WEEK 8

NFC

First Round Bye
1) Packers (1) (Better record than anyone)
2) 49'ers (2) (Winning % 6-1 > Giants 5-2)

Division Winners
3) Giants (4) (Winning % 5-2 > Saints 5-3)
4) Saints (3) (Winning % 5-3 > Buccaneers 4-3)

Wild Cards
5) Lions (5) (winning % 6-2 > Bears 4-3)
6) Bears (6) (Head to head win over Buccaneers)

The Rest in Order:
7) Buccaneers (7) (Head to head win over Falcons)
8) Falcons (8) (Winning % 4-3 > Eagless 3-4)
9) Eagles (12) (Head to head win over Cowboys)
10) Cowboys (9) (Head to head win over Redskins)
11) Redskins (10) (Winning % 3-4 > Seahawks 2-5)
12) Seahawks (11) (Winning % 2-5 > vikings 2-6)
13) vikings (15) (Head to head win over Panthers)
14) Panthers (13)(Winning % 2-6 > Cardinals 1-6)
15) Cardinals (14) (Conference % 1-4 > Rams 1-4)
16) Rams (16)


AFC


First Round Bye
1) Steelers (2) (Winning % 6-2 > Bills 5-2)
2) Bills (6) (Head to head win over Patriots)

Division Winners
3) Texans (4)
4) Chiefs (11) (Conf % > Chargers; Win over Raiders)

Wild Cards
5) Bengals (5) (Conference % 3-1 > Patriots 4-2)
6) Patriots (1) (Conference % 4-2 > Ravens 3-2)

The rest in order:
7) Ravens (7) (Winning % 5-2 > Titans 4-3)
8) Titans (10) (Conference % 4-2 > Jets 3-3)
9) Jets (9) (Head to head win over Chargers)
10) Chargers (3) (Division win % 2-1 > Raiders 1-1)
11) Raiders (8) (Winning % 4-3 > Browns 3-4)
12) Browns (12) (Winning % 3-4 > Broncos 2-5)
13) Broncos (13) (Winning % 2-5 > Jaguars 2-6)
14) Jaguars (14) (Winning % 2-6 > 0-8 Colts)
15) Colts (15) (SOS .607 > Dolphins .559)
16) Dolphins (16)

Notes:

SOS = Strength of Schedule
Numbers in parentheses are last week's position
The Chargers are ahead of the Raiders also in common games played (2-1-1 v. 2-2)
The NFC is very easy to figure out.
The AFC has 4 (5-2) teams and 5 (4-3) teams complicating things.
If you spot an error let me know.


Draft Order (subject to final playoff position and performance)


1) Dolphins
2) Colts
3) Cardinals
4) Rams
5) Panthers
6) Scumbag vikling goatsuckers
7) Jaguars
8) Seahawks
9) Broncos
10) Redskins
11) Browns
12) Eagles
13) Cowboys
14) Chargers
15) Titans
16) Jets
17) Chiefs
18) Buccaneers
19) Falcons
20) Raiders
21) Bears
22) Saints
23) Texans
24) Giants
25) Bengals
26) Ravens
27) Patriots
28) Bills
29) Steelers
30) Lions
31) 49'ers
32) Packers

There are currently no ties in the draft order.

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Interesting to see the Patriots in the wildcard position.

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Very interesting to see 3 teams in the NFC North in playoff position. I wonder, have all four teams in a division ever made it to the playoffs in the same year? Seems pretty unlikely but you never know.

That would be impossible. There are only 6 playoff slots per conference. Every division winner gets an automatic bid, leaving only 2 wildcards. That means the maximum number of teams from any division is 3. I know the NFC East has done it a few times.

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How many more wins 'till we clinch the playoffs?

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Since Detroit has 2 losses I would say as of right now it would be after the week 16 games are over. If GB still has a 2 game lead Detroit would not win the division.

To lock up a playoff slot of any kind it would be after week 14 games. They have a 3 game lead on Chicago, NO and Atlanta and as of right now they hold the head to head tie breaker over all of them.


So to answer your question- 6 weeks.

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After thanksgiving
Packers 11 - 0
Detroit Lions 8 - 3


Week 14 win = clinch, right?

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I was thinking about that very thing and editing my post to reflect it. You win.

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The Bears have wins over Falcons and Buccaneers giving them the ultimate tiebreaker. They lost no ground during their bye week.

Facing a 3rd divisional game in the playoffs is a possiblity.

The 49'ers have only one Conference loss and the Lions 2.

The Packer have to just keep pace and let the others stumble. Rvrn though the Packers will still be #1 seed next week regardless of the game's outcome.

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To clinch a playoff spot you ether need to get a lead that #2 in your division can't catch up to... or #7 in the Conference can't catch up to...

So the Packers have a 2 game lead on #2 in the division (the Lions) and a 3 game lead on #7 in the conference (Buccaneers)... so locking up a playoff spot is what 5 to 7 games away? ...

Also the 49ers could be the first to lock up a playoff spot... because #2 in their division (the Seahawks) have only won two games... and they're probably gonna try to get the #1 seed in the NFC with 5 of their last 9 games against their weak division (other games they got are Redskins, Giants, Ravens and Steelers)

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