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Which NFC teams will make the NFL playoffs?

It might only be 3 weeks into the NFL season, but I’ve seen enough. I’ve seen the past, the present and the future.

I’ve already gone over the AFC teams, check out that post below.

Which AFC teams will make the NFL playoffs?

I found the NFC a bit more difficult if I’m honest. There’s a more condensed group of ‘good but not necessarily great’ teams, but there’s a similar fight for the final couple of wild card spots.

Anyway, confidence is key. Here’s how the NFC playoffs will look.

NFC Playoffs

Three teams from the NFC West will make it in to the playoffs this year.

Even by the low recent standard of the NFC East, this division is rubbish (sorry folks, I mean garbage) this year.

Rams vs Bears in week 7 and Packers vs Bears in week 17 will ultimately determine the final 3 playoff spots between those 3 and the 49ers.

Nick Foles could make another superbowl run, when the 6–5 Bears finally give up on Trubisky and make a late-season run to challenge for the 7 seed.

Which geriatric quarterback will clinch the division? Neither — Kamara will win it for the Saints.

The NFC West teams combined wins will be double the total managed by the NFC East.

Here’s a breakdown of how each division will go.

NFC East

I dislike each and every team in this division for one reason or another, so I’m not going to dwell on it when I could be doing literally anything else with my time.

The Cowboys will win this division, and probably by a long way, even with big-time injuries upfront.

There are three other teams in this division, apparently, that will probably win about 10 games between them.

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. Who
3. Even
4. Cares?

NFC South

Based on the first few weeks, Tampa Bay are better than I expected and the Saints are worse. The former look like a team that needed a preseason for TB12 to bed in and are learning on the go, but look frisky and their defence could cause Brees and Co some problems (or should I say, Kamara and Co).

1. New Orleans Saints
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3. Atlanta Falcons
4. Carolina Panthers

NFC North

This division has two 3–0 teams as I write this.

I’d love to see Rodgers have an all-pro season and a championship run, particularly after the Packers made it pretty clear that they were drafting for the future, and not to give him more weapons.

The Bears have an easy schedule, and I predict that they’ll beat most of the bad teams and lose to all the good teams, but just miss out on the playoffs.

1. Green Bay Packers
2. Chicago Bears
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. Detriot Lions

NFC West

Russell Wilson is playing like an MVP and he might, finally, get at least one MVP vote this year. The Arizona Cardinals will have the best record of any 4th placed team. In fact, they’ll have a better record than 3rd place in every other division.

Three teams make the playoffs from this division. I can’t call it between the Rams and the 49ers — two of the greatest coaching minds in football with two ‘system-quarterbacks’. It could come down to the 49ers injury woes, which is why I have the Rams edging them out.

1. Seattle Seahawks
2. LA Rams
3. San Francisco 49ers
4. Arizona Cardinals

Concluding notes

There you have it, the NFC playoff picture. Westside is the best, Eastside sucks. Rodgers is defying his critics and Wilson might finally get some recognition.

Which AFC teams will make the NFL playoffs?