We take a look at the current standings in the NFC West, what happened in Week 14 and what is coming up in Week 15.
The NFC West has almost been wrapped up, at least at the top. The San Francisco 49ers are on the verge of clinching the division title. They extended their lead in the division and were the only team in the West to win a game.
Here are the NFC West division standings entering Week 15:
San Francisco 49ers, 10-3 (4-0 division)
Los Angeles Rams, 6-7 (4-1 division)
Seattle Seahawks, 6-7 (1-4 division)
Arizona Cardinals, 3-10 (0-4 division)
Let’s have a look at what happened for each team in Week 14 and what is coming up in Week 15.
The Cardinals don’t play on Sunday. Three NFC teams could earn postseason berths, though.
The Arizona Cardinals are off this weekend so Cardinals fans, if they will continue to pay attention to the rest of the NFL, can take note of playoff scenarios for the NFL this week.
Three NFL teams, all the NFC, can clinch playoff berths over the weekend, although there are some wild scenarios.
Let’s go over the Week 14 playoff-clinching scenarios below.
The Cardinals can potentially be bumped from contention in the NFC West and in the NFC playoff picture in Week 14.
The Arizona Cardinals sit at 4-8 entering Week 14 with only the faintest of playoff hopes. They have not yet been completely eliminated from playoff contention but that could change this week.
The Cardinals can be eliminated from contending for the NFC West title and can be eliminated from playoff contention completely in the NFC.
What are those scenarios? They are as follows, according
Cardinals’ elimination scenarios in NFC West
It won’t take much for the Cardinals to be eliminated from the NFC West. They are 4-8 and the San Francisco 49ers, who lead the division, are 8-4 and will hold a divisional record tiebreaker over Arizona.
If the Cardinals lose to the New England Patriots, they are out.
If the 49ers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Cardinals are out.
If the Cardinals tie the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks beat or tie with the Carolina Panthers, the Cardinals are done.
If the Cardinals and 49ers both tie their games, the Cardinals are eliminated.
If the 49ers tie and the Seahawks win their game, the Cardinals are out.
Cardinals’ elimination scenarios in NFC playoff hunt
If the Cardinals beat the Patriots on Monday night, they stay alive, but if they lose, they could be mathematically eliminated.
If the Cardinals lose, the Seahawks beat the Panthers and the New York Giants win or tie their game with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cardinals are out of playoff contention.
The 4-8 Cardinals are idle and have very little hope for the playoffs, but these outcomes keep those faint hopes slightly more alive.
The Arizona Cardinals are off in Week 13, finally getting their bye. At 4-8m they have almost no hopes for the postseason. They have not been mathematically eliminated but it is close.
While they are idle this week, the outcome of several games could help them and their faint hopes.
The following outcomes in Week 13 would be ideal for Arizona.
All three games today will impact the NFC playoff race.
Happy Thanksgiving! Today, we get three NFL games and all three affect the NFC playoff picture. The Arizona Cardinals are barely in the picture right now but these three games impact seeding and potential playoff berths.
If the Cardinals can get hot, there is the slightest chance.
The Cardinals are virtually eliminated from division contention and things look bleak for the wild card.
The Arizona Cardinals have greatly complicated their playoff chances. With their 38-10 loss Monday night to the San Francisco 49ers, they now have lost tiebreakers to two teams in their division.
The 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks are both 6-4 currently. The 49ers currently are the division leaders with a head-to-head tiebreaker over Seattle.
Both Seattle and San Francisco hold tiebreakers over the Cardinals.
Seattle beat the Cardinals twice this season already, so they hold a head-to-head tiebreaker.
With the 49ers’ win over the Cardinals Monday night, while the two teams will play again in Week 18 and the Cardinals could still beat them, but because the 49ers are 4-0 in division games and the Cardinals are 1-4, the 49ers already hold a divisional record tiebreaker.
So when it comes to both the division race and the wild-card race, as both Seattle and San Fran are both in the NFC top seven, it will take an extraordinary turnaround for Arizona and a colossal collapse by either team for the Cardinals to overtake them.
If they wish to finish ahead of either team, the Cardinals must win three more games in their final six than either the Seahawks or 49ers do in their final seven.
What does that look like? It would mean that if the Cardin als were to go 5-1 in their final six games, the Seahawks and 49ers would have to go no better than 2-5 in their final seven games.
It means that there is almost no chance for the Cardinals to get themselves out of the hole they began the year making. They are virtually eliminated from the division race and have badly hurt their chances for a wild card berth.
The Cardinals, now 4-7, are two wins behind the Seahawks, who are the No. 7 seed in the NFC right now.
The Arizona Cardinals lost their game on Monday night 38-10 to the San Francisco 49ers, pushing them back in the NFC playoff race. They are now 4-7 and 12th in the conference.
They are one of the three teams that are 4-7, the others being the Packers and the Saints.
The Seattle Seahawks are the No. 7 seed currently, sitting at 6-4.
The Washington Commanders are next at 6-5, followed by the 5-6 Falcons and 4-6 Lions.
The Packers are ahead of the Cardinals in 11th place with a better conference record, but the Cardinals hold a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Saints.
What will be difficult to do will be to overtake the Seahawks if they maintain the No. 7 seed. As Seattle beat the Cardinals twice this season, they hold a head-to-head tiebreaker, so if the Cardinals want to get ahead of the Seahawks, they must finish with a better record.
We take a look at the NFC playoff picture and how tight everything is for the wild card spots.
We are at the stage of the NFL season when we can start looking at the playoff picture. In the NFC, the final wild card spot and last place in the conference is separated by two wins, so no team is really eliminated yet.
The Arizona Cardinals, picking up a 27-17 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 10, moved up from 13th in the conference to 11th, but they have the same record as the Packers and Falcons, who are the 9th and 10th seeds, respectively.
Let’s take a look at the current NFC playoff picture and what is coming up in Week 11.
