Playoff Positions After Week 3
(Parentheses show last week's position)

NFC

Divisional Leaders
1) Bears (2) - Greater winning % than Falcons
2) Falcons (7) - SOV > Seahawks; beat Saints heads up, SOV > Tampa Bay
3) Seahawks (4) - Greater Conference Winning % than Eagles
4) Eagles (9) - Best winning % in NFC East

Wild Cards
Buccaneers (1) - Greater Division Winning % than Saints
Saints (6) - Greater Conference Winning % than Packers

The Rest in Order
7) Packers (5) - Greater Strength of Schedule than Cardinals
8) Cardinals (10) - Greater Strength of Victory than Giants
9) Giants (8) - Greater Conference Winning % than Rams
10) Rams (16) - Greater Net Points than Redskins
11) Redskins (3) - Greater Strength of Victory than vikings
12) vikings (12) - Greater Conference Winning % than Cowboys
13) Cowboys (13) - Greater Winning % than 49'ers
14) 49'ers (15) - Greater Strength of Schedule than Lions
15) Lions (12) - Greater Strength of Schedule than Panthers
16) Panthers (14)

AFC

Divisional Leaders
1) Steelers(1) - Greater Strength of Victory than Chiefs
2) Chiefs (3) - Greater Winning % than Texans
3) Texans (2) - Conf Winning % > Jets; Div Winning % > Titans or Colts
4) Jets (7) - Head to Head wins over Patriots and Dolphins

Wild Cards
5) Ravens (10) - Greater Strength of Victory than Patriots
6) Patriots (8) - Greater Conference Winning % than Titans

The Rest in Order

7) Titans (6) - Greater Strength of Schedule than Colts
8) Colts (12) - Greater Net Points than Bengals
9) Bengals (9) - Greater Strength of Victory than Dolphins
10) Dolphins (4) - Greater Winning % than Chargers
11) Chargers (5) - Head to Head win over Jaguars
12) Jaguars (11) - Head to Head win over Broncos
13) Broncos (13) - Greater Strength of Victory than Raiders
14) Raiders (14) - Greater Winning % than Browns
15) Browns (15) - Greater Net Points than Bills
16) Bills (16)


Top of 2011 Draft Order

1) Panthers
2) Lions
3) (Tie) 49'ers, Browns, Bills

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I appreciate the effort, but why are playoffs even in the discussion after the third week? I may come across as a hater -- not trying to. But really, though, let's wait until at least mid-October before we prognosticate on our postseason hopes.

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The Packers have dug themselves a deeper hole in the standings than may at first appear to the casual observer. Yes, they are only one game behind the Bears. However, the now have a worse division AND a worse conference record than the Bears, not to mention they're on the wrong end of the head-to-head. And that's not even looking at the strength of schedule tiebreaker.

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Interesting post, good info, but I agree with Dave. "All season?" Okay, accurate description, but "all season" also suggests there's been a stretch of season in which we've been in playoff position. We've only played 3/16ths of the regular season. Still 80 percent of the regular season in front of us.

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