The Most Important Games for the Cardinals are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cardinals final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Cardinals fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Cardinals Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Cardinals (3‑8) vs Buccaneers (6‑5) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Falcons (4‑7) vs Jets (2‑9) |
0 | Falcons Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Vikings (4‑7) vs Seahawks (8‑3) |
0 | Vikings Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Broncos (9‑2) vs Commanders (3‑8) |
0 | Broncos Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Commanders Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Browns (3‑8) vs Forty-Niners49ers (8‑4) |
0 | Browns Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Dolphins (4‑7) vs Saints (2‑9) |
0 | Dolphins Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Saints Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Panthers (6‑6) vs Rams (9‑2) |
0 | Panthers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Rams Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Patriots (10‑2) vs Giants (2‑10) |
0 | Patriots Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Giants Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||