Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 3 Weeks To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1) San Francisco 49ers 11-2
2) Green Bay Packers 10-3 Better conference winning pct than New Orleans
3) New Orleans Saints 10-3
4) Dallas Cowboys 6-7 Head to head tie-breaker over Philadelphia
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Wild Cards

5) Seattle Seahawks 10-3
6) Minnesota Vikings 9-4
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Outside Looking In

7) Los Angeles Rams 8-5
8) Chicago Bears 7-6
9) Philadelphia Eagles 6-7 Better conference winning pct than Tampa Bay
10) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-7
11) Carolina Panthers 5-8
12) Atlanta Falcons 4-9
13) Detroit Lions 3-9-1 Better strength of victory than Arizona
14) Arizona Cardinals 3-9-1
15) Washington Redskins 3-10
16) New York Giants 2-11
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Big changes again this week. 49ers go from 5 to 1 with win over Saints. Packers take over 2. Seattle drops from 2 to 5.
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Key Week 15 Games

Chicago at Green Bay
Philadelphia at Washington
Seattle at Carolina
Minnesota at Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Rams at Dallas
Atlanta at San Francisco
Indianapolis at New Orleans

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Clinching Scenarios

New Orleans Saints have clinched NFC South
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Green Bay clinches playoff berth with:

1) GB win + LAR loss or tie OR

2) GB tie + LAR loss
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San Francisco clinches playoff berth with:

1) SF win or tie OR

2) LAR loss or tie OR

3) MIN loss + GB loss
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Seattle clinches playoff berth with:

1) SEA win + LAR loss or tie OR

2) SEA win + MIN loss OR

3) SEA win + GB loss + MIN tie OR

4) SEA tie + LAR loss

[pbmax]

Just as I imagined it in August.

[Upnorth]

I hate to say it, but I could see us dropping the next two.

[George Cumby]

End of the season is going to be a wild ride.

For all of the NFL's greed, bull-shit, stupidity and shameless pandering, they have got a great formula that always produces late season drama and makes things oh, so watchable.

[pbmax]

I hate to say it, but I could see us dropping the next two.

Are you Tony Oday’s second account?

[Joemailman]

What we know about Packers playoff situation:

If they finish 13-3, they will have a 1st round bye
If they finish 12-4, they will win the NFCN
If they finish 11-5, they could miss the playoffs.

[George Cumby]

^ Better win two of three, then.

[hoosier]

If they don't take two of three, they don't deserve to play another game this year.

[George Cumby]

Agreed, nut up or shut up.

[pbmax]

If they don't take two of three, they don't deserve to play another game this year.

Cmon. None of these teams are Illinois.

Maybe the Lions.

[hoosier]

End of the season, playoff spot on the line, you gotta be able to beat the Bears, especially if they're down two of their three top defensive players and their QB is named Mitch.

[MadtownPacker]

Nice job again Postalman. I wait until you post this shizzle every week to see where things are.

The crooked NFL is sitting pretty and gonna fix it so that tons of week 17 games all count for the division title. That’s dishonesty I can admire.

[pbmax]

End of the season, playoff spot on the line, you gotta be able to beat the Bears, especially if they're down two of their three top defensive players and their QB is named Mitch.

True, but Hicks could be back.

[Fritz]

What we know about Packers playoff situation:

If they finish 13-3, they will have a 1st round bye
If they finish 12-4, they will win the NFCN
If they finish 11-5, they could miss the playoffs.

Crazy, huh?

They seem deserving of neither a first round bye and the #1 seed nor missing the playoffs entirely.

[texaspackerbacker]

Great for the Packers that the Niners got beat, but ...... it looks to me like SF and Seattle both have the tie breaker over the Packers, so if we win out and neither of them lose next week, the winner between them still gets the #1 seed over us. Is that correct? Or is there some other factor?