NFL Playoff Picture 2013: Week 12 Standings, Super Bowl Odds and Wild Card Hunt

November 19, 2013   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Being in the NFL playoff race going into Week 12 doesn't mean the same thing for every team.
On one side, it could mean you're the Broncos, Chiefs or Seahawks. It could mean your ticket to January football is all but guaranteed and the remaining six weeks of the season are all about where you place in the league's hierarchy. It could mean the top seed in the conference, as it likely will for two of those three squads, or it could merely mean playing a Wild Card contest. Either way, playoff spots are on lock.
On the other side is the less flattering "playoff contender." There are 13 teams with either five or six losses coming into this week, each of which has a realistic shot at playing a road or possibly even home playoff game if things break right.
If and when things break poorly, everything goes to hell, coaches get fired and you wind up drafting somewhere around No. 10—well beyond the reaches of the Jadeveon Clowneys, Marcus Mariotas and Teddy Bridgewaters of th...

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