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Originally Posted by redoneja
I don't think it's possible. There's no way for Green Bay to finish worse than 9-7, so that gives them the 5th spot (1st Wildcard). The worst the Giants can finish is 7-9, so that means Seattle can finish better than them but not the Cowboys. Even if the Cowboys finished 8-8 and "tied" with Seattle, the Cowboys beat Seattle so that would give them the tiebreaker and the 6th seed (2nd Wildcard) .
I did manage to get the Carolina Panthers into the playoffs though.  |
From this site:
http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures
Under three or more clubs to break a tie for the wild card team, it says: 'Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2.'
Therefore if my scenario came out (Giants, Cowboys, Seahawks on 8-8) that would mean Giants eliminate Cowboys instantly due to head to head record, then Seahawks beat Giants on best record in the NFC.
So quite ironically, going into the last game of the season, if the Giants were 7-8, the Seahawks would need the Giants to get to 8-8 too for them to eliminate Dallas.
Think I've got that right. Btw I'm not even considering 5th spot in any of this obviously.