PlayoffRace
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Playoff chances

90%

Week 9 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 9's games alone.

Control of their destiny

Weeks 9–18 · after Sunday night's game, week 9

Where they stand

Playoff berth

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

NFC North 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 North title

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 playoffs90%79%
Win the division35%25%
Wild card berth54%55%
No. 1 seed and bye15%13%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round58%47%
Reach the Conference Championship31%23%
Reach the Super Bowl15%12%
Win the Super Bowl6%5%
Final seed
#1 seed15%13%
#2 seed19%9%
#3 seed1%2%
#4 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#5 seed26%24%
#6 seed16%18%
#7 seed12%13%
Miss the playoffs10%21%

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.