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NFL - Week 8 of 18

NFC Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

NFC Losing Magic Numbers
Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L T GPi
Games Played
17 game season
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
Eagles East 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 MW
Cowboys East 3 3 1 7 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 MW
Commanders East 3 4 0 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 MW
Giants East 2 5 0 7 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 MW
 
Lions North 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Packers North 4 1 1 6 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 MW
Bears North 4 2 0 6 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Vikings North 3 3 0 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 MW
 
Buccaneers South 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Panthers South 4 3 0 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 MW
Falcons South 3 3 0 6 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 MW
Saints South 1 6 0 7 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 MW
 
Forty-Niners49ers West 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Seahawks West 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Rams West 5 2 0 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 MW
Cardinals West 2 5 0 7 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs