National Football Conference Playoff Chances 2014

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Chance will make playoffs												Chance will finish regular season at seed
	G	W	-	D	-	L	PCT	GD	%	Change		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Avg.	Change	RPI	Strength

Seattle		12	-	0	-	4	.750	140	In			100																1.0	+0.54	2	.725	Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay		12	-	0	-	4	.750	138	In				100															2.0	+1.43	4	.725	Green Bay Packers
Dallas		12	-	0	-	4	.750	115	In					100														3.0	-0.06	11	.725	Dallas Cowboys
Carolina		7	-	1	-	8	.469	-35	In		+58.8				100													4.0	+4.08	20	.472	Carolina Panthers
Arizona		11	-	0	-	5	.688	11	In							100												5.0	-0.36	5	.669	Arizona Cardinals
Detroit		11	-	0	-	5	.688	39	In								100											6.0	-1.55	6	.669	Detroit Lions

Philadelphia		10	-	0	-	6	.625	74	Out									100										7.0		9	.613	Philadelphia Eagles
San Francisco		8	-	0	-	8	.500	-34	Out										100									8.0		16	.500	San Francisco 49ers
New Orleans		7	-	0	-	9	.438	-23	Out											100								9.0	+0.79	21	.444	New Orleans Saints
Minnesota		7	-	0	-	9	.438	-18	Out												100							10.0	+0.45	24	.444	Minnesota Vikings
NY Giants		6	-	0	-	10	.375	-20	Out													100						11.0	+0.48	22	.388	New York Giants
Atlanta		6	-	0	-	10	.375	-36	Out		-58.8												100					12.0	-4.99	26	.388	Atlanta Falcons
St. Louis		6	-	0	-	10	.375	-30	Out															100				13.0	-0.07	19	.388	St. Louis Rams
Chicago		5	-	0	-	11	.313	-123	Out																100			14.0	-0.73	25	.331	Chicago Bears
Washington		4	-	0	-	12	.250	-137	Out																	100		15.0		29	.275	Washington Redskins
Tampa Bay		2	-	0	-	14	.125	-133	Out																		100	16.0		32	.163	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Big Games

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Week of 12/11
Philadelphia 27 Dallas 38
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	+1.4
Green Bay	-4.6
Dallas	+37.3		+1.6
Arizona	*In
Detroit	-1.2
Philadelphia	-32.9		-1.5

Atlanta 20 Pittsburgh 27
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina	+3.2		+0.3
New Orleans	+10.2		+0.6
Atlanta	-13.3		-1.3

Chicago 15 New Orleans 31
Mon	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina	-9.1		-0.5
New Orleans	+12.3		+1.4
Atlanta	-3.3		-0.3
Chicago			-0.9

Detroit 16 Minnesota 14
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	-2.9
Green Bay			-0.2
Dallas	-4.3
Detroit	+9.3		+0.4
Philadelphia	-1.8
San Francisco	-0.3
Minnesota			-0.4

Seattle 17 San Francisco 7
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	+7.7		+0.5
Dallas	-4.1
Arizona			-0.2
Philadelphia	-0.8
San Francisco	-2.7		-0.2

Carolina 19 Tampa Bay 17
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina	+5.1		+0.8
New Orleans	-2.2		-0.2
Atlanta	-3.0		-0.3
Tampa Bay			-0.2

St. Louis 6 Arizona 12
Thu	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	-0.7		-0.3
Dallas	-1.3
Arizona	+3.0		+0.6
Philadelphia	-0.4
San Francisco	-0.4
Minnesota	Out		+0.2
St. Louis	Out		-0.7

Buffalo 21 Green Bay 13
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	+1.2
Green Bay	-2.1		-0.6
Dallas	+0.6
Detroit			+0.3

NY Giants 24 Washington 13
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
NY Giants			+0.5
Washington			-0.3

Week of 12/18
Washington 27 Philadelphia 24
Sat	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle	+3.3
Green Bay	+8.6
Dallas	+22.3		+1.3
Detroit	In
Philadelphia	-40.8		-1.5
Washington			+0.2
Tampa Bay			-0.2

Week of 12/28
Atlanta 3 Carolina 34
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina	In		+4.1
NY Giants			+0.2
Atlanta	Out		-4.3

Green Bay 30 Detroit 20
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Green Bay			+1.6
Detroit			-1.5

Minnesota 13 Chicago 9
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina			-0.2
Minnesota			+0.8
NY Giants			+0.1
Atlanta			-0.2
St. Louis			+0.2
Chicago			-0.7

Seattle 20 St. Louis 6
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle			+0.5
Arizona			-0.4
Atlanta			+0.1
St. Louis			-0.4

Tampa Bay 20 New Orleans 23
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina			-0.2
New Orleans			+0.8
Minnesota			-0.4
Atlanta			-0.2

NY Giants 26 Philadelphia 34
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina			+0.2
Minnesota			+0.2
NY Giants			-0.8

San Francisco 20 Arizona 17
Sun	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Seattle			+0.2
Arizona			-0.4

* A starred outcome could have no effect or just a really small effect. The simulation did not run long enough to know.