As the Monday Night Football contest between the Denver
Broncos and the Oakland Raiders will have no effect on the NFC playoff
picture
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week of action.Five of the six playoff teams have been decided, and two of the
seedings are locked in place. As we passed along in the Week 17 schedule post we
did earlier, all of the games that matter to the NFC playoff picture will take
place in the 3:25 Central time window on Sunday afternoon, so we¡¯ll go over what
everything means.#1 seed - New Orleans Saints (13-2, NFC South champions,
clinched home field advantage throughout NFC playoffs)The Saints locked the top
seed in the conference with their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday
afternoon. The word has already gone out that they¡¯re not going to be playing
any of their starters, so they¡¯ll essentially have two weeks off before the NFC
Divisional playoffs. The Saints are a totally different team at home, and now
they don¡¯t have to leave there for the whole month of January.#2 seed - Los
Angeles Rams (12-3, NFC West champions)The Rams took another step towards
securing a first-round bye on Sunday with their win over the Arizona Cardinals.
If they win this coming Sunday against San Francisco, they will secure the
second first-round bye in the NFC. The Niners have been a tough out for the past
few
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Sunday for them, particularly with the health of Todd Gurley in question.#3 seed
- Chicago Bears (11-4, NFC North champions)The Bears are still playing for a bye
in the NFC playoffs, and they¡¯ll get it if the Rams should lose and they manage
to defeat the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon. Obviously, we don¡¯t want
that to happen, but I wouldn¡¯t expect the Bears to let up. Then again, they
might want an immediate rematch against the Vikings in the Wild Card round. It¡¯s
tough to tell what anyone¡¯s thought process is in this league anymore.#4 seed -
Dallas Cowboys (9-6, NFC East champions)The Cowboys are locked into the #4 seed,
as they can¡¯t catch Chicago for the #3 spot, and as a division champion they get
one of the top four seeds. They will host the #5 seed on Wild Card weekend.#5
seed - Seattle Seahawks
(9-6
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the Kansas City Chiefs, the Seahawks have wrapped up a postseason berth. If they
defeat the Arizona Cardinals this coming Sunday, they will lock themselves into
the #5 spot. If they lose to Arizona and the Vikings defeat the Bears, Minnesota
would leapfrog them into the 5-spot, as Minnesota¡¯s 9-6-1 record in that
scenario would be better than Seattle¡¯s 9-7 mark if they lost to Arizona.#6 seed
- Minnesota Vikings (8-6-1)The Vikings remain firmly in control of their own
destiny going into the final week of the season, which is about as much as you
can hope for. If they defeat the Bears, they¡¯re in the postseason. If they
should lose. . .well, they don¡¯t, in all likelihood.#7 seed - Philadelphia
Eagles (8-7)The Eagles need to take down their division rivals, the Washington
Redskins
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next Sunday afternoon and hope that the Vikings lose to the Bears. Philadelphia
is on a roll again behind Nick Foles, but if the Vikings beat the Bears it won¡¯t
matter. Here¡¯s hoping that the purple don¡¯t have to rely on the Redskins showing
up for long enough to defeat Philadelphia.Every other team in the NFC has been
eliminated from postseason consideration.So there you have it, ladies and
gentlemen. We know the scenario for the Vikings, and hopefully they can do what
needs to be done on Sunday afternoon against the Bears and push themselves into
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Simmons¡¯ Wins PoolThe celebration dance is truly awful, please rewatch it with a
critical eyeBomani Jones on the most hated players on an NFL teamI have no idea
what constitutes ¡°shadow coverage¡± in PFF¡¯s definition, but it seems to be at
least 50 percent with one exception on the official tool on their site (which
you have to pay to see) ¡ª Thielen and Diggs have not received any shadow
assignment according to their shadow coverage matrix.Bronco¡¯s fans cheered Chad
Kelly as Case Keenum was in concussion protocol, though in fairness, they may
not have known he was in concussion protocolThis is actually Chad Kelly¡¯s rap
about himself (though someone else took some liberties putting together the
music video)Chad Kelly threatened to spray a stadium with an AK-47!Teddy
Bridgewater is the backup quarterback, with a bulletSpecial thanks to
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