Daily Norseman
Positive for the purple!
With tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup not set to have any affect on it (since it’s an all-AFC matchup), it’s time to take a look at the updated playoff picture in the NFC. As it stands right now, our Minnesota Vikings are in an outstanding spot with six games remaining in the regular season, so let’s take a look at how everything has shaken out so far, with current odds supplied to us by our friends from FanDuel.
With their victory over Indianapolis on Sunday, the Lions are now the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl, a prospect that’s. . .well, nauseating at best. They’ve been running through teams with no issues over the past few weeks and are tied for the best record in the league with Kansas City, but we as Vikings fans know that it’s not over until it’s over. There’s a good chance that Week 18 game in Detroit will still have plenty of meaning.
Week 13 opponent: vs Chicago (Thursday early)
Thanks to Sunday’s results, the Eagles now have what amounts to a three-game lead over Washington thanks to head-to-head tiebreakers. With the NFC West and NFC South winners fading a bit, the Eagles are in a position to potentially host two playoff games and the list of teams that could potentially stop them is pretty short.
Week 13 opponent: at Baltimore (Sunday late)
You’re reading that correctly. . .thanks to their victory over Arizona on Sunday, the Seahawks have jumped from outside of the playoff picture all the way to the #3 seed in the conference. Of course, this could change at pretty much any time given the state of the NFC West at the moment (every team in the division is either 6-5 or 5-6 through 11 games), but for now there would be a first-round playoff game in Seattle if the season ended today.
Week 13 opponent: at New York Jets (Sunday early)
The Falcons took the week off in Week 12 but managed to maintain their perch atop the NFC South. They still have, essentially, a two-game lead over Tampa Bay because of their head-to-head sweep, so they’re still a pretty heavy favorite to win the division, but their defense is going to have to get themselves going in the right direction if they want to avoid a collapse.
Week 13 opponent: vs Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday early)
