The tie for the Giants and Washington was quite good for both teams - neither team had a good conference record in comparison to their competitors (well, one competitor unless Detroit makes a run) for the wild card spots, so it acts more as a win. Washington being on the bye this week will take care of the games played difference between them and Seattle/NY Giants.
AFTER WEEK 13: (f - Eliminated from first round bye contention, d- Eliminated from division contention)
1. Philadelphia - 11-1
2. Minnesota - 10-2
3. San Francisco - 8-4 (Leads NFC West)
4. Tampa Bay - 6-6 (Leads NFC South)
5. Dallas - 9-3
6. NY Giants - 7-4-1
7. Seattle - 7-5
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8. Washington - 7-5-1
9. d-Detroit - 5-7
10. Atlanta - 5-8 (Holds strength of victory tiebreaker over GB)
11. df-Green Bay - 5-8 (ARZ is eliminated from 3-way tiebreaker by conference record, holds Strength of Victory tiebreaker over CAR. NO eliminated from tiebreaker by CAR))
12. f-Arizona - 4-8 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over CAR)
13. f-Carolina - 4-8
14. f-New Orleans - 4-9
15. df-Los Angeles - 3-9
ELIMINATED: Chicago
CONTROL OF DESTINY:
- Philadelphia controls its own destiny for the first round bye.
- Minnesota controls its own destiny for the NFC North.
- San Francisco controls its own destiny for the NFC West.
- Tampa Bay controls its own destiny for the NFC South
- Dallas controls its own destiny for a wild card birth
- The NY Giants control its own destiny for a wild card birth.
- Washington controls its own destiny for a wild card birth
- Seattle controls its own destiny for a wild card birth.
POTENTIAL CHANGES IN CONTROL OF DESTINY IN WEEK 14:
- Dallas will gain control of their own destiny for the first round bye with a win, PHI loss, and MIN loss.
- Dallas will gain control of their own destiny for the NFC East with a win and a PHI loss.
- Seattle will gain control of their own destiny for the NFC West with a win and a SF loss.
- Seattle will lose control of their own destiny for a wild card birth with a loss, SF win, and NYG win.
CLINCHING OR ELIMINATION SCENARIOS IN WEEK 14:
- Minnesota clinches the NFC North with a win
- Philadelphia clinches a wild card spot with either (1)a win, or (2)a SF and SEA loss.
- The LA Rams is eliminated from playoff contention with either (1)a loss, or (2)a SEA and NYG win.
- Arizona is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss, SEA win, NYG win, and SF win.
- Arizona is eliminated from NFC West contention with a SF win or a SEA win.
- Detroit is eliminated from NFC North contention with a loss.