NFL: NFC playoff race

[Howe Elbows 9]

Remaining games for the NFC East teams;

Washington (6-7): Seahawks, Panthers, @ Eagles.
NY Giants (5-8): Browns, @ Ravens, Cowboys.
Eagles (4-8-1): @ Cardinals, @ Cowboys, Washington.
Cowboys (4-9): 49ers, Eagles, @ Giants.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Washington has a puncher's chance of winning out with that schedule.

Their defense is definitely up to the task of slowing Wilson down and those other two games are cupcakes.

Kinda shits all over the memes but hey good on them for getting it together. Between Ron Rivera's battle with cancer and Alex Smith coming back from being nearly dead they're a hard team to cheer against

 

[misterchainsaw]

AFTER WEEK 14: (x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division title)
1. y-Green Bay - 10-3 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over NO)
2. x-New Orleans - 10-3
3. LA Rams - 9-4 (Holds H2H tiebreaker over SEA)
4. Washington - 6-7
5. Seattle - 9-4
6. Tampa Bay - 8-5
7. Arizona - 7-6
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8. Minnesota - 6-7 (Holds H2H tiebreaker over CHI)
9. Chicago 6-7 (Holds Common Opponents tiebreaker over DET)
10. Detroit - 5-8 (Holds Conference Record tiebreaker over SF and NYG)
11. San Francisco - 5-8 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over NYG) (Elim from NFC West Contention)
12. NY Giants- 5-8
13. Philadelphia - 4-8-1
14. Dallas - 4-9 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over ATL)
16. Carolina - 4-9 (Elim from NFC South contention)
ELIMINATED:: Atlanta (4-9)

CLINCHING SCENARIOS
- New Orleans clinches the NFC South with a win or a TB loss
- LA Rams clinch a playoff spot with a win
- Seattle clinches a playoff spot with a win

ELIMINATION SCENARIOS:
- Carolina is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss OR an ARI win
- Dallas is eliminated from NFC East contention with a loss or a WSH win
- Dallas is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss or an ARI and WSH win.
- Philadelphia is eliminated from NFC East and playoff contention with a loss and a WSH win.
- San Francisco is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and an ARI win
- Detroit is eliminated from the playoffs with a loss.

The following teams control their own destiny for a division title: GB, NO, LAR, WSH, SEA
- Washington loses control of their own destiny for the NFC East with a loss and a NYG win
- NY Giants gain control of their own destiny for the NFC East with a win and a WSH loss
- Philadelphia gains control of their own destiny for the NFC East with a win, WSH loss, and NYG loss

The following teams control their own destiny for a playoff spot: GB, NO, LAR, WSH*, SEA, TB, ARI (*-controls destiny for division title only)
- Arizona loses control of their own destiny with a loss
- Minnesota gains control of their own destiny with a win and an ARI loss
- Chicago gains control of their own destiny with a win and an ARI loss

 

[RussianRacket]

Tampa Bay has been so benign and unimpressive I legitimately worry for their sake and for the Falcons sake they will drop a game vs Atlanta.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Official scenarios from the NFL NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 15 of 2020 season

lol at all the CHI-MIN tie clinches a spot scenarios in these. It's still 2020 though...so who knows.

NFC
CLINCHED:
Green Bay Packers – NFC North division title
New Orleans Saints – playoff berth
LOS ANGELES RAMS (9-4) (vs. New York Jets (0-13), Sunday, 4:05 PM ET, FOX)
Los Angeles clinches playoff berth with:

1. LAR win or tie OR
2. MIN-CHI tie

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-3) (vs. Kansas City (12-1), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS)
New Orleans clinches NFC South division title with:

1. NO win OR
2. TB loss OR
3. NO tie + TB tie

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (9-4) (at Washington (6-7), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Seattle clinches playoff berth with:

1. SEA win or tie OR
2. MIN-CHI tie

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8-5) (at Atlanta (4-9), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Tampa Bay clinches playoff berth with:

1. TB win + MIN-CHI tie

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Division leaders
1. z - GB (11-3) - Owns h-2-h tie-break over NO
2. x - NO (10-4)
3. x - SEA (10-4)
4. WFT (6-8)

Wild Cards
5. LA (9-5)
6. TB (9-5)
7. ARZ (8-6)

IN THE HUNT
CHI 7-7
MIN 6-8

NFC Least **** show:
DAL 5-9
NYG 5-9
PHI 4-9-1

 

[GKJ]

Saints really need to take care of their shit on Christmas. They need to be able to rest people Week 17 if they so choose.

 

[StreetHawk]

Saints really need to take care of their shit on Christmas. They need to be able to rest people Week 17 if they so choose.

West can be decided next Sunday when Rams visit Seahawks. Seattle wins they win the west. If they can’t catch the Packers for first then they can rest guys as they will be either 2/3. Would get any of Rams, Bucs, Cardinals or Bears. Their bye was back in week 6.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I don't think Washington beating Carolina.

 

[StreetHawk]

I don't think Washington beating Carolina.

Not with Haskins. With Smith you have the 2 top game managers in the nfl.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Not with Haskins. With Smith you have the 2 top game managers in the nfl.

He's back?

 

[StreetHawk]

He's back?

No idea. Even if he’s limited in mobility I think he gives Washington a better chance than Haskins to win.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Being down to one team doing the chasing (Chicago) leaves this pretty simple. Chicago has strong tiebreakers, so Arizona/Tampa Bay need to stay ahead of them. The Rams can only miss the playoffs in the case of a 3 way tie between ARI/LA/CHI at 9-7 (which actually plays as ARI winning the H2H tiebreaker with LA and CHI winning the H2H tiebreaker with ARI), because otherwise LA's H2H win over Chicago comes into play. The NFC East is a little sloppier, but Washington maintains a fairly strong advantage for now, as only a loss to CAR and a NYG win over BAL takes away WSH's power to control their own destiny in week 17.

AFTER WEEK 15: (x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division title)
1. y-Green Bay - 11-3
2. x-New Orleans - 10-4
3. x-Seattle - 10-4
4. Washington - 6-8
5. LA Rams - 9-5 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over TB)
6. Tampa Bay - 9-5
7. Arizona - 8-6
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8. Chicago - 7-7
9. Minnesota - 6-8 (Holds Common Opponents tiebreaker over DET)
11. Dallas - 5-9 (Leads H2H tiebreaker with NYG) (Eliminated from wild card contention)
12. NY Giants- 5-9 (Eliminated from wild card contention)
13. Philadelphia - 4-9-1 (Eliminated from wild card contention)

ELIMINATED:: Atlanta (4-10), Carolina (4-10), San Francisco (5-9), Detroit (5-9)

CLINCHING SCENARIOS
- Green Bay clinches the #1 seed with a win and a SEA loss
- New Orleans clinches the NFC South with a win or a TB loss
- Seattle clinches the NFC West with a win
- Washington clinches the NFC East with a win and a NYG loss
- LA Rams clinch a wild card spot with a win, ARI win, or CHI loss
- Tampa Bay clinches a wild card spot with a win or a CHI loss
- Arizona clinches a wild card spot with a win and a CHI loss

ELIMINATION SCENARIOS:
- Chicago is eliminated with a loss and an ARI win
- Minnesota is eliminated with a loss or an ARI win
- Dallas is eliminated with a loss or a WSH win
- Philadelphia is eliminated with a loss or a WSH win
- The NY Giants are eliminated with a loss and either a PHI or WSH win

The following teams control their own destiny for a division title: GB, NO, SEA, WSH, LAR
- The NY Giants will gain control their own destiny for the NFC East with a win and a WSH loss
- Philadelphia will gain control their own destiny for the NFC East with a win, WSH loss, and NYG loss
- The loser of SEA - LAR will lose control of it's own destiny for the NFC West

The following teams control their own destiny for a playoff spot: GB, NO, LAR, WSH*, SEA, TB, ARI (*-controls destiny for division title only)
- Arizona will lose control of their own destiny for a playoff spot with a loss and a CHI win
- Chicago will gain control of their own destiny for a playoff spot with a win and an ARI loss

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Bears move into final playoff spot with win

Control own fate going into final showdown with Packers

 

[StreetHawk]

Bears move into final playoff spot with win

Control own fate going into final showdown with Packers

GB has to play to win week 17 to secure the bye. So that’s going to be a tough game for Chicago.

AZ is up against LAR. Rams need to win or need a Chicago loss to secure a spot.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Tie free scenarios next week IF GB Wins Tonight

If GB loses tonight than the 6th line there goes 1. NO, 2 GB, 3. SEA rather than what's listed. That's the only difference

 

[Canada4Gold]

Crazy couple weeks for the Rams. They only needed to beat the Jets 2 weeks ago to make it in and failed. Then they had 3 ways to make it in this week and all went wrong. Now they only have 2 more chances(win/tie or CHI loss/tie) or they're done.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Does anyone besides Washington even want to win the East at this point? The higher draft pick vs a 1 and done beat down seems better for the other three teams.

Definitely for the Giants. They need to replace Jones.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Crazy couple weeks for the Rams. They only needed to beat the Jets 2 weeks ago to make it in and failed. Then they had 3 ways to make it in this week and all went wrong. Now they only have 2 more chances(win/tie or CHI loss/tie) or they're done.

And likely no Goff next week. And if he plays, he'll be very hampered (the Goff haters say it won't change much, lol).

 

[Reality Check]

Does anyone besides Washington even want to win the East at this point? The higher draft pick vs a 1 and done beat down seems better for the other three teams.

Definitely for the Giants. They need to replace Jones.

Add in the Bears as well. This is proof that sometimes less is better when it comes to the playoffs.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Add in the Bears as well. This is proof that sometimes less is better when it comes to the playoffs.

Bears could beat the Saints. Played them close earlier in the year and the offense is much better now.

I agree though, new format is stupid, they don't deserve to be there, and only having 1 bye, which will often come down to an arbitrary tiebreak, is too big an advantage.

 

[StreetHawk]

And likely no Goff next week. And if he plays, he'll be very hampered (the Goff haters say it won't change much, lol).

Rams.... how quickly things can change. All looking like roses when McVay arrived. Turned Goff around. Fun team with Gurley.

after both Gurley and Goff get paid Gurley is hurt and never the same and Goff shows how limited he is.

now you have the chargers with a legit QB in Herbert playing in your stadium that by the way is like way way over the original budget.

 

[DougieSmash]

If Bucs beat Atlanta, they will finish #5 and play against Washington, Dallas or Giants. LOL.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

now you have the chargers with a legit QB in Herbert playing in your stadium that by the way is like way way over the original budget.

They are the Chargers. No one cares in LA.