The Sports Rumors

NFL Playoff Chase

As a Washington Redskins fan, I am faced with the annual disappointment of not seeing my team listed in playoff scenarios or playoff races that usually are put out by ESPN and other sports websites in the final weeks of the regular season. For me, the playoff chase usually lasts from week one to week six. Then it’s all over. But since this is my site, and I run the show, I’m going to put up my own playoff race segment showcasing divisional and wildcard races. Yeah I know there are seven games left but who decided that you can only have a playoff race with 5 or 4 games remaining. When there are only 16 games in a season and you’re already past the halfway mark, everyone is focused on one thing; how many wins do I need to make the playoffs? Well now, I will provide you with that info before others. When looking at the playoff chase chart that I made, you’ll notice that there are sections called:

Division (GR) and Conference (GR)

All that means is thus far, the team’s division record is so and so and they have this many division games remaining. Same thing for the conference. Take Dallas for example. They have gone 3-0 in their division with 3 division games left and 6-0 in their conference with 6 conference games left to play.

I thought it’d be important to include that stuff because as the season gets closer and closer to the end, tiebreakers and conference records come into play. If two teams are tied for a wild card spot and they never faced each other, the conference record is the tiebreaker. I’ll shut up now and let you check it out.

*NFL Power Rankings are listed below the playoff chase*