NFL 2021 Playoff Picture Here are the 14

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NFL 2021 Playoff Picture Here are the 14

With only three weeks left in the regular season, the playoff picture is still a jumbled me s. So far, only TWO teams have officially clinched a playoff berth, which means 12 of the NFL's 14 playoff spots are available. Thanks to the Titans' comeback win over the 49ers on Thursday night, the Cowboys clinched a postseason berth. They join the , who punched their ticket into the playoffs by clinching the NFC North. On the other hand, only five teams have been eliminated, which means 27 teams are still alive, which for the most teams in contention this late in the season. With the playoff race as confusing as ever, we're here to help you make sense of all the chaos and we're going to do that by projecting the 14 teams that are going to make the playoffs. The projections are based on data from number-cruncher Stephen Oh of SportsLine.com. Oh plugged some numbers into his SportsLine computer and simulated the rest of the NFL season, and using those numbers, not only were we able to figure out the playoff chances for every team, but we're also going to project the entire playoff field. With that in mind, let's get to this week's playoff projections. Actually, before we do that, that , , , and fans might want to read. Those five teams have officially been eliminated and if you're a fan of one of those five teams, a mock draft will probably be much more Zach Parise Jersey exciting to read than this projection. As for everyone else, let's get to the projection. Note:Remember, this is a projection based on how we think the rest of the regular season will play out. If you want to see the current playoff standings, . For a breakdown of the current playoff picture, . SportsLine simulates every game leading up to the playoffs 10,000 times, and you can . 1. AFC West Champion After a wild Week 15, not only are the projected to finish with the top seed in the AFC, but the computer also views them as the favorite to win the Super Bowl. According to SportsLine, the Chiefs have a 19.14% chance of winning it all, which is slightly higher than the next closest team (the Packers are at 15.79%) and way higher than the next closest AFC team (The are at 9.69%). 2. AFC East Champion Despite losing to the , the computer is still pretty confident that the Patriots are going to end the season as the champions of the AFC East. With just three weeks left to play, the Patriots have a 77.7% chance of winning the division while Buffalo's chances sit at just 22.1%. Based on those percentages, you can probably gue s who the computer has winning the Bills-Patriots game this week. 3. AFC South Champion The ended their free fall with a comeback win against the 49ers, all but locking up the AFC South. The Titans now have an 96.4% chance of winning the division Kirill Kaprizov Men Jersey while the Colts are well behind them at 13.6%. A lo s on Christmas by the Colts in Arizona wraps up the division for the Titans. 4. AFC North Champion After three straight lo ses by the , the computer finally seems convinced that Baltimore might not win the AFC North anymore. According to SportsLine, the have a 46% chance of winning the division, which makes them the new favorites. However, the Bengals shouldn't get too comfortable because the Ravens (28.9% chance to win the division), (15.9%) and (9.2%) are all lurking. Of all the divisions in the NFL, this is the only one where the computer feels that all four teams actually have a chance of winning it. 5. Wild Card 1 After starting the season 1-4, it didn't look like the Colts had a shot at making the playoffs, but after beating the Patriots in Week 15, the computer thinks everyone in Indianapolis should go ahead and book Nino Niederreiter Jersey their playoff tickets. According to SportsLine, the Colts have an 82.7% chance of making the postseason. 6. Wild Card 2 Thanks to their win over the , the computer now views the as a near lock to make the playoffs. According to SportsLine, the Bills have an 84.7% chance of getting into the postseason. It appears that not even three lo ses in their past five games will be keeping the Bills out of the playoffs. 7. Wild Card 3 The computer thinks the race for the final playoff spot in the AFC is down to three teams: the , Bengals and Ravens. Unfortunately for the AFC North teams, the computer likes the Chargers to take earn the final wild card spot in the AFC. According to SportsLine, the Chargers have a 65.6% chance of making the playoffs while the Bengals are sitting at just 56.7% with the Ravens trailing right behind them (48.5%).Here's a list of the playoff chances for all the other AFC teams (their percentage chances of getting into the playoffs is listed next to them in parentheses):Ravens (48.5%), Steelers (27.7%), (14.7%), Browns (10.4%), (6.4%), (5.8%), Jaguars (ELIMINATED), Jets (ELIMINATED), Texans (ELIMINATED). 1. NFC North Champion It seems that Greg Pateryn Jersey the rest of the NFC is going to find out just how cold the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field is in January and that's because the computer is projecting the Packers to handily win the top seed in the conference. Although the Packers currently hold the tiebreaker over nearly every top NFC contender, the computer doesn't think tiebreakers are even going to come into play because it has the Packers winning the top seed in the NFC by a full game. 2. NFC South Champion According to the computer, there are only two real Super Bowl contenders in the NFC and the are one of them. The Buccaneers currently have a 9.39% chance of winning the Super Bowl, which is the second-highest number in the NFC, trailing only the Packers (16.55%). 3. NFC East Champion Although the currently are in a four-way tie for the second-best record in the NFC, the computer isn't giving them much of a chance of winning the NFC title this year. According to SportsLine, the Cowboys have a 8.62% chance of representing the NFC in the Super Bowl, which is below FOUR other teams: Packers (31.93%), Buccaneers (18.6%), (16.50%) and (14.97%). 4. NFC West Champion After a wild Week 15 that saw the Cardinals lose to the Lions, the computer is now projecting the Rams to WIN THE NFC West. According to SportsLine, the Rams have a 52.1% of winning the division, which is just slightly ahead of the Cardinals, who have a 46.5% chance of taking home the division crown. Although the can still technically win the division, the computer is giving them just a 1.5% chance of making that happen.5. Wild Card 1 For the second straight J.T. Brown Jersey season, the Cardinals are in the midst of a post-bye collapse. Now that Arizona has lost two straight games, the computer doesn't think the Cards are going to win the division anymore. However, the computer is pretty confident that the Cardinals are going to make the playoffs. According to SportsLine, the Cards have a 99.9% chance of getting in and if that happens, it would end the NFC's longest postseason drought (Arizona hasn't made the play
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