NFL: NFC playoff picture

[Blitzkrug]

God adding a 7th seed was so dumb.

You mean to tell me any of those 5 win teams deserve to be anywhere near the playoff?

Probably gonna be the same situation in the AFC too

 

[GKJ]

The Cardinals have played 3 games without Kyler and still have the best record in the league

 

[GKJ]

Surprisingly according to ELO the highest stakes game of the NFC playoff race next week will be Philly vs New Orleans. Essentially Philly winning would give them a very good shot, them losing puts their season on life support. For New Orleans its knocking a team way down getting back up and having another crucial tiebreaker.

How did this happen with the Eagles? Well, they now have 1 game left that is outside of their division and it’s against the Jets.

 

[misterchainsaw]

God adding a 7th seed was so dumb.

You mean to tell me any of those 5 win teams deserve to be anywhere near the playoff?

Probably gonna be the same situation in the AFC too

The 8th (and probably 9th) seed in the AFC is going to be better than the NFC's 7th seed and maybe even 6th seed if Winston isn't healthy, IMO. The NFC has 5 very good teams and then a bunch of crap right now.

 

[misterchainsaw]

We have our first total elimination scenarios for Detroit. It will take a lot (much more than just a Detroit loss), but Detroit could be officially eliminated by Monday Night. Arizona could add a lot of 1st round bye eliminations, but they are off, so they'll sit on the 1 seed for the week.

AFTER WEEK 11: (a-eliminated from #1 seed contention, b-eliminated from division contention)
1. Arizona - 9-2
2. Green Bay - 8-3
3. Tampa Bay - 7-3 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over Dallas)
4. Dallas - 7-3
5. LA Rams - 7-3
6. Minnesota - 5-5 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over New Orleans and San Francisco)
7. New Orleans - 5-5 (Holds strength of victory tiebreaker over San Francisco (.558 to .343))
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8. San Francisco - 5-5
9. Philadelphia - 5-6 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over Carolina)
10. Carolina - 5-6
11. Washington - 4-6 (Owns tiebreaker over Atlanta via H2H & conference record)
12. Atlanta - 4-6
13. NY Giants - 3-7 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Seattle and Chicago)
14. Seattle - 3-7 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Chicago)
15. Chicago - 3-7
16. b-Detroit - 0-9-1

CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Arizona controls their own destiny for the first round bye.
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC North.
- Tampa Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- Minnesota controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth.
- New Orleans controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth.
- San Francisco controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth

POTENTIAL CHANGES OF CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 11:
- Arizona loses control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a loss
- Dallas gains control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a win and a TB loss.
- Minnesota can gain control of their own destiny for the NFC North with a win and a GB loss.
- New Orleans can gain control of their own destiny for the NFC North with a win and a TB loss.
- Carolina can gain control of their own destiny for the NFC South with a win and a TB loss
- Washington can gain control of their own destiny for the NFC with a win and a DAL loss
- Minnesota will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a loss, NO win, and TB win.
- New Orleans will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a loss and a PHI or SF win.
- San Francisco will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a loss
- Washington can gain control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a win, LAR loss, and NO loss
- Atlanta can gain control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a win and a PHI loss

ELIMINATION SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 11:
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, ATL win, WSH win, CAR win, NO win, and a PHI or MIN win
- Seattle is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, a GB win, and either a DAL win or a DET win.
- The NY Giants are eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss and a GB win.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The NFC...where the 4-7 Giants and Bears will be 1 game out of a WC spot in 3 hours unless SF-MIN play to a tie.

 

[c9777666]

The NFC...where the 4-7 Giants and Bears will be 1 game out of a WC spot in 3 hours unless SF-MIN play to a tie.

and said tie did not happen

 

[misterchainsaw]

Not only does Washington jump into a playoff spot, but they now control their own destiny for the NFC East with two games remaining against the Cowboys. Detroit's elimination scenarios are funky (yes, I cheated on those) but really they'll probably just lose and save everyone the trouble.

AFTER WEEK 12: (a-eliminated from #1 seed contention, b-eliminated from division contention)
1. Arizona - 9-2
2. Green Bay - 9-3
3. Tampa Bay - 8-3 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over Dallas)
4. Dallas - 7-4
5. LA Rams - 7-4
6. San Francisco - 6-5
7. Washington - 5-6 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Minnesota and owns it over Atlanta)
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8. Minnesota - 5-6 (Owns conference record tiebreaker over Atlanta)
9. Atlanta - 5-6 (Holds H2H tiebreaker over New Orleans
10. New Orleans - 5-6
11. Philadelphia - 5-7 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over Carolina)
12. Carolina - 5-7
13. NY Giants - 4-7 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Chicago)
14. Chicago - 4-7
15. Seattle - 3-8
16. b-Detroit - 0-10-1

CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Arizona controls their own destiny for the first round bye.
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC North.
- Tampa Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- Washington controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- The LA Rams control their own destiny for a wild card spot
- San Francisco controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth
- New Orleans controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth (*as long as week 18 SF-LAR does not end in a tie)

POTENTIAL CHANGES OF CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 13:
- Arizona will lose control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a loss
- Green Bay will gain control of their own destiny for the first round bye with an ARI loss.
- Washington will lose control of their own destiny for the NFC East with a loss and a DAL win
- Washington will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card with a loss.
- New Orleans will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card with a loss.
- Minnesota will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card with a win and any of the following: SF loss, DAL loss, LAR loss, or WSH loss
- Atlanta will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card with a win and any of the following: SF loss, DAL loss, MIN loss, or WSH loss


ELIMINATION SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 13:
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss.
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention with a CHI win and either a SF win OR a ATL and NO win
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention if 3 of the following 4 teams win: SF, WSH, NYG, PHI UNLESS the 3 winners are exclusively the NFC East teams.
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention with an ATL win, NO win, and one of the following: (1)SF win, (2)NYG win and PHI win, or (3)PHI win and WSH win
- Seattle is eliminated from NFC West consideration with a loss or an ARI win
- Seattle is eliminated from top seed consideration even if they win and ARI loses with a DAL win.
- Chicago is eliminated from top seed consideration with a loss.
- The NY Giants are eliminated from top seed consideration with a loss and an ARI win.
- Philadelphia is eliminated from top seed consideration with a loss and an ARI win.

NO CLINCHING SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 13

 

[GKJ]

Kyler Murray hasn’t played in a month and the Cardinals still have the best record in football.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

God adding a 7th seed was so dumb.

You mean to tell me any of those 5 win teams deserve to be anywhere near the playoff?

Probably gonna be the same situation in the AFC too

Didn't they add a playoff spot because 10-6 team didn't make the playoffs while 7-9 division winner did?

 

[GKJ]

Last year in the AFC, had the Dolphins won their last game, an 11-5 team would’ve missed the playoffs. And that was with 7 spots. Imagine in the previous format if 2 11-5 teams missed the playoffs.

 

[Dr Salt]

How did this happen with the Eagles? Well, they now have 1 game left that is outside of their division and it’s against the Jets.

Well even though they just lost to the Giants, prior to last week, they had an easy closing schedule. They were 5-6 at the time and would and do have a key tiebreaker vs the Saints. Now that they lost to New York, their chances have diminished hard but they still have a crucial tiebreaker.

 

[misterchainsaw]

If Dallas beats Washington this week, we are down to 0 interesting division races....at least the AFC makes up for that a bit, and 2 games separate seeds 6 through 15 in the race to get pounded by the Bays (or Arizona) in the first round (yes, I know anything can happen, and often does, in the playoffs)

AFTER WEEK 13: (a-eliminated from #1 seed contention, b-eliminated from division contention)
1. Arizona - 10-2
2. Green Bay - 9-3 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Tampa Bay)
3. Tampa Bay - 9-3
4. Dallas - 8-4
5. LA Rams - 8-4
6. Washington - 6-6 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over San Francisco)
7. San Francisco - 6-6
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8. Philadelphia - 6-7
9. Minnesota - 5-7 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over Carolina)
10. Carolina - 5-7 (Holds division record tiebreaker over Atlanta and New Orleans)
11. Atlanta - 5-7 (Holds H2H tiebreaker over New Orleans)
12. New Orleans - 5-7
13. a-NY Giants - 4-8 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Chicago and Seattle)
14. a-Chicago - 4-8 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Seattle))
15. b-Seattle - 4-8
16. b-Detroit - 1-10-1

CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Arizona controls their own destiny for the first round bye.
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC North.
- Tampa Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- Washington controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- The LA Rams control their own destiny for a wild card spot
- San Francisco controls their own destiny for a wild card playoff birth

POTENTIAL CHANGES OF CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 14:
- Arizona will lose control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a loss and either a GB or TB win.
- Green Bay will gain control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a win and an ARI loss
- Tampa Bay will gain control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a win, ARI loss, and a GB loss.
- Washington will lose control of their own destiny for the NFC West with a loss
- San Francisco will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a loss and either a CAR or NO win.
- Philadelphia will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a CAR loss or NO loss
- Minnesota will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a win, LAR loss, and SF loss.
- Atlanta will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a win and a MIN loss

ELIMINATION SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 14:
- Detroit is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, SF win, CHI and MIN win, OR a ATL and NO win.
- The NY Giants are eliminated from NFC East contention with a loss.
- Chicago is eliminated from NFC North contention with a loss.
- New Orleans is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss and a TB win.
- Atlanta is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss or a TB win.
- Carolina is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss and a TB win.
- Minnesota is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss and a GB win.
- San Francisco is eliminated from NFC West contention with a loss or an ARI win.
- New Orleans is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, DAL win, GB win, or ARI win.
- Atlanta is eliminated from first round bye contention with a DAL win, GB win, or ARI win
- Carolina is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, DAL win, GB win, or ARI win
- Minnesota is eliminated from first round by contention with a loss or an ARI win.
- Philadelphia is eliminated from first round bye contention with an ARI win.
- Washington is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss and an ARI win.

CLINCHING SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 14:
- Green Bay clinches the NFC North with a win and MIN loss
- Tampa Bay clinches the NFC South with a win, NO loss, and CAR loss
- Arizona clinches a wild card spot with a win OR a MIN loss and either a (1)SF loss or (2)a NO and CAR loss
- Green Bay clinches a wild card spot with a win, SF loss, and NO loss

 

[Blitzkrug]

It's really something that teams abhorrent as Atlanta and Carolina are anywhere near the playoff picture

By DVOA i'm pretty sure the Falcons are the worst team in the league and are currently sporting a point differential worse than the Lions.

Turns out there might be two byes in the NFC after all

 

[Dr Salt]

I believe Tampa and Green Bay can clinch next week. Arizona can end the race from being interesting tonight and Dallas can clinch with two straight wins. The only thing really left to the imagination is seeding and wild card spots.

 

[Dr Salt]

I believe Tampa and Green Bay can clinch next week. Arizona can end the race from being interesting tonight and Dallas can clinch with two straight wins. The only thing really left to the imagination is seeding and wild card spots.

Correction: Dallas win + Philly win = Division locked up for Dallas.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Packers hold their own destiny for the top nfc seed, and face Baltimore, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Detroit.

I feel like odds for Green Bay finishing top nfc seed at 14-3 are higher than the odds for them not finishing that way.

Baltimore is their best opponent left. Cleveland, yeah right. They already dropped one to Minnesota, and 1-111111111111-1 Detroit.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Packers hold their own destiny for the top nfc seed, and face Baltimore, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Detroit.

I feel like odds for Green Bay finishing top nfc seed at 14-3 are higher than the odds for them not finishing that way.

Baltimore is their best opponent left. Cleveland, yeah right. They already dropped one to Minnesota, and 1-111111111111-1 Detroit.

Good. Setting themselves up to lose the NFCCG at home for, what, the 4th time in a row?

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Good. Setting themselves up to lose the NFCCG at home for, what, the 4th time in a row?

Probably, but maybe fifth time is a charm.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Packers hold their own destiny for the top nfc seed, and face Baltimore, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Detroit.

I feel like odds for Green Bay finishing top nfc seed at 14-3 are higher than the odds for them not finishing that way.

Baltimore is their best opponent left. Cleveland, yeah right. They already dropped one to Minnesota, and 1-111111111111-1 Detroit.

I think they will beat Cleveland but they could certainly lose to them.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Week 15 playoff scenarios: Playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 15 of 2021 NFL season

NFC
CLINCHED: None
Arizona Cardinals (10-3)
Arizona clinches playoff berth with:
1. ARI win or tie OR
2. NO loss or tie + MIN loss or tie OR
3. NO loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
4. NO loss or tie + PHI loss + ATL loss or tie + GB win or tie OR
5. NO loss or tie + SF tie + LAR loss OR
6. MIN loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
7. MIN loss or tie + SF loss OR
8. SF loss + PHI-WAS tie OR
9. SF tie + LAR loss + PHI-WAS tie

Dallas Cowboys (9-4)
Dallas clinches NFC East division title with:
1. DAL win + WAS-PHI tie OR
2. DAL win + WAS loss + DAL clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PHI
Dallas clinches playoff berth with:
1. DAL win + NO loss or tie OR
2. DAL win + SF loss OR
3. DAL tie + MIN loss or tie + NO loss or tie + ATL loss or tie OR
4. MIN loss + ATL loss + NO loss + PHI-WAS tie OR
5. MIN loss + ATL loss + NO loss + DAL clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PHI

Green Bay Packers (10-3)
Green Bay clinches NFC North division title with:
1. GB win or tie OR
2. MIN loss or tie
Green Bay clinches playoff berth with:
1. NO loss or tie + SF loss OR
2. NO loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
3. NO loss or tie + LAR loss + SF tie OR
4. SF loss + PHI-WAS tie OR
5. LAR loss + SF tie + PHI-WAS tie

Los Angeles Rams (9-4)
L.A. Rams clinch playoff berth with:
1. LAR win + NO loss or tie + MIN loss or tie OR
2. LAR win + NO loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
3. LAR win + MIN loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
4. LAR tie + MIN loss + NO loss + ATL loss or tie

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-3)
Tampa Bay clinches NFC South division title with:
1. TB win or tie
Tampa Bay clinches playoff berth with:
1. MIN loss or tie + SF loss OR
2. MIN loss or tie + PHI-WAS tie OR
3. SF loss + PHI-WAS tie

 

[misterchainsaw]

AFTER WEEK 14: (a-eliminated from #1 seed contention, b-eliminated from division contention)
1. Green Bay - 10-3 (Holds Conference record tiebreaker over Tampa Bay and Arizona)
2. Tampa Bay - 10-3 (Holds Strength of victory tiebreaker over Arizona)
3. Arizona - 10-3
4. Dallas - 9-4
5. LA Rams - 9-4
6. San Francisco - 7-6
7. Washington - 6-7 (Owns conference record tiebreaker over Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Atlanta)
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8. Minnesota - 6-7 (Owns conference record tiebreaker over Atlanta, Holds common games tiebreaker over Philadelphia)
9. Philadelphia - 6-7 (Owns conference record tiebreaker over Atlanta)
10. b-Atlanta - 6-7 (Holds H2H tiebreaker over New Orleans)
11. New Orleans - 6-7
12. b-Carolina - 5-8 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Seattle)
13. b-Seattle - 5-8
14. b-New York Giants - 4-9 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Chicago)
15. b-Chicago - 4-9
ELIMINATED: (16)Detroit

CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the first round bye.
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC North.
- Tampa Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- The LA Rams control their own destiny for a wild card spot
- San Francisco controls their own destiny for a wild card spot
- Washington controls their own destiny for a wild card spot

POTENTIAL CHANGES OF CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 15:
- San Francisco will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a loss and a WSH win
- Washington will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a loss
- Minnesota will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a win and either a WSH loss or a SF and LAR loss
- Philadelphia will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a win and either a MIN loss or a SF and LAR loss
- Atlanta will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a win and either a MIN or WSH loss
- New Orleans will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card spot with a win and either a SF or WSH loss


ELIMINATION SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 15:
- Chicago is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and MIN clinching SoV against them (too many scenarios to count)
- Chicago is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, ATL win and NO win.
- Chicago is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, a DAL win, and either a SF or ATL win
- New Orleans is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss
- Philadelphia is eliminated from NFC East contention with a loss and either a DAL win or DAL clinches SoV against them (too many scenarios to count)
- Minnesota is eliminated from NFC North contention with a loss or a GB win
- Washington is eliminated from NFC East contention with a loss and a DAL win
- San Francisco is eliminated from NFC West contention with a loss or an ARI win
- Philadelphia is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, ARI win, TB win, GB win, or DAL win.
- Minnesota is eliminated from first round byc contention with a WSH win, DAL win, TB win, or ARI win
- Washington is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, DAL win, TB win, ARI win, or GB win.
- San Francisco is eliminated from first round bye contention with a GB win.


CLINCHING SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 15:
- Green Bay clinches the NFC North with a win or a MIN loss
- Tampa Bay clinches the NFC South with a win
- Dallas clinches the NFC East with a win, WSH loss, and 5 of the following 6 results: CHI loss, DET loss, DEN loss, KC loss, IND loss, NYJ loss (this clinches SoV over Philly)
- Green Bay clinches a wild card spot with a SF and NO loss.
- Tampa Bay clinches a wild card spot with a SF and MIN loss
- Arizona clinches a wild card spot with (1)a win, (2)a MIN loss with either a SF or NO loss, or (3)a PHI, ATL, NO, and BAL loss
- Dallas clinches a wild card spot with a win and either a SF or NO loss
- Dallas clinches a wild card spot with an ATL, NO, and MIN loss combined with a DET, DEN, KC, IND, or NYJ loss
- The LA Rams clinch a wild card spot with a win, ATL loss, NO loss, and MIN loss.

 

[sigma six]

Seattle won't get in and doesn't deserve to this year. I just want to gift the Jets the worst pick possible at this point.
Actually that's how I've felt for the past month+.

 

[JimmyApples]

Dallas just moved to the #2 seed, but in a unique situation. They hold a 3-way tiebreak over Tampa Bay, but not a 2-way tiebreak. And right now, the third team involved in the tiebreak is Arizona, who the Cowboys play, so they’re gonna need some help to not drop to #3. Rams winning out (along with Cowboys winning out), or the Packers losing a game (creating a 3/4 way tie), or Tampa losing again.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Fun fact. If SF, MIN, and PHI win out, and the Rams win their only game that's not against that trio, the 7th seed will come down to strength of victory between Minnesota and Philadelphia. This is why neither Minnesota nor Philadelphia control their own destiny for the last playoff spot. Minnesota currently leads that SoV race .469 - .392 with only the games locked in required to get to that specific tiebreaker in the 7th-8th slot locked in. But the two teams wins are so diverse from each other that Minnesota does NOT have SoV clinched in this case.

AFTER WEEK 15: (a-eliminated from #1 seed contention, b-eliminated from division contention, x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division)
1. y-Green Bay - 11-3
2. Dallas - 10-4 (Holds Conference record tiebreaker over Tampa Bay and Arizona)
3. Tampa Bay - 10-4 (Holds Strength of victory tiebreaker over Arizona)
4. Arizona - 10-4 (Holds Division Record tiebreaker over LA Rams)
5. LA Rams - 10-4
6. a-San Francisco - 8-6
7. b-Minnesota - 7-7 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over New Orleans, Holds common games tiebreaker over Philadelphia)
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8. a-Philadelphia - 7-7 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over New Orleans)
9. a-New Orleans - 7-7
10. b-Washington - 6-8 (Owns H2H and conference record tiebreakers over Atlanta)
11. b-Atlanta - 6-8
12. b-Carolina - 5-9 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Seattle)
13. b-Seattle - 5-9
14. b-New York Giants - 4-9 (Holds conference record tiebreaker over Chicago)
ELIMINATED: (15)Chicago, (16)Detroit

CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the first round bye.
- Green Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC North.
- Tampa Bay controls their own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls their own destiny for the NFC East
- The LA Rams control their own destiny for a wild card spot
- San Francisco controls their own destiny for a wild card spot


POTENTIAL CHANGES OF CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 15:
- Green Bay will lose control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a loss and a DAL win.
- Dallas will gain control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a win, GB loss, and TB loss.
- Arizona will lose control of their own destiny in the NFC West with a loss and an LAR win.
- The LA Rams will gain control of their own destiny in the NFC West with a win and an ARI loss.
- San Francisco will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card with a loss and either (1)an ARI loss, MIN win, and PHI win, or (2)a NO win, combined with either a PHI or MIN win.
- Minnesota will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card with a win and either (1)a PHI loss or (2)clinching SoV over PHI in a 10-7 tiebreaker AND DAL win or DAL clinching SoV over PHI at 10-7 (see below)
- Philadelphia will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card with a win, MIN loss and either a NO loss or a TB win
- New Orleans will gain control of their own destiny for a wild card with a win, and 2 out of 3 of the following: MIN loss, SF loss, PHI loss.

Minnesota clinches SoV over PHI at 10-7 if 3 of the following results happen: CHI over SEA, LAC over HOU, GB over CLE (this counts twice), PIT over KC, DAL over WSH, LV over DEN, JAX over NYJ, or DET over ATL,

ELIMINATION SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 16:
- The NY Giants are eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, ATL win, WSH win, NO win, or a MIN win
- Carolina is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss or a SF win combined with either a MIN or PHI win
- Seattle is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, or either (1)a MIN and SF win, (2)a PHI and MIN win, or (3)a PHI and SF win
- Atlanta is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and either a MIN or PHI win
- Philadelphia is eliminated from NFC East contention with a loss, DAL win, or DAL clinching SoV in a 10-7 tiebreaker against them (see clinching section)
- New Orleans is eliminated from NFC South contention with a loss or a TB win.
- San Francisco is eliminated from NFC West contention with a loss or ARI win.
- The LA Rams are eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, and either (1)a ARI win, and DAL win, (2)a GB win and a TB loss, or (3)a GB win and GB clinching SoV over LAR at 12-5
- Arizona is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss, GB win, and TB loss.
- Tampa Bay is eliminated from first round bye contention with a loss and a GB win.

Green Bay clinches SoV over Los Angeles at 12-5 with either (1)CHI over SEA OR (2)two of the following results: PIT over KC, CIN over BAL, WSH over DAL, ARI over IND, PHI over NYG, LAC over HOU, or NYJ over JAX

CLINCHING SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 16:
- Dallas clinches the NFC East with a win, PHI loss, or by clinching SoV over PHI at 10-7 (see below)
- Tampa Bay clinches the NFC South with a win or a NO loss
- Dallas clinches a wild card spot with a SF loss, NO loss, or a CAR loss
- Tampa Bay clinches a wild card spot with (1)a MIN loss combined with Dallas clinching SoV over PHI at 10-7
- Arizona clinches a playoff spot with a win or any two of the following 4 results: (1)SF loss, (2)MIN loss, (3)PHI loss, (4)NO loss
- The LA Rams clinch a playoff spot with either a win or both a NO loss and PHI loss.

Dallas clinches SoV over Philadelphia at the 10-7 tiebreaker with 2 of the following 6 results: LAC over HOU, NE over BUF, MIN over LAR, ATL over DET, LV over DEN, JAX over NYJ.