Here's why:
Week 12
NFC
Division Leaders
1) Falcons (1) - Greater winning % than Bears
2) Bears (3) - Head to Head win over Eagles
3) Eagles (2) - Head to Head win over Giants
4) Rams (10) - Head to Head win over Seahawks
Wild Cards
5) Saints (5) - Greater winning % than Giants
6) Giants (8) - Better Strength of Victory .390 than Buccaneers
The Rest
7) Buccaneers (7) - Greater Conference Record 5-2 than Packers 5-3
8) Packers (6) - Greater winning % than Seahawks
9) Seahawks (4) - Greater Conference Record 4-3 than Redskins 4-4
10) Redskins (9) - Greater winning % than vikings
11) vikings (11) - Greater Conference Record than 49'ers
12) 49'ers (12) - Greater Winning % than Cardinals
13) Cardinals (13) - Better Strength of Victory than Cowboys
14) Cowboys (14) - Greater winning % than Lions
15) Lions (14) - Greater winning % than Panthers
16) Panthers (16) -
AFC
Division Leaders
1) Jets (1) - Head to Head win over Patriots
2) Ravens (2) - Head to Head Win over Steelers
3) Chiefs (3) - Head to Head win over Jaguars
4) Jaguars (4)- Head to Head win over Colts
Wild Cards
5) Patriots (5) - Greater winning % than Steelers 9-2 > 8-3
6) Steelers (6) - Greater winning % than Colts 8-3 > 6-5
The Rest
7) Chargers (11) - Head to Head win over Colts
8) Colts (7) - Better Strength of Victory .439 than Dolphins .379
9) Dolphins (8) - Greater winning % .545 than Texans .455
10) Texans (12) - Head to Head wins over Titans and Raiders
11) Titans (9) - Head to Head win over Raiders
12) Raiders (10)- Greater winning % than Browns
13) Browns (14) - Greater winning % than Broncos
14) Broncos (13) - Greater winning % than Bills
15) Bills (15) - Head to Head win over Bengals
16) Bengals (16)
The Packers missed their chance to be the #1 seed in the NFC. However, they play the Giants at home as well as the Bears. Don't forget the Packers have the tiebreaker over the Eagles and only one team the NFC South can be a division winner.
Things will look a lot better in 2 weeks.