NFL Playoff Picture: 18 Teams Control Their Own Destiny

December 2, 2010   ·   Donna Cavanagh   ·   Jump to comments

Every year as the NFL season moves toward Weeks 16 and 17, the media and fans alike bemoan the practice of “good” teams resting starters for the playoffs and not putting out an effort in the final weeks of the season.  Well, it looks like this year is going to be very different.
We did some peeking ahead at remaining schedules and projected some win-loss numbers, and it looks to us as if there will be huge games in the final weeks. In fact, we only see one or two teams that perhaps can take the final week off.
With only five weeks left in the season, more than half the teams in the league “control their own destiny”.  That is, if they win out the rest of their schedule, they will win their division or at least make the playoffs. We will explain in detail, but we have the feeling that NFL fans will be visiting the NFL.com “Tie-Breaker” page frequently as the season winds down to figure scenarios for their teams.
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