Atlanta Falcons Playoff Chances 2017

Beat Carolina 22-10, playoff odds up 36 to 100%
10-6-0   .625

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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Week of 12/16100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 24 +17.8
+0.5
Seattle 7 Los Angeles Rams 42 +6.1
+0.1
Detroit 20 Chicago 10 -1.7
-0.1
Carolina 31 Green Bay 24 -1.2
-0.1
Oakland 17 Dallas 20 -0.8
-0.0
New Orleans 31 NY Jets 19 -0.4
-0.0
Minnesota 34 Cincinnati 7 *+0.1
Week of 12/23100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
New Orleans 23 Atlanta 13 -10.7
-0.5
Cincinnati 26 Detroit 17 +7.2
+0.1
Dallas 12 Seattle 21 -4.8
-0.1
Carolina 22 Tampa Bay 19 -0.1
Tennessee 23 Los Angeles Rams 27 -0.0
Week of 12/31100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Atlanta 22 Carolina 10 In
+0.4
Seattle 24 Arizona 26 In
+0.4

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

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Big Games

Week of 12/16100.0*Lottery seed
Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 24 -0.9
Seattle 7 Los Angeles Rams 42 -0.1
Carolina 31 Green Bay 24 +0.1
Detroit 20 Chicago 10 +0.1
San Francisco 25 Tennessee 23 -0.1
New Orleans 31 NY Jets 19 +0.1
Oakland 17 Dallas 20 +0.0
Buffalo 24 Miami 16 +0.0
Week of 12/23100.0*Lottery seed
New Orleans 23 Atlanta 13 +1.0
Cincinnati 26 Detroit 17 -0.2
Carolina 22 Tampa Bay 19 +0.2
Dallas 12 Seattle 21 +0.1
Tennessee 23 Los Angeles Rams 27 +0.0
Week of 12/31100.0*Lottery seed
Atlanta 22 Carolina 10 -0.8
Seattle 24 Arizona 26 -0.6