NFC Playoff Picture, Final

NFC Playoff Picture

Rk	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Div	Conf
1	c-Green Bay	15	1	0	.938	6-0	12-0
2	z-San Francisco	13	3	0	.813	5-1	10-2
3	y-New Orleans	13	3	0	.813	5-1	9-3
4	y-New York Giants	9	7	0	.563	3-3	5-7
5	x-Atlanta	10	6	0	.625	3-3	7-5
6	x-Detroit	10	6	0	.625	3-3	6-6

c –home field advantage, z - first round bye, y – division champion, x – playoff berth

San Francisco beats out New Orleans for the first round bye thanks to a better conference record than the Saints.

Atlanta edges out Detroit for the first wild card spot (and thus an opportunity to avoid the Saints in the first round) by virtue of their 23-16 win over the Lions in week 7.

So the games next weekend will be
(6) Detroit Lions at (3) New Orleans Saints
(5) Atlanta Falcons at (4) New York Giants

The weekend playoff schedule was announced, and I had the NFC games switched in my prediction earlier. The schedule is
Saturday at 4:30 (NBC) - Bengals at Texans
Saturday at 8:00 (NBC) - Lions at Saints
Sunday at 1:00 (FOX) - Falcons at Giants
Sunday at 4:30 (CBS) - Steelers at Broncos