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NFC Playoff Picture

Playoff Teams
1. San Juan Orcas 10-5 (clinched NFC South)
2. St. Louis Rams 10-5 (clinched NFC West)
3. Chicago Bears 10-5 (clinched NFC North)
4. New York Giants 7-8 (NFC East leaders)
5. Atlanta Falcons 9-6 (Wild Card, clinched playoff spot)
6. San Francisco 49ers 8-7 (Wild Card)

In Playoff Contention
7. Detroit Lions 8-7

Eliminated From Playoff Contention
8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-8
9. Green Bay Packers 7-8
10. Minnesota Vikings 7-8

Here Comes the NFC East
11. Dallas Cowboys 7-8
12. Washington 7-8
13. Philadelphia Eagles 6-8-1

Eliminated From Playoff Contention, Part II
14. Seattle Seahawks 6-9
15. Toronto Wildcats 6-9
16. Carolina Panthers 6-9

Orcas get #1 seed with a win or losses by both the Rams and Bears

Rams get #1 seed with a win and Orcas loss

Bears get #1 seed with a win, Orcas loss, and Rams loss

Falcons get #5 seed with a win or losses by both Lions and 49ers

Lions get #5 seed with a win, 49ers loss, and Falcons loss

Lions get #6 seed with a win, 49ers loss, and Falcons win

49ers will clinch Wild Card with a win, but they can maybe get #5 seed if Falcons also lose, but it would go to common games record

Giants > Cowboys/Wash > Eagles is definitive NFC East ranking, so:
- Giants win NFC East with a win or losses by other three
- Cowboys clearly win NFC East with a win and losses by both Giants and Washington
- Washington clearly wins NFC East with a win and losses by both Giants and Cowboys
- Eagles win NFC East with a win and losses by other three

The tricky scenario here is if the Giants lose and both Cowboys and Washington win. Due to identical records in other tiebreakers, it would go to common games record, which Cowboys must be leading Washington in right now. I'm not going to take the time to calculate it, but it's possible that could flip in Week 17 if Washington defeats the Steelers, whom the Cowboys lost to earlier in the season.