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NFC Seeding

Playoff Teams
1. Dallas Cowboys
2. St. Louis Rams
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5. Washington Redskins
6. San Francisco 49ers

Wildcard Contenders
7. Las Vegas Pumpkins
8. Anaheim Lightning
9. Seattle Seahawks
10. Carolina Panthers
11. Green Bay Packers
12. New York Giants

The 49ers situation is similar to the Jags situation to me. I think they have a slightly more favorable schedule than the other teams. Redskins and Pumpkins are likely better teams but I think at the end of the day, the grind of the NFC East plus matching up against the AFC North means that 3 teams from that division will struggle to make the playoffs, one of them has to miss out. I went with the Pumpkins missing out based on the schedule (They get the Rams and Bucs compared to the Redskins getting the Falcons and Wildcats.

The 49ers meanwhile avoid Cowboys/Redskins/Pumpkins (not saying Giants are a pushover by any means!), they avoid the Vikings and they get the Bucs at home. They do get the hellish AFC East but if you write off the Dolphins game as a loss regardless of home/road (it's on the road), they get Jets during their injury situation at home, they get Pats at home and they get Bills on the road. So they could still go 2-2 or 3-1 from that.