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Playoff chances

99%

Week 8 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 8's games alone.

Control of their destiny

Weeks 8–18 · after Sunday night's game, week 8

Where they stand

Playoff berth

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

NFC West title

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

No. 1 seed

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

Key dates

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Playoff berth

The clinch date is still narrowing.

NFC West title

Maybe earlier in week 13, Thursday night's game. The clinch date is still narrowing.

No. 1 seed

Nothing before it is ruled out yet.

Each bar starts at the first window it can happen in. Dashed: not ruled out yet.

Seed builder

Pin seats or set a club’s goal to see which NFC seedings fit and which are still possible.

Playoff odds

A Monte Carlo run of every remaining game and the postseason after it, twice over.

Chance ofStrengthCoin flip
Make the playoffs99%91%
Win the division93%79%
Wild card berth6%12%
No. 1 seed and bye58%30%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round83%61%
Reach the Conference Championship53%30%
Reach the Super Bowl33%15%
Win the Super Bowl16%7%
Final seed
#1 seed58%30%
#2 seed32%33%
#3 seed3%14%
#4 seed0.2%2%
#5 seed1%3%
#6 seed2%4%
#7 seed2%5%
Miss the playoffs1%9%

Strength of schedule plays out each remaining game weighted by both clubs' scoring and the schedule they have faced; coin flip gives every game an even chance. Each run then plays the bracket its own season set up — series lengths, home games and byes included. Percentages are simulated, never a clinch.