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Falcons What If?

The Falcons What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Falcons play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Falcons What If?

Next Game - Ravens (3‑1)

  Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  W L T 1*
First Round Bye
 2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 5 6 7 8
Win Next Game 3 2 0 4% 6% 11% 13% 3% 5% 5% 53%
Current Standings 2 2 0 3% 5% 9% 12% 3% 4% 5% 57%
Lose Next Game 2 3 0 1% 4% 8% 13% 3% 4% 6% 61%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  1*
First Round Bye
 2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 5 6 7 8
Best Case Scenario 4% 6% 11% 13% 3% 5% 5% 53%
Current Standings 3% 5% 9% 12% 3% 4% 5% 57%
Worst Case Scenario 1% 4% 8% 13% 3% 4% 6% 61%
Best Case Scenario
   Falcons beats Ravens
 Worst Case Scenario
   Ravens beats Falcons
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
W L T 1*
First Round Bye
 2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 5 6 7 8
13 of 13 100% 15 2 0 88% 12% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
12 of 13 92% 14 3 0 50% 41% 8% <1% 1% <1% <1% ^
11 of 13 85% 13 4 0 16% 43% 30% 4% 6% <1% <1% <1%
10 of 13 77% 12 5 0 2% 20% 42% 18% 12% 5% 1% <1%
9 of 13 69% 11 6 0 <1% 4% 29% 33% 11% 15% 7% 1%
8 of 13 62% 10 7 0 <1% <1% 11% 35% 4% 15% 20% 15%
7 of 13 54% 9 8 0 <1% <1% 2% 25% <1% 5% 16% 51%
6 of 13 46% 8 9 0 <1% <1% <1% 12% <1% <1% 4% 84%
5 of 13 38% 7 10 0 X <1% <1% 4% <1% <1% <1% 96%
4 of 13 31% 6 11 0 X X <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
3 of 13 23% 5 12 0 X X <1% <1% X X <1% >99%
2 of 13 15% 4 13 0 X X X X X X X 100%
1 of 13 8% 3 14 0 X X X X X X X 100%
0 of 13 0% 2 15 0 X X X X X X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs