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NFC Playoff Picture: Updated Bracket After Week 16 Games

By Josh Hill

Dec 21, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NFL Playoff picture is going to take further shape and things in the NFC are getting tighter and tighter.

With just one game left in the season for most teams in the NFL, there are fewer and fewer playoff spots are available as the late games get underway.

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The Lions and Packers will be going at it head-to-head with the division title on the line next Sunday, as will the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers. The winner of those two games will clinch the NFC North and NFC South, respectively, with the Arizona Cardinals already having locked up the NFC West.

Detroit, Green Bay and Arizona have all locked up playoff spots with Dallas, Seattle, Carolina and Atlanta all hunting the final three playoff spots in the NFC. If the postseason were to being today, the Cardinals and Lions would own first-round byes with the Panthers hosting the Packers and Cowboys hosting the Seahawks.

Dallas beat Seattle earlier this season, which makes the meeting between the two a rematch, with the Packers and Panthers playing in a rematch as well. Green Bay can leap into that first-round bye and the No. 2 seed with a win over the Lions and the Seahawks can win out and win the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

Here’s a look at the current NFC Playoff picture through the Week 16 early games.

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