Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 1 Week To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1) Green Bay Packers 13-3
2) Los Angeles Rams 12-4 Head to head tie-breaker over Tampa Bay
3) Tampa Bay Bucs 12-4
4) Dallas Cowboys 11-5
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Wild Cards

5) Arizona Cardinals 11-5
6) San Francisco 49ers 9-7 Head to head tie-breaker over Philadelphia
7) Philadelphia Eagles 9-7
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Outside Looking In

8) New Orleans Saints 8-8
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Eliminated From Playoffs

9) Minnesota Vikings 7-9 Better conference winning pct. than Atlanta
10) Atlanta Falcons 7-9
11) Washington FT 6-10 Better conference winning pct. than Chicago/Head to
head tie-breaker over Seattle
12) Chicago Bears 6-10 Head to head tie-breaker over Seattle
13) Seattle Seahawks 6-10
14) Carolina Panthers 5-11
15) New York Giants 4-12
16) Detroit Lions 2-13-1
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Clinching Scenarios:

Packers have clinched #1 seed.
Rams have clinched playoff spot. Rams can clinch NFC West with win or Cardinals loss.
Buccaneers have clinched NFC South
Cowboys have clinched NFC East
49ers can clinch playoff spot with win or Saints loss.
Eagles have clinched playoff spot.
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Key Week 18 Games:

Dallas at Philadelphia
New Orleans at Atlanta
Carolina at Tampa Bay
San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams
Seattle at Arizona

[texaspackerbacker]

If the Cardinals win, and the Rams lose to the Niners, they will be equal in head to head and conference record. What is the third tiebreaker for western division champ?

[Joemailman]

If the Cardinals win, and the Rams lose to the Niners, they will be equal in head to head and conference record. What is the third tiebreaker for western division champ?

To break a tie within the division, the tie-breaker after head to head isn't conference record, it's division record. If Cardinals win and Rams lose, Cardinals have the better division record.

[Joemailman]

If you're buying the Eagles hype...don't. The teams Eagles have beaten have a combined winning pct of .344. They have beaten Falcons, Panthers, Lions, Broncos, Saints, Jets, Football Team, Giants, and Football Team. They are 0-6 against team with winning records.

[scharpcheddar]

Lazy, not even afc lol

[Joemailman]

Lazy, not even afc lol

Have at it.

[call_me_ishmael]

I think the Rams could beat the Bucs. Maybe anyway.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think the Rams could beat the Bucs. Maybe anyway.

They have and they could. Brady’s weakness is an inside rusher like Donald.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I think the Rams could beat the Bucs. Maybe anyway.

Stafford seems like he may be injured a bit still. Underthrows passes, just doesn't look like his usual self.

But Rams could win SB if Stafford comes on. They are pretty stacked.

[MadtownPacker]

I am torn on this worse than Harlan choosing bacon or sausage. I want to see SF crash and burn but at the same time would be nice if Packers get a chance to wipe them out in the playoffs. Would be sweet to see all the cars here with little flags in the morning then they all disappear in the afternoon. Yep, they are fake ass fans, bragging of SB victories they haven’t even been alive long enough to witness.

At least here you senior rednecks have seen the 60s championships en vivo.

[Fritz]

John Brodie, baby! I saw him play at Tiger Stadium in Detroit in 1973. Niners lost, 30 - 20, to the Bill Munson-led Detroit Lions.

[MadtownPacker]

Yeah but the niners then close to what the lions now are correct? Wasn’t born yet so don’t know.

[texaspackerbacker]

John Brodie, baby! I saw him play at Tiger Stadium in Detroit in 1973. Niners lost, 30 - 20, to the Bill Munson-led Detroit Lions.

I saw John Brodie golfing when I was a crowd marshal at the Bing Crosby golf tournament in the early '70s.

[texaspackerbacker]

I think the Niners don't even make the playoffs - they lose to the Rams, and the Saints beat Atlanta and pass them.

It's a crapshoot between the Cowboys, Buccaneers, and Rams, all of whom have showed late season weakness and the Cardinals who had one bounce back after floundering since the Packers beat them. I'd like to see the Cowboys come to Lambeau for the NFC championship, but really it could be anybody.

[Joemailman]

CLINCHED:

Green Bay Packers -- NFC North division title, No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage

Dallas Cowboys -- NFC East division title

Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- NFC South division title

Arizona Cardinals -- playoff berth


Los Angeles Rams -- playoff berth

Philadelphia Eagles -- playoff berth


Arizona Cardinals (11-5) (vs. Seattle (6-10), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

Arizona clinches NFC West division title with:

ARI win + LAR loss


Los Angeles Rams (12-4) (vs. San Francisco (9-7), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

Los Angeles Rams clinch NFC West division title with:

LAR win or tie OR
ARI loss or tie


New Orleans Saints (8-8) (at Atlanta (7-9), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

New Orleans clinches playoff berth with:

NO win + SF loss


San Francisco 49ers (9-7) (at Los Angeles Rams (12-4), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

San Francisco clinches playoff berth with:

SF win or tie OR
NO loss or tie.