NFC Playoff Scenarios Cheat Sheet For Week 17

Jan 5, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; General view of the NFL Wild Card logo on the field before a game between the Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals during the AFC Wild Card playoff game at Reliant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 5, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; General view of the NFL Wild Card logo on the field before a game between the Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals during the AFC Wild Card playoff game at Reliant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit

The NFL Playoffs are right around the corner, and with one week left to go in the season, NFC playoff scenarios are as relevant as they’ve been all season long. 

With one week left to go in the regular season, the NFL Playoff picture is starting to take form. In the NFC, there is only one remaining ticket to be punched, but the bracket is hardly set in stone at this point.

More from Arizona Cardinals

Four different games could decide division winners on Sunday in the NFC with two games featuring head-to-head matchups for division titles. The NFC playoff scenarios are still bountiful despite there being just one spot left as the Packers, Lions, Seahawks and Cardinals can all switch seeds by the end of the afternoon with the Cowboys remaining fluid in the conversation as well.

Zac Snyder from SideLion Report has put together a NFC playoff scenarios handy cheat sheet so that finding out if your team is still alive for what seeding position in the playoff hunt and where the tiebreakers are is as easy as ever.

2014NFCScenarios-590x900
2014NFCScenarios-590x900 /

It’s still a convoluted picture to say the least, but this handy cheat sheet helps make some sense of the NFC playoff scenarios madness.

All Seattle needs to do to win the No. 1 seed is beat the St. Louis Rams, but a loss and a Cardinals win means the road to the Super Bowl will not go through Seattle. What’s crazier is that there are multiple outcomes where the Detroit Lions can still win the No. 1 seed and come out of nowhere to have the road to Arizona go through Ford Field.

The playoff picture in the NFC is far from settled, and this final week of the season will be one of the most thrilling season finales the NFL has had in a very long time thanks to all the NFC playoff scenarios still in play.

More from FanSided