Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 2 Weeks To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1. Detroit Lions 13-2 Head to head tiebreaker over Minnesota
2. Philadelphia Eagles 12-3
3. Los Angeles Rams 9-6
4. Atlanta Falcons 8-7 Head to head tie-breaker over Tampa Bay
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Wild Cards

5. Minnesota Vikings 13-2
6. Green Bay Packers 11-4
7. Washington Commanders 10-5
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Outside Looking In

8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-6 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle
9. Seattle Seahawks 8-7
10. Dallas Cowboys 7-8 Better conference winning pct. than Arizona
11. Arizona Cardinals 7-8
12. San Francisco 49ers 6-9
13. New Orleans Saints 5-10
14. Chicago Bears 4-11 Head to head tie-breaker over Carolina
15. Carolina Panthers 4-11
16. New York Giants 2-13
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Detroit, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Green Bay have clinched playoff spots.
Teams seeded 10-16 have been eliminated
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Key Week 17 Games

Seattle at Chicago
Arizona at Los Angeles Rams
Dallas at Philadelphia
Carolina at Tampa Bay
Green Bay at Minnesota
Atlanta at Washington
Detroit at San Francisco

[MadtownPacker]

Possible the Packs last game is meaningless from a playoff perspective?

[Joemailman]

Not sure. If they beat the Vikings this week, they might have a shot at #5 seed by beating the Bears. If they lose to the Vikings, they might need to beat the Bears to hang on to the #6 seed vs being the #7 seed.

[SudsMcBucky]

For the "Outside Looking In", you should just not even list those that are officially eliminated.

[smuggler]

Not being #7 is a big deal. #5 v #6 kinda doesn't matter.

[Fritz]

I'm inclined to agree there, Smuggler.

[Joemailman]

Playoff clinching scenarios:

DETROIT LIONS (13-2) at San Francisco 49ers (6-9); Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC

Detroit clinches NFC's No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

DET win + MIN loss
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PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (12-3) vs. Dallas Cowboys (7-8); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX

Philadelphia clinches NFC East division title with:

PHI win or tie
WAS loss or tie
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ATLANTA FALCONS (8-7) at Washington Commanders (10-5); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Atlanta clinches NFC South division title with:

ATL win + TB loss
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LOS ANGELES RAMS (9-6) vs. Arizona Cardinals (7-8); Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET, NFL Network

Los Angeles clinches NFC West division title with:

LAR win + SEA loss or tie
LAR win + LAR clinches strength of schedule over SEA*
LAR tie + SEA loss
*LAR clinches strength of victory over SEA with 3.5 or more wins from the following teams: MIN, BUF, SF, WAS, CIN, CLE
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WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (10-5) vs. Atlanta Falcons (8-7); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC


Washington clinches a playoff berth with:

WAS win or tie
TB loss or tie

[Joemailman]

If Washington wins tonight, Packers will drop to #7 seed.

[Fosco33]

If Washington wins tonight, Packers will drop to #7 seed.

They’d also have to beat cowboys next wk to hold that. As long as WAS loses one of 2 and Packers beat the bears then it’s a 6th seed.

[Teamcheez1]

If the Redskins win tonight, we’ll be a 7th seed.

[Joemailman]

They’d also have to beat cowboys next wk to hold that. As long as WAS loses one of 2 and Packers beat the bears then it’s a 6th seed.

You think Cowboys without Lamb are going to beat Washington? I think we need to cheer for Atlanta tonight.

[MadtownPacker]

You think Cowboys without Lamb are going to beat Washington? I think we need to cheer for Atlanta tonight.
Good thing Penix looks better than Love did today.

[pittstang5]

Packers are going to be the 7th seed because the Football Gods hate me. There's one team that scares me and it's the Eagles. They'll play the Eagles and get blown the fuck out. The Pack Defense is a horrible match up against the Eagles. Packers just can't beat the Eagles when it means something.

[Fritz]

Well, you know - if you can't beat them in the playoffs, you're not Super Bowl material. But I get your point.

Would it be worse to go to the madhouse that is Philly, or play on the west coast against the Rams?

[Fosco33]

As I said in the Gameday thread / I don’t think that was a ‘bad’ loss. The nfc is stacked, unless a bunch of upsets happened - we were destined as the road team regardless.

The best part - it makes Vikings and Lions play for something next week. Instead of resting/healing - the Lions as the most injured team - don’t get a 3 week break. Could be a blessing in disguise.

Wished we would’ve played better in the first half - but I like our chances in a rematch vs Vikes or Lions when we are full strength.

[Joemailman]

Well, you know - if you can't beat them in the playoffs, you're not Super Bowl material. But I get your point.

Would it be worse to go to the madhouse that is Philly, or play on the west coast against the Rams?

I'd much rather play the Rams. Their offense last week outside of throwing to Nacua looked pretty ordinary.