Happy Scenario Season!!!


Standings Entering Week 10

                                                                         
        NFC    Record    Conf. Rec.   Explanation 
1 SF 7-1 4-1  
2 CHI 7-2 5-2  
3 NYG 5-2-1 3-2-1  
4 CAR 3-5 3-3 CAR wins the tiebreak over NO on Division Record (1-1 vs 0-1).
5 DET 6-2 4-1 DET wins the tiebreak over MIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
6 MIN 6-2 4-1  
7 GB 6-3 4-3  
8 SEA 5-4 2-3 SEA wins the tiebreak over LAR on Division Record (2-1 vs 0-2).
9 LAR 5-4 3-2  
10 DAL 4-5 2-4  
11 NO 3-5 1-3  
12 TB 3-6 3-3 TB wins the tiebreak over ATL on Head-to-Head (1-0). TB wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (3-3 vs 2-5).
13 ATL 3-6 3-3 ATL wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (3-3 vs 2-5).
14 ARI 3-6 2-5  
15 WAS 2-5-1 2-4-1  
16 PHI 2-7 1-6  
         
        AFC    Record    Conf. Rec.   Explanation 
1 BUF 7-1 4-1  
2 DEN 7-2 3-1  
3 JAX 6-2 5-2 PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0). JAX wins the tiebreak over PIT on Conference Record (5-2 vs 3-2).
4 PIT 6-2 3-2 PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
5 KC 6-2 6-1 KC wins the tiebreak over CIN on Conference Record (6-1 vs 4-2).
6 CIN 6-2 4-2  
7 NE 5-4 5-1 NE wins the tiebreak over CLE on Conference Record (5-1 vs 3-3).
8 CLE 5-4 3-3  
9 LV 4-5 3-3 LV wins the tiebreak over BAL on Conference Record (3-3 vs 2-4).
10 BAL 4-5 2-4  
11 HOU 3-5 3-3  
12 NYJ 2-7 2-4 NYJ wins the tiebreak over IND on Conference Record (2-4 vs 1-5).
13 IND 2-7 1-5  
14 MIA 1-7 1-4 MIA wins the tiebreak over TEN on Conference Record (1-4 vs 1-5).
15 TEN 1-7 1-5  
16 LAC 0-8 0-5  
                                                                   
NFC  East   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 NYG 5-2-1 2-0-1  
2 DAL 4-5 2-1  
3 WAS 2-5-1 1-2-1  
4 PHI 2-7 1-3  
         
NFC  North   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 CHI 7-2 0-2  
2 DET 6-2 2-0 DET wins the tiebreak over MIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
3 MIN 6-2 2-1  
4 GB 6-3 1-2  
         
NFC  South   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 CAR 3-5 1-1 CAR wins the tiebreak over NO on Division Record (1-1 vs 0-1).
2 NO 3-5 0-1  
3 TB 3-6 2-0 TB wins the tiebreak over ATL on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4 ATL 3-6 1-2  
         
NFC  West   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 SF 7-1 3-0  
2 SEA 5-4 2-1 SEA wins the tiebreak over LAR on Division Record (2-1 vs 0-2).
3 LAR 5-4 0-2  
4 ARI 3-6 1-3  
         
AFC  East   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 BUF 7-1 0-1  
2 NE 5-4 3-0  
3 NYJ 2-7 0-2  
4 MIA 1-7 1-1  
         
AFC  North   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 PIT 6-2 2-1 PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
2 CIN 6-2 1-1  
3 CLE 5-4 2-1  
4 BAL 4-5 0-2  
         
AFC  South   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 JAX 6-2 1-1  
2 HOU 3-5 2-1  
3 IND 2-7 1-2  
4 TEN 1-7 1-1  
         
AFC  West   Record   Div. Rec.   Explanation 
1 DEN 7-2 2-1  
2 KC 6-2 3-1  
3 LV 4-5 1-1  
4 LAC 0-8 0-3  

 


Elimination Scenarios Entering Week 10

NFC

There are no Elimination Scenarios in the NFC for week 10

 

AFC

LAC is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) LAC loss + BUF win + KC win + NE tie
OR 2) LAC loss + BUF win + KC win + MIA win
OR 3) LAC loss + BUF win + KC win/tie + LV win
OR 4) LAC loss + BUF win + KC win + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 5) LAC loss + BUF win + KC win + CLE win
OR 6) LAC loss + BUF win + KC tie + NE tie + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 7) LAC loss + BUF win + KC tie + NE tie + CLE win
OR 8) LAC loss + BUF win + KC tie + MIA win + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 9) LAC loss + BUF win + KC tie + MIA win + CLE win
OR 10) LAC loss + BUF win + KC tie + LV tie + CLE win
OR 11) LAC loss + BUF win + NE win
OR 12) LAC loss + BUF win + NE tie + MIA win
OR 13) LAC loss + BUF win + NE tie + LV win
OR 14) LAC loss + BUF win + NE tie + LV tie + CLE win
OR 15) LAC loss + BUF win + MIA win + LV win
OR 16) LAC loss + BUF win + MIA win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 17) LAC loss + BUF win + LV win + CLE win/tie
OR 18) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + NE win
OR 19) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + NE tie + LV win
OR 20) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + NE tie + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 21) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + NE tie + CLE win
OR 22) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + MIA win + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 23) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + MIA win + LV win
OR 24) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + MIA win + CLE win
OR 25) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + LV win + CLE win/tie
OR 26) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 27) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + NE win + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 28) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + NE win + CLE win
OR 29) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + NE tie + LV win + MIA win
OR 30) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + NE tie + LV win + CLE tie
OR 31) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + LV win + CLE win
OR 32) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + MIA win + LV win + CLE tie
OR 33) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + MIA win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 34) LAC loss + BUF tie + KC tie + NE tie + LV tie + CLE win
OR 35) LAC loss + BUF tie + NE win + LV win
OR 36) LAC loss + BUF tie + NE win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 37) LAC loss + BUF tie + NE tie + LV win + CLE win
OR 38) LAC loss + BUF tie + MIA win + LV win + CLE win
OR 39) LAC loss + KC win + NE win + LV win
OR 40) LAC loss + KC win + NE win + LV tie + CLE tie
OR 41) LAC loss + KC win + NE win + CLE win
OR 42) LAC loss + KC win + NE tie + LV win + CLE win/tie
OR 43) LAC loss + KC win + NE tie + LV tie + CLE win
OR 44) LAC loss + KC win + MIA win + LV win + CLE win/tie
OR 45) LAC loss + KC win + MIA win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 46) LAC loss + KC tie + NE win + LV win + CLE tie
OR 47) LAC loss + KC tie + NE win + LV tie + CLE win
OR 48) LAC loss + KC tie + NE tie + MIA win + LV win + CLE win
OR 49) LAC loss + NE win + LV win + CLE win

 


Possible and Simulated Seeds Entering Week 10

We often say we’re in the business of possibilities, not probabilities. Because of that, in our simulations, we consider each team equally likely to win. However, we do make the odds of a tie only 1% in order to increase variance and cover more of the possibility space in limited simulations.

The table below is from 1 millions simulations using 49.5% home win, 49.5% away win, and 1% tie odds. This is not a prediction. It is an estimate of the percentage of possible scenarios that results in this seed (under our 1% tie criteria).

If an entry is blank, the team cannot get that seed. It’s also worth noting that due to rounding, the numbers for a team may not add up to exactly 100%.

NFC

Results from 1 million simulations with home and away teams both 49.5% to win each game and 1% chance of a tie game

            1 seed         2 seed         3 seed         4 seed         5 seed         6 seed         7 seed     Miss Playoffs
SF 31% 34% 13% 2% 3% 4% 5% 8%
CHI 20% 10% 1% <1% 23% 19% 13% 14%
NYG 8% 16% 40% 11% <1% 1% 2% 21%
CAR <1% 1% 7% 22% <1% <1% 1% 68%
DET 17% 10% 2% <1% 21% 17% 12% 20%
MIN 15% 9% 2% <1% 22% 18% 13% 21%
GB 7% 6% 1% <1% 17% 19% 17% 33%
SEA 1% 6% 3% 1% 4% 8% 13% 63%
LAR 2% 4% 2% <1% 7% 10% 12% 62%
DAL <1% 2% 8% 6% <1% 2% 4% 78%
NO <1% 1% 7% 21% <1% <1% 1% 70%
TB <1% <1% 4% 20% <1% <1% 1% 75%
ATL <1% <1% 3% 13% <1% <1% 1% 81%
ARI <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 2% 96%
WAS <1% <1% 4% 3% <1% 1% 2% 90%
PHI <1% <1% <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% 99%

 

AFC

Results from 1 million simulations with home and away teams both 49.5% to win each game and 1% chance of a tie game

            1 seed         2 seed         3 seed         4 seed         5 seed         6 seed         7 seed     Miss Playoffs
BUF 30% 22% 18% 12% 5% 4% 4% 5%
DEN 19% 15% 12% 6% 19% 11% 7% 11%
JAX 11% 17% 22% 35% 1% 2% 2% 9%
PIT 11% 14% 12% 7% 13% 13% 10% 19%
KC 15% 12% 10% 6% 21% 13% 9% 13%
CIN 10% 12% 10% 6% 16% 14% 11% 20%
NE 2% 4% 5% 6% 12% 14% 15% 42%
CLE 1% 3% 4% 5% 7% 12% 15% 53%
LV <1% 1% 2% 2% 3% 7% 10% 76%
BAL <1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 5% 8% 80%
HOU <1% 1% 2% 9% 1% 3% 5% 80%
NYJ <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 98%
IND <1% <1% <1% 2% <1% <1% 1% 97%
MIA <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 99%
TEN <1% <1% <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% 98%
LAC <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%

 


Seed Control Entering Week 10

The seed that a team controls is the worst seed that team could get if they win out. These are often mutually exclusive because it is impossible for teams that play each other in future weeks to both win out.

Teams that control the 1 seed:
MIN SF BUF

Teams that control the 2 seed:
CHI DET

Teams that control the 3 seed:
NYG PIT

Teams that control the 4 seed:
CAR NO TB CIN JAX

Teams that control the 5 seed:
GB DEN KC

Teams that control the 6 seed:
None

Teams that control the 7 seed:
SEA LAR NE CLE

Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
DAL PHI WAS ATL ARI NYJ MIA BAL HOU IND TEN LV LAC

 


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