\n*The 1st is the most difficult, the 32nd the easiest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\nWhy they might not make the playoffs: <\/strong>Although the defense has undoubtedly kept the Rams in several games and has shown a lot of improvement since the start of the season, this may be the reason they can't close out games and make the playoffs . Against a powerful Ravens offense in Week 14, they showed there was still room for improvement, allowing two touchdowns of 45+ yards. The Rams chose to surround tackle Aaron Donald with a young defense, and while several rookies played important roles, the unit's inexperience could be the Rams' downfall. -Sarah Barshop<\/em><\/p>\nCurrent division rank: <\/strong>9<\/p>\nOdds of making the playoffs:<\/strong> 25.7%<\/p>\nRemaining schedule:<\/strong> against the Eagles, against the Titans, against the Steelers, against the Cardinals<\/p>\nWhy they could make the playoffs<\/strong>: This has more to do with the wild-card race than anything the Seahawks have done in the last month. Despite four consecutive defeats, they have the same record as the current No. 7 seed (Green Bay) and are only one victory behind the No. 6 seed (Minnesota). Three of their recent losses came against two of the NFC's best teams, the 49ers (twice) and the Cowboys. Even with another tough game Monday night against the Eagles (8:15 p.m. ET, ABC\/ESPN), their remaining schedule is manageable (12th easiest).<\/p>\nWhy they might not make the playoffs: <\/strong>Did I mention they lost four games in a row? One of them was against the Rams, who also beat the Seahawks in Game 1 and would thus own a two-way tiebreaker against Seattle. While they nearly upset the Cowboys in Arlington and had a fourth-quarter lead over the Rams, the Seahawks don't do much consistently, meaning even their regular season finale against the Cardinals doesn't look like to a gift. Additionally, they could be without starting quarterback Geno Smith for one more game due to his groin injury. -Brady Henderson<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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Matt Bowen says the way the Falcons deployed Bijan Robinson in Week 14 bodes well for his fantasy prospects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Current division rank: <\/strong>ten<\/p>\nOdds of making the playoffs:<\/strong> 37.0%<\/p>\nRemaining schedule:<\/strong> at the Panthers, against the Colts, at the Bears, at the Saints<\/p>\nWhy they could make the playoffs<\/strong>: Someone from the NFC South has to do it. That's part of the math here, but on the ground, Atlanta's defense has largely played well and the Falcons have a top-six game. If Atlanta can lean on these two avenues and find a way to unlock consistent performance from quarterback Desmond Ridder, the talent is there to reach the playoffs.<\/p>\n\nEditor's Choice<\/h2>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n
Why they might not make the playoffs: <\/strong>Inconsistency. Atlanta has yet to win three straight games in a season since Arthur Smith took over as coach in 2021, and watching the Falcons is like being on a roller coaster. The peaks are really high. The lowest ones are breathtaking. And that type of inconsistency can be magnified \u2014 for the young quarterback and the team as a whole \u2014 as each game reaches a higher level of importance. -Michael Rothstein<\/em><\/p>\n\nCurrent division rank: <\/strong>11<\/p>\nOdds of making the playoffs:<\/strong> 39.3%<\/p>\nRemaining schedule:<\/strong> against the Giants, against the Rams, against the Buccaneers, against the Falcons<\/p>\nWhy they could make the playoffs<\/strong>: The Saints no longer have teams with winning records on their schedule, and they will get a mini-bye before their final games against the Bucs and Falcons after a Thursday night game in Week 16 They will also be eligible. to bring back wide receiver Michael Thomas and cornerback Marshon Lattimore from injured reserve before those two games. Catcher Rashid Shaheed also returned to practice this week. Getting some players healthy could allow them to go a long way.<\/p>\nWhy they might not make the playoffs: <\/strong>The Saints were extremely inconsistent on offense and struggled to score in the red zone, even when more players were healthy. Defensively, they struggled to stop the run; they allowed 228 rushing yards the last time they faced the Falcons, their Week 18 opponent. The Saints held off the one-win Panthers last week, but their offensive struggles early in that game didn't may not bode well for how New Orleans might fare against its final four teams. -Katherine Terrell<\/em><\/p>\n<\/photo2><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Which 6-7 NFC teams will make playoffs: Bucs? Packers? Rams?\u060c In the AFC, you can have a winning record with four weeks left in the regular season and still stay out of the playoffs. One or three good teams will likely miss the playoffs. It is the opposite in the other conference. While the AFC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3744,5005,5399,322,4015,1004],"class_list":["post-15064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-bucs","tag-nfc","tag-packers","tag-playoffs","tag-rams","tag-teams"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15066,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064\/revisions\/15066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}