NFC

First Round Bye
1) Packers (1) (Packers Rock Video )
2) 49'ers (2) (Winning % 7-1 > Giants 6-2)

Division Winners
3) Giants (3) (Winning % 6-2 > Saints 6-3)
4) Saints (4) (Winning % 6-3 > Falcons 5-3)

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

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



AFC

First Round Bye
1) Bengals (5) (Conference record > Ravens; Record > Texans)
2) Texans (3) (Record 6-3 > Patriots 5-3)

Division Winners
3) Patriots (6) (Long winded; See notes)
4) Chiefs (4) (Again long winded explanation in notes)

Wild Cards
5) Ravens (7) (Record > Steelers)
6) Steelers (1) (Record > Jets)

The rest in order:
7) Jets (9) (Head to head win over Bills)
8) Bills (2) (Record 5-3 > Titans 4-4)
9) Titans (8) (SOV .375 > Chargers .313)
10) Chargers (10) (Division record 2-1 > Raiders 1-1)
11) Raiders (11) (Record 4-4 > Browns 3-5)
12) Broncos (13) (Conference Record 3-3 > Browns 2-4)
13) Browns (12) (Record 3-5 > Jaguars 2-6)
14) Jaguars (14) (Record 2-6 > 1-7 Dolphins)
15) Dolphins (16) (Record 1-7 > Colts 0-8)
16) Colts (15)

Notes:

1) AFC East Patriots win v. Jets, Jets win v. Bills, Bills win v. Patriots so head to heads get thrown out. Division record Patriots + Jets 2-1, Bills 1-1 get thrown out. Patriots head to head over Jets. Jets #2 in division Bills #3.

2) AFC West tied but head to head match ups with Chargers and Chiefs split, KC has head to head over Raiders (2-1), Chargers (1-1), Raiders (0-1). KC 1st in division, Chargers 2nd, Raiders 3rd.

3) NFC North has 3 teams in playoff position.

4) Next 5 weeks the Giants play at 49'ers, Eagles, at Saints, Packers, and at Cowboys. How they play will play a large part in the NFC positioning. Hope they beat the 49'ers this week!!

5) The Bears play the Lions at home. Hope the Bears win that one. More cushion is always good.

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Interesting that both the NFC North and AFC North would have 3 playoff teams. Even more interesting that the bengals would win the division and the steelers and ravens would be the wild cards.

Great post, thanks for always doing it.

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Also interesting is the fact that there were no changes in the NFC playoff picture this week.

We definitely want the Lions to lose at home this weekend. Mathematically, that will be a huge boon for the Packers.

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Plus, we want the 49ers to lose against the Giants.

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Excellent point.

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It is easy compared to the changing AFC. It is a lot of work checking who beat who and comparing common games.

As noted above a big factor in the NFC are the next 4 games of the Giants. They play the 49'ers, the Saints and the Packers. Those are all big games.

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The 49ers are 7-1, the Saints are 6-3, the Giants are 6-2. So basically, we should root for the Giants against the 49ers, the Saints against the 49ers, the Giants against the 49ers, and of course, the Packers against the 49ers.

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This Sunday, Go Giants, Go Bears, and go Falcons.

I would like to see that lead build.

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I went out on a limb and actually made a prediction this week. I picked the Bears over the Lions.

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