odds to win the Super Bowl<\/a>)<\/p>\n2. x-Chicago Bears (11-4, NFC North; +2000)’<\/p>\n
3. z-Philadelphia Eagles (10-5, NFC East; +950)<\/p>\n
4. Carolina Panthers (8-7, NFC South; +13000)<\/p>\n
After a dramatic, come-from-behind win over Los Angeles Thursday night, Seattle’s path to the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs is simple: win out and it is theirs. NFC South leader Carolina and division foe, San Francisco, could have other plans, though.<\/p>\n
Chicago clinched a playoff berth with their walk-off touchdown against Green Bay Saturday and Detroit’s heartbreaking loss to Pittsburgh Sunday. They can still achieve the No. 1 overall seed by winning their final two games, against San Francisco and the Lions.<\/p>\n
The Eagles won the division, becoming the first team to earn consecutive NFC East crowns in over two decades. They have a tough game against Buffalo in Week 17, in which the Bills will be looking to cement their playoff status, and end the season with a winnable game against Washington.<\/p>\n
For the Panthers, their playoff trajectory is simple: win next week while the Buccaneers lose and they are the NFC South champs, a far cry from what many expected from the squad. A loss, though, and the Week 18 match-up against Baker Mayfield and Co. becomes sudden death title game.<\/p>\n
5. x-Los Angeles Rams (11-4; +400)<\/p>\n
6. San Francisco 49ers (10-4; +2000)<\/p>\n
7. Green Bay Packers (9-5-1; +1600)<\/p>\n
The Rams no longer control their path to the No. 1 seed and home field advantage, but they do have two winnable games against bad Atlanta and Arizona teams, meaning a 13-4 record is not out of reach. That may be good enough to get them there given some of the tougher competition their rivals face in the last two weeks of the season.<\/p>\n
How underrated are the 49ers? If they win out, they are the No. 1 seed, a development few could have imagined considering the injuries to key players the team endured this season. Of course, two of their last three are against Chicago and Seattle, so it is easier said than done.<\/p>\n
The Lions’ loss Sunday gave the Packers a 1.5 game lead over Detroit and with two winnable games against a reeling Baltimore squad and the already eliminated Vikings, it would be difficult to imagine Matt LaFleur and Co. missing out barring a collapse.<\/p>\n
8. Detroit Lions (8-7; +13000)<\/p>\n
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-8; +8000)<\/p>\n
The Lions have to win out and hope for the best after Sunday’s loss, their playoff hopes all but extinguished.<\/p>\n
The Buccaneers have lost six of their last seven and gave the Panthers control of the NFC South with their loss Sunday. While they can still win the division by winning out, there is nothing about the team and its sudden inability to stop any aerial attack that makes one believe the postseason is in the cards for Baker Mayfield and his squad.<\/p>\n
10. Minnesota Vikings (7-8)<\/p>\n
11. Dallas Cowboys (6-8-1)<\/p>\n
12. Atlanta Falcons (6-9)<\/p>\n
13. New Orleans Saints (5-10)<\/p>\n
14. Washington Commanders (4-11)<\/p>\n
15. Arizona Cardinals (3-12)<\/p>\n
16. New York Giants (2-13)<\/p>\n
x – denotes clinched playoffs<\/p>\n
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