleans at Seattle

Byes: Dallas, Minnesota

[texaspackerbacker]

I'll be rooting for the Bears next week. I wouldn't bet on them, but I wouldn't rule out that they rise up and beat Tampa either.

[Upnorth]

I'll be rooting for the Bears next week. I wouldn't bet on them, but I wouldn't rule out that they rise up and beat Tampa either.

I pray you are right, but how do the bears score on the Tampa d?

[smuggler]

Fields gets hot, otherwise they have no chance.

[Joemailman]

Both teams have the pass rushers to get after the QB, but it's still Brady on one side and a rookie QB on the other side.

[texaspackerbacker]

Chopping down a tree (with the right equipment) is easier than hanging on to a greased pig.

[Upnorth]

Chopping down a tree (with the right equipment) is easier than hanging on to a greased pig.

Fields and Nagy are a couple of tools.

[call_me_ishmael]

NFC is fricking stacked. I don't want any part of the Rams, Cards or Bucs.

[Joemailman]

NFC is fricking stacked. I don't want any part of the Rams, Cards or Bucs.

Whoever is the #4 seed will have to likely play either Rams or Cardinals in wildcard round. Much rather have the #3 seed.

[Joemailman]

Packers with 85% chance of making playoffs.

https://nflops.blob.core.windows.net/cachenflops-lb/7/a/8/6/a/7/7a86a781fac1c38fcf6f8f5e50f312a147e3dead.jpg

[bobblehead]

I'll be rooting for the Bears next week. I wouldn't bet on them, but I wouldn't rule out that they rise up and beat Tampa either.

I'll feel very dirty....will need to shower right after the game....but I will cheer for the Bears.

[Upnorth]

Joe, your chart leads me to believe an 0-9 team made the playoffs. Nf east last year? Nfc south the tear of the 7-9 saints upset Seattle?

[Joemailman]

Joe, your chart leads me to believe an 0-9 team made the playoffs. Nf east last year? Nfc south the tear of the 7-9 saints upset Seattle?

This chart is not based on history, since there is no history of 17 game seasons. It's based on computer simulations.

https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/analytics/stats-articles/what-record-will-be-good-enough-to-make-this-year-s-nfl-playoffs/


To better understand the playoff implications of each win or loss, we used the nflSeedR package in the R Statistical Software to simulate 10,000 17-game NFL seasons based on historical estimates of team strength. Below, we visualize the probabilities for playoff, division, and top-seed hopefuls across the league.

[Upnorth]

This chart is not based on history, since there is no history of 17 game seasons. It's based on computer simulations.

https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/analytics/stats-articles/what-record-will-be-good-enough-to-make-this-year-s-nfl-playoffs/

So I guess the pretty colors distracted me from the completely fucking obvious. Duh