Carolina Panthers Playoff Chances 2017Lost to Atlanta 10-22, average seed down 0.1 to 5 11-5-0 .688 How are these numbers calculated? Big GamesHow we did last week and who we should root for this week. Explain Week of 12/16 | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | 100.0* | Average seed | Carolina 31 Green Bay 24 | +9.9 | | +0.4 | | Seattle 7 Los Angeles Rams 42 | +3.0 | | +0.0 | | Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 24 | -1.2 | | -0.1 | | Oakland 17 Dallas 20 | -0.8 | | -0.0 | | Detroit 20 Chicago 10 | -0.7 | | -0.0 | | New Orleans 31 NY Jets 19 | -0.3 | | -0.1 | | Minnesota 34 Cincinnati 7 | *+0.1 | | -0.0 | | | Week of 12/23 | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | 100.0* | Average seed | Carolina 22 Tampa Bay 19 | In | | +0.3 | | Dallas 12 Seattle 21 | -4.2 | | -0.1 | | Tennessee 23 Los Angeles Rams 27 | | | -0.0 | | New Orleans 23 Atlanta 13 | | | -0.0 | | | Week of 12/31 | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | 100.0* | Average seed | Tampa Bay 31 New Orleans 24 | | | +0.4 | | Atlanta 22 Carolina 10 | | | -0.1 | | Los Angeles Rams 13 San Francisco 34 | | | +0.1 | |
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