The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting NFC games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) | |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Packers (5‑1‑1) | Panthers (4‑4) | 61 | 
| Lions (5‑2) | Vikings (3‑4) | 60 | 
| Rams (5‑2) | Saints (1‑7) | 47 | 
| Giants (2‑6) | Forty-Niners (5‑3) | 44 | 
| Commanders (3‑5) | Seahawks (5‑2) | 41 | 
| Bengals (3‑5) | Bears (4‑3) | 21 | 
| Cowboys (3‑4‑1) | Cardinals (2‑5) | 20 | 
| Patriots (6‑2) | Falcons (3‑4) | 18 |