Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - Week 7

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1) Arizona Cardinals 7-0
2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-1 Better strength of victory than Green Bay
3) Green Bay Packers 6-1
4) Dallas Cowboys 5-1
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Wild Cards

5) Los Angeles Rams 6-1
6) New Orleans Saints 4-2
7) Minnesota Vikings 3-3 Better conference winning pct. than Atlanta
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Outside Looking In

8) Atlanta Falcons 3-3
9) Chicago Bears 3-4 Better conference winning pct. than Carolina
10) Carolina Panthers 3-4
11) San Francisco 49ers 2-4
12) Washington FT 2-5 Head to head tie-breaker over Philadelphia and
NY Giants/Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
13) Philadelphia Eagles 2-5 Better winning pct. in common games than NY Giants/
Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
14) New York Giants 2-5 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
15) Seattle Seahawks 2-5
16) Detroit Lions 0-7
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No changes this week among playoff teams.

Key Week 8 Games

Green Bay at Arizona
Carolina at Atlanta
San Francisco at Chicago
Los Angeles Rams at Houston
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
Dallas at Minnesota

[Fritz]

So obviously I don't keep with with much other than the Packers themselves. So I am double-checking: did the NFL add an extra wild card team to each conference now?

Not sure what I think about that, if that is the case. Some years you might have a 10-7 team that otherwise might've stayed home, but then you might have some 9-8 teams that get in. And that just seems wrong. You get into the playoffs if you're slightly better than mediocre?

[Joemailman]

So obviously I don't keep with with much other than the Packers themselves. So I am double-checking: did the NFL add an extra wild card team to each conference now?

Not sure what I think about that, if that is the case. Some years you might have a 10-7 team that otherwise might've stayed home, but then you might have some 9-8 teams that get in. And that just seems wrong. You get into the playoffs if you're slightly better than mediocre?

Started last year (with a 16 game season). The following graph, which is based on thousands of simulations, gives 10-7 teams a 91% of making playoffs. It drops to 50% for 9-8 teams.

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

[Joemailman]

For the moment, Packers #1 seed! Go Saints!

[Joemailman]

According to above graph, Packers now with 96% chance of making the playoffs.