New Playoff Picture.

[gbpackers0065]

if the buccs can score 30 points on the bears we can too

 

[PackerChick]

Would that not be sweet? Newbie? I would love to see it.
Even if the Bears got home field advantage and a first round bye, they still suck. They will not last in the playoffs.

 

[Zero2Cool]

All four teams in the NFC South lost week.

 

[PackwillBEback]

The packers are ahead of the Vikings, because the FIRST tiebreaker for playoff teams is between division teams with head to head...the Pack have the advantage at this moment over the Vikings, but it won't matter. We lose, we are done. We win they are done.

 

[longtimefan]

The packers are ahead of the Vikings, because the FIRST tiebreaker for playoff teams is between division teams with head to head...the Pack have the advantage at this moment over the Vikings, but it won't matter. We lose, we are done. We win they are done.

from jsonline

As of right now, the Packers are eighth in the NFC based on record and tiebreakers, two spots away from a wild-card spot.

Plot thickens
There are five teams which the Packers can't pass for a playoff berth, meaning they are vying for the second of the two playoff spots. Those five teams are: Chicago (12-2), New Orleans (9-5), Dallas (9-5), Seattle (8-6) and Philadelphia (8-6).

The first three have already clinched playoff berths, and the other two would win the very first tie-breaker, head-to-head competition, because of victories over the Packers. (Were either San Francisco or St. Louis to edge out Seattle for the NFC West title, the Packers would be out because they could not beat out Seattle and Philadelphia for wild-card berths based on head-to-head losses.)

Here's the clearest and most likely way for the Packers to get in: The Packers would need to win twice, the New York Giants would have to lose twice, St. Louis and Atlanta would each have to lose once and Seattle would have to win once.

By winning their last two games, the Packers eliminate three of the four remaining 6-8 teams in the NFC - Minnesota, Carolina and San Francisco - and narrow the competition to three. Minnesota would be out because of a worse record, San Francisco would be out because of a loss to the Packers and Carolina would be out because its 6-6 conference record would be worse than the Packers' 7-5.

The other 6-8 team, St. Louis, holds a head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over the Packers, meaning it would have to lose one of its two remaining games against Washington and Minnesota.

Also ahead of the Packers for the No. 6 seed are the Atlanta Falcons and New York Giants, both of whom are 7-7 and can be overtaken.

If the Packers finish 8-8 and Atlanta loses to either Carolina or Philadelphia, the Packers would win a tiebreaker over the Falcons because of a better conference record (7-5 to 6-6). For the Packers to have a chance to beat out the Giants at 8-8, New York would have to lose to New Orleans and Washington. If the Giants lost only to New Orleans, both teams would have the same conference record and the same record against common opponents, which are the first two tiebreaker criteria. The next one is strength of victory, in which the Giants are comfortably ahead.

 

[PackwillBEback]

Division Leaders
Chicago 12-2
New Orleans 9-5
Dallas 9-5
Seattle 8-6

Wild Card
Philly 8-6
Giants 7-7
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Falcons 7-7
Packers 6-8
San Fran 6-8
Carolina 6-8
Minny 6-8
Rams 6-8

Week 16
Vikings @ Pack-Pack
Panthers @ Falcons-Panthers
Saints @ Giants-Saints
Redskins @ Rams-Redskins
Arizona @ 49ers-Arizona
Philly @ Dallas-Dallas

Wild Card
Philly 8-7
Giants 7-8
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Packers 7-8
Falcons 7-8
Panthers 7-8

Week 17
Giants @ Redskins-Redskins
Carolina @ Saints-Saints
Falcons @ Philly-Falcons
Packers @ Bears-Packers

Final Wild Card Record
Philly 8-8 (7-5) (tie breaker over pack)
Packers 8-8 (7-5)

Falcons 8-8 (6-6)
Giants 7-9
Panthers 7-9

(Last philly game really doesn't matter unless they win in week 16)
Needed:
Philly loss @ Dallas
Falcons loss
Two Packer wins
Two Giant losses



Just imagine if Favre didn't fumble against the Rams....and that was a TD instead....! grrr

 

[William]

"longtime fan's" post proves the point -- you guys who say head to head doesn't matter are misleading people. Also, the jslonline article is wrong when it says ".....Were either San Francisco or St. Louis to edge out Seattle for the NFC West title..."

Seattle beat St. Louis twice so even if they tied Seattle has the tiebreaker.