Notes and assumptions:
- No possibility of further tie games except GB-DET.
- Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the teams were tied at the end of the season, NOT as if the season ended right now.
- Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.
- Division ties are broken first. (Example: If ARI, SEA, and DET all
finish 12-4, break the ARI-SEA tie first. Then apply the tiebreaker
between DET and the ARI-SEA winner.)
- If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.
- Strength of victory is the combined winning percentage (essentially, the number of wins) of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals.
- Locked berths: none.
- Clinched divisions: DAL.
- Clinched berths: ARI, DET, GB, SEA.
- Eliminated: WAS, NYG, CHI, MIN, TB, STL, SF, NO, PHI.
- Eliminated from wild card: CAR, ATL.
- The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
NFC Division Tiebreakers after Week 16:
Tied Teams | Record | | Winner | Why? |
GB-DET | 11-4-1 |
| DET | head-to-head |
ATL-NO | 7-9 |
| ATL | head-to-head |
ARI-SEA | |
| SEA | head-to-head |
NFC Wild Card and Seeding Tiebreakers after Week 16:
Tied Teams | Record | Extra conditions | Winner | Why? |
DAL-GB | |
| GB | conference record |
DAL-DET | | | DET | conference record |
DAL-ARI | | | ARI | head-to-head |
DAL-SEA | | | DAL | head-to-head |
GB-ARI | 12-4 | GB beats DET | GB | common opponents |
GB-ARI | 11-5 | GB loses to DET
| ARI | strength of victory |
GB-SEA | | | SEA | head-to-head |
DET-ARI | | | ARI | head-to-head |
DET-SEA | | | SEA | common opponents |
DAL-GB-ARI | 12-4 |
| GB | DAL eliminated on conference record;
common opponents |
DAL-GB-SEA | | | SEA | conference record |
DAL-DET-ARI | | | ARI | head-to-head |
DAL-DET-SEA | | | SEA | DAL eliminated on conference record;
common opponents |
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