Which team will miss the playoffs?

[Battlelyon]

Which 1 loss or 0 loss team will miss the playoffs?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

If there is one that misses, I'd be on the Vikings. Too many banked W's at this point.

 

[Moab]

If there is one that misses, I'd be on the Vikings. Too many banked W's at this point.

Their schedule doesn't look like a difficult one from here on out. They'll make it pretty easily IMO. They caught their tougher out of division games at the right time, and sometimes when you play an opponent can be very important.

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[DJ Fieri]

Al those teams are going to make it.

IMO.

 

[molsaniceman]

all 4

kc/hou will win their divisions by default
min/det will fight for theirs with the other a WC though GB may sneak in

 

[Clayton]

Lions losing Hutchinson is major but they are such a stacked team that I think if hurts them later on in the process.

If I believed in the Colts then maybe the Texans.

I think they all make it

 

[Battlelyon]

We have 12 or 11 games left for those teams, nothing is a sure thing in my opinion.

 

[cdumler7]

Lions losing Hutchinson is major but they are such a stacked team that I think if hurts them later on in the process.

If I believed in the Colts then maybe the Texans.

I think they all make it

I think the Texans are the weakest team of that group, but they also benefit from being in the weakest division of all those teams. I do not believe in the Colts at all. Tennessee has already made a QB change and Jacksonville oh boy might see their coach fired if they lose today.

 

[Battlelyon]

I'm going to keep an eye on this thread as the season goes

 

[Xeliou66]

I think they all make the playoffs, but if I had to pick one that is most likely to miss it I would say the Vikings - I still don’t trust Sam Darnold very much, he could start playing like shit again and they could miss the playoffs. The Chiefs and Texans are basically locks to win their divisions barring injury to Mahomes/Stroud, and the Lions are just too talented to miss the playoffs IMO.

 

[Clayton]

I think they all make the playoffs, but if I had to pick one that is most likely to miss it I would say the Vikings - I still don’t trust Sam Darnold very much, he could start playing like shit again and they could miss the playoffs. The Chiefs and Texans are basically locks to win their divisions barring injury to Mahomes/Stroud, and the Lions are just too talented to miss the playoffs IMO.

Big thing I'm noticing with the Vikings is that their defense was the best in football in the first 3 weeks and bottom 5 since then. And I believe they just lost Darrisaw for the year.

 

[Xeliou66]

Big thing I'm noticing with the Vikings is that their defense was the best in football in the first 3 weeks and bottom 5 since then. And I believe they just lost Darrisaw for the year.

Yeah their D is falling some and I’m not surprised, it’s not that great of a unit, not terrible but certainly not top tier. And yeah they just lost Darrisaw. The Vikings are falling back to earth, I think they still likely make the playoffs but it’s definitely a possibility they don’t - I think the Chiefs, Texans and Lions are basically locks barring catastrophic injuries.

 

[Battlelyon]

So are all 4 NFC North teams going to the playoffs? Odds are not good in that happening.

 

[Tapey]

So are all 4 NFC North teams going to the playoffs? Odds are not good in that happening.

Idk sounds like a hater to me

 

[Clayton]

Yeah their D is falling some and I’m not surprised, it’s not that great of a unit, not terrible but certainly not top tier. And yeah they just lost Darrisaw. The Vikings are falling back to earth, I think they still likely make the playoffs but it’s definitely a possibility they don’t - I think the Chiefs, Texans and Lions are basically locks barring catastrophic injuries.

I think the Vikings are very, very well coached. Hence the hot start and they generally play well at the start of games. Their roster is who we thought they were, though. So...yeah...coming back down to earth.

 

[Xeliou66]

So are all 4 NFC North teams going to the playoffs? Odds are not good in that happening.

I think the Bears are likely to miss the playoffs, but all 4 NFC North teams are certainly in the playoff race - it’s by far the best division in the NFL IMO.

 

[Battlelyon]

I think the Bears are likely to miss the playoffs, but all 4 NFC North teams are certainly in the playoff race - it’s by far the best division in the NFL IMO.

The Bears biggest win was beating an injured Rams ream. It will be interesting to see how their season plays out.

 

[Clayton]

The Bears biggest win was beating an injured Rams ream. It will be interesting to see how their season plays out.

Bucs losing their 2 best receivers might just make the NFC South a one-team division so that really helps out teams like the Vikings and Bears. Still, one of those 2 teams will almost certainly miss the playoffs and both certainly could. NFC West looks like it will likely beat itself up which could also help a team like the Vikings.

 

[Tapey]

Bucs losing their 2 best receivers might just make the NFC South a one-team division so that really helps out teams like the Vikings and Bears. Still, one of those 2 teams will almost certainly miss the playoffs and both certainly could. NFC West looks like it will likely beat itself up which could also help a team like the Vikings.

Yea but the Falcons just got dicked on by the Seahawks and that’s legit embarrassing so the Bucs still have a chance.

 

[Clayton]

Yea but the Falcons just got dicked on by the Seahawks and that’s legit embarrassing so the Bucs still have a chance.

I think the Bucs were the team to beat before the injuries. But those are devastating injuries. If Baker Mayfield makes the playoffs with Trey Palmer, Jalen McMillan and Sterling Shepard then he enters gigachad tier of QBs.