Asked & Answered, Week 11: Who’s going to miss the NFC playoffs?

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Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 11 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 12 and beyond.

ASKED: Who’s going to be left out of the NFC playoff picture?

Yes, there are still seven weeks to go in the NFL season, but the outlines of the playoff picture are starting to take shape. And in the case of the NFC, there’s a whole lot of uncertainty about who will occupy the three wild-card spots. Nothing is set in stone, but current division leaders Detroit, Philadelphia and Atlanta all appear in position to make the playoffs. Minnesota, at 8-2, is a game ahead of the field, so the Vikings ought to be safe for a wild card spot.

That’s four of the eight playoff spots, plus whoever emerges from the jammed up NFC West, where the 6-4 Cardinals are a game up on the rest of the division.

So three spots essentially remain.

What, then, do we make of Green Bay (7-3), Washington (7-4) and the three NFC West teams that don’t win the division? If Washington falters, could one of the NFC West teams sneak up and make a run? Fortunately for the Commanders, Washington’s remaining opponents have a winning percentage of .433, 26th among NFL teams. San Francisco’s remaining schedule ranks fourth in difficulty, Seattle’s ninth, Green Bays’ 10th, the Rams’ 11th and the Cardinals’ 19th.

Right now, you want to be Washington, Green Bay or Arizona … but you don’t want to be too comfortable.

Lions’ head coach Dan Campbell (right) talks with Doug Pederson of the Jacksonville Jaguars after the Lions defeated the Jaguars, 52-6. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

ANSWERED: Dan Campbell is a bad man

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Publish date : 2024-11-18 14:01:40

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