PlayoffRace
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Playoff chances

3%

Week 7 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 7's games alone.

Control of their destiny

Weeks 7–18 · after Sunday night's game, week 7

Where they stand

Playoff berth

Needs help

Winning out is not enough · 1 way back

NFC East title

Needs help

Winning out is not enough · 1 way back

No. 1 seed

Unsettled

Not settled: the search ran out of room.

Key dates

wk 789101112131415161718

Playoff berth

NFC East title

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.

Ways back to control

Playoff berth

  1. 1)WSH 2 wins + CAR loss to GB (wk 8) + NYG loss to PHI (wk 9)

NFC East title

  1. 1)WSH 2 wins + NYG 1 loss

Losses are to clubs other than the Commanders.

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 playoffs3%10%
Win the division3%8%
Wild card berth0.1%3%
No. 1 seed and bye<0.1%<0.1%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round1%5%
Reach the Conference Championship1%3%
Reach the Super Bowl0.2%1%
Win the Super Bowl<0.1%1%
Final seed
#1 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#2 seed<0.1%0.5%
#3 seed2%5%
#4 seed2%3%
#5 seed<0.1%0.1%
#6 seed<0.1%1%
#7 seed<0.1%2%
Miss the playoffs97%90%

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.