NFC Playoff picture and thoughts

[Deleted member 6794]

I've been playing with the playoff machine.

If we lose to Patriots, and the Lions win out until week 17, we can lose to either Atlanta, Tampa, or Buffalo and still win the division by winning week 17.

Both us and the Lions would be 11-5 and we'd win based an whatever tiebreaker is used. If it's coming down to the strength of victory tiebreaker though, that could change based on all the other teams' games.

Anyone else miss having a tie in our record so you never had to figure out any tie breaking scenarios?

EDIT: Found that ESPN had a tiebreaker thing to click on. We win the division to due better record in common games.

As I've pointed out before we won't be able to win the tie-breaker vs. the Lions due a better record in common games as both teams are 1-1 in not common games with none left, so if both teams finish the season with the same record and the Packers winning the week 17 matchup their record in common games would be tied as well.

In addition the only other game we would be allowed to lose in case we lose to the Patriots tonight would be the game vs. Buffalo. A loss to Atlanta or Tampa would result in the Lions winning the tie-breaker due to a better record in conference games.