Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - Week 9

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1. New Orleans Saints 6-2 Better conference winning pct. than Seattle or Green Bay
2. Seattle Seahawks 6-2 Better conference winning pct. than Green Bay
3. Green Bay Packers 6-2
4. Philadelphia Eagles 3-4-1
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Wild Cards

5. Tampa Bay Bucs 6-3
6. Arizona Cardinals 5-3 Better division winning pct. than Los Angeles
7. Los Angeles Rams 5-3

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Outside Looking In

8. Chicago Bears 5-4
9. San Francisco 49ers 4-5
10. Minnesota Vikings 3-5 Head to head tie-breaker over Detroit
11. Detroit Lions 3-5
12. Atlanta Falcons 3-6 Better division winning pct. than Carolina
13. Carolina Panthers 3-6
14. Washington FT 2-6
15. Dallas Cowboys 2-7 Head to head tie-breaker over New York
16. New York Giants 2-7
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Key Week 10 Games

Jacksonville at Green Bay
Philadelphia at New York Giants
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Buffalo at Arizona
Seattle at Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco at New Orleans
Minnesota at Chicago

Byes: Atlanta, Dallas

[Joemailman]

No change for Packers. New Orleans moves from #5 to #1 with win over Bucs.

[SudsMcBucky]

Even adding the 7th team to the mix, there are no gimmees for GB with any of those Wild Card teams.

[texaspackerbacker]

So head to head is not the first tiebreaker? Because the Packers have that over New Orleans but are not listed as the #1 seed.

[Joemailman]

So head to head is not the first tiebreaker? Because the Packers have that over New Orleans but are not listed as the #1 seed.

When there is a 3 way tie, head to head is thrown out unless one team has the head to head tie-breaker over both of the other teams. So the next tie-breaker is conference winning pct.

[Joemailman]

Even adding the 7th team to the mix, there are no gimmees for GB with any of those Wild Card teams.

The NFC playoffs are going to be great. I think all the playoff teams with exception of NFCE champ will be a threat to go to the Super Bowl.

[call_me_ishmael]

I live in a time warp. How is it week 9 already????????

[Joemailman]

I live in a time warp. How is it week 9 already????????

We're living through a lot of distractions.

[Upnorth]

I live in a time warp. How is it week 9 already????????

We just finished week 8. Hope that is helpful

[smuggler]

Gotta say, the Rams are in a good position to win the NFC, if not the Super Bowl. They are in a unique situation in that they have good skill players, solid defense, and a reasonably good QB with perhaps the best O-line in the league. That's my sneaking suspicion at this point. If another team ends up beating them, it'll be because of a specific matchup, not the entire roster.

[Fritz]

Good point, Smuggler. Green Bay and Seattle have porous defenses, I don't think New Orleans's is anything to write home about, and Tampa seems so inconsistent. I know nothing of Arizona. Maybe a good defense and solid offense is the right combo this year.