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2010 NFL Playoff Picture

By FanHouse Staff (guys who actually get paid to blog, the bastards! And look how freakin' boring they are. Without a little PA enhancement, this would be un-readable.

The 2010 NFL playoff race looks like it could go down to the wire in just about every division. And the wild-card berths in both the AFC and NFC are being just as hotly contested. As of right now, 27 of the league's 32 teams still had a chance to make the postseason, with 15 teams either in first place or within a game of first place in their respective divisions. (Yeah right, the Vikings are still alive. Who are these effing redards?)

(Updated Dec. 6, 2010)
NFC Playoff Picture

IN

1 Atlanta Falcons (10-2) they will be the #1 seed, two home games
2 Chicago Bears (9-3) they will miss the playoffs as GB overtakes them
3 Philadelphia Eagles (8-4) they will win the East, but what seed, #2(home)or #3?
4 St. Louis Rams (6-6) they will win the West by default, the #4 seed
5 New Orleans Saints (9-3) they will be one tough Wild Card! #5 seed (away vs. #4)
6 New York Giants (8-4) they will be a tough #6, final Wild Card (away vs. #3)

STILL ALIVE

7 Green Bay Packers (8-4) our beloveds will win the Central, but #2(home) or #3?
8 Tampa Bay Bucs (7-5) they are toast
9 Seattle Seahawks (6-6) could overtake the Lams, who cares, killed by Saints
10 Minnesota Vikings (5-7) the best they can do is 9-7; I don't think so....
11 Washington Redskins (5-7) and they beat us in Overtime how again?
12 Dallas Cowboys (4-8) no Dez Bryant...terribler...
13 San Francisco 49ers (4-8) absolutely awfuller
14 Arizona Cardinals (3-9) an embarrassment to cactus everywhere

OUT

15 Detroit Lions (2-10) they will give the Packers fits this Sunday, count on it
16 Carolina Panthers (1-11) no QB, no can do

AFC Playoff Picture

IN

1 New England Patriots (10-2) Why do I think GB Pack is going to win in Foxboro? #1
2 Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) hat win at Baltimore was HUGE...wow! #2 and a bye
3 Kansas City Chiefs (8-4) A #3 seed? Are you shitting me? Will be crushed by #6
4 Jacksonville Jaguars (7-5) The Colts are awful,why not# 4? Will be crushed by #5
5 New York JETS (9-3) Another tough #5 seed; then off to New England again
6 Baltimore Ravens (8-4) A great #6, will kill KC, then back to Pittsburgh

STILL ALIVE

7 Oakland Raiders (6-6) No shot
8 San Diego Chargers (6-6) No shotter
9 Indianapolis Colts (6-6) Little shot
10 Miami Dolphins (6-6) They beat the Packers at Lambeau? Was that a bad dream?
11 Houston Texans (5-7) The girls are 0-12 trying to pick these assholes
12 Cleveland Browns (5-7) Actually getting a little better
13 Tennessee Titans (5-7) No QB's, no shot

OUT

14 Denver Broncos (3-9) fired the Boy Wonder today
15 Buffalo Bills (2-10) actually feel sorry for Buffalo Wild Wings
16 Cincinnati Bengals (2-10)the biggest disappointment this side of the Gophers


To refresh your memory on the NFL's playoff structure: Six teams from each conference make the postseason, with the top four seeds reserved for the division winners. Two additional wild-card teams qualify from each conference, bringing the total number of playoff teams to 12. The top two teams, based on record, for each conference receive a bye in the first round, while the remaining division winners host the first round of playoff games. (And if you didn't know this, that would officially make you a redard. And/or a Vikings fan).

There are several possible tiebreakers that could come into play to determine playoff spots, beginning with head-to-head record. (And since we beat the Eagles, we need to tie the Eagles for a 1st round bye, 2 glorious weeks off in balmy Green Bay, then have the Eagles come up to the 'Beau for a little get together. If we have to go to Philly, a place that took us 50 years to win one, don't see how we could beat them twice in one season. Not with the dog killer running free on turf...) --PP