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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron Lion" data-source="post: 983093" data-attributes="member: 5995"><p>Hi guys.  I casually ran through the calculations and it does appear that the Packers would win the tiebreaker vs the Lions if the Packers win out.  It would come down to strength of victory as I've seen discussed here.  Currently, teams the Lions have beaten have accumulated 48 wins, while the count is 29 for GB.  The Cowboys and Patriots LOLing their games away hurt you, especially with the Jags picking up a win for the Lions' SoV also, but ultimately the Packers will own this tiebreaker if the Lions come in at 9-7 and GB comes in at 8-8 in Week 18.  Beating the Lions would add +9 to GB's total, along with MIA and MIN both adding huge SoV numbers.  The Lions next two games are against teams with a total of 8 wins, so the Packers can gain major ground there.  Lastly, both DET and GB need the Giants and/or Commies to lose some games, -but- the Lions beat both of them and the Packers lost to both of them... meaning that a necessary component of either of DET or GB moving up seed spots require the Lions to lose SoV value while GB loses nothing from those teams losing.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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