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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 - Jets (4‑7)

  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 6 6 0 <1% <1% 3% 50% <1% 2% 5% 40%
Current Standings 5 6 0 <1% <1% 2% 42% <1% 2% 4% 50%
Lose Next Game 5 7 0 <1% <1% 1% 36% <1% 1% 4% 58%


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 <1% <1% 2% 63% <1% 1% 3% 31%
Current Standings <1% <1% 2% 42% <1% 2% 4% 50%
Worst Case Scenario <1% <1% 1% 28% <1% 2% 5% 64%
Best Case Scenario
   Falcons beats Jets
   Lions beats Saints
   Panthers beats Buccaneers
 Worst Case Scenario
   Jets beats Falcons
   Saints beats Lions
   Buccaneers beats Panthers
  • 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
6 of 6 100% 11 6 0 <1% 2% 26% 72% ^ ^ ^ ^
5 of 6 83% 10 7 0 <1% <1% 6% 92% <1% 1% 1% <1%
4 of 6 67% 9 8 0 X <1% <1% 81% <1% 5% 7% 6%
3 of 6 50% 8 9 0 X X <1% 43% X 1% 8% 48%
2 of 6 33% 7 10 0 X X X 9% X <1% <1% 91%
1 of 6 17% 6 11 0 X X X <1% X <1% <1% >99%
0 of 6 0% 5 12 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