Official Final NFC Playoff Standings Thread

[Joemailman]

Division Winners
1 - Dallas Cowboys (13-3) NFC East Champs
2 - Atlanta Falcons (11-5) NFC South Champs
3 - Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1) NFC West Champs
4 - Green Bay Packers (10-6) NFC North Champs
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Wild Cards
5 - New York Giants (11-5)
6 - Detroit Lions (9-7) Better winning pct. vs. common opponents than Tampa Bay
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Outside Looking In
7 - Tampa Bay Bucs (9-7)
8 - Washington Redskins (8-7-1)
9 - Minnesota Vikings (8-8)
10 - Arizona Cardinals (7-8-1)
11 - New Orleans Saints (7-9) Better conference winning pct. than Philadelphia
12 - Philadelphia Eagles (7-9)
13 - Carolina Panthers (6-10)
14 - Los Angeles Rams (4-12)
15 - Chicago Bears (3-13)
16 - San Francisco 49ers (2-14)
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Wild Card Games

Detroit at Seattle
New York Giants at Green Bay

[King Friday]

Certainly a year where the 6 best teams in the conference definitively moved on in my opinion. I suppose you could argue that Tampa was roughly equivalent to Detroit in terms of team strength. However, Tampa was very mediocre the first half of the season and did not quite do enough down the stretch to complete the recovery.

[Joemailman]

I think all the playoff teams but Detroit have a legit chance at the Super Bowl. Detroit played the Giants, Cowboys and Packers the last 3 weeks, and showed they weren't up to the task.

[Pugger]

They have one tall task coming up in Seattle.

[Joemailman]

They have one tall task coming up in Seattle.

Seattle isn't playing really well but the Lions were only 3-5 on the road this year.

[pbmax]

They can rush the passer and Seahawks have a miserable O line. I hope to see them do some damage.

[Carolina_Packer]

If Detroit can steal one on the road and take Seattle out of the playoff picture, I don't see Detroit going into Dallas and winning. If Seattle wins at home, they would have to go to Atlanta, and if their D can hold down the mighty Falcons offense and Wilson can manufacture any offense, that would put Seattle in the NFC championship game where you don't want them. That's if they can get their D to play at previous playoff levels. Should they win, Detroit would have confidence going into Dallas, but I don't give them a puncher's chance.

The Packers need some good news on the health front of their DB's and they need to generate more of a pass rush against the Giants to help the banged-up secondary.