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Detroit is now 2-3-1. They've lost to GB and Minnesota, and have to play the Bears twice, and the other once each. Just within their division, they will probably split with all of them (that's the optimist in me), for 4-5-1, and their other games (Giants, Oakland, Dallas, Washington, Tampa Bay, Denver) actually look like a better than .500 schedule, meaning they will probably wind up watching the playoffs in TV, with a record of 8-7-1. Barring some amazing outcomes, GB will win the division, and may even sew up a first round bye (SF's current unbeaten record is a mirage, it was accomplished vs Tampa Bay 2-4, Cincinnati 0-7, Pittsburgh 2-4, Cleveland 2-4, L.A. Rams 4-3, and Washington 1-6). I'd consider that the best-case scenario at this point -- that, and the firing of Matt Patricia.

New England	6	0	0	1.000	190	48	142	3-0-0	3-0-0	3-0-0	4-0-0	2-0-0	W6	13.4	95.5%
San Francisco	6	0	0	1.000	156	64	92	2-0-0	4-0-0	1-0-0	3-0-0	3-0-0	W6	12	68.9%
Green Bay	6	1	0	.857	184	139	45	4-1-0	2-0-0	3-0-0	4-1-0	2-0-0	W3	10.5	49.8%
Buffalo	5	1	0	.833	121	91	30	2-1-0	3-0-0	2-1-0	4-1-0	1-0-0	W2	10.3	4.5%
New Orleans	5	1	0	.833	128	122	6	3-0-0	2-1-0	1-0-0	3-1-0	2-0-0	W4	11.7	86.3%
Seattle	5	1	0	.833	165	146	19	2-1-0	3-0-0	2-0-0	2-1-0	3-0-0	W3	10.4	27.8%
Kansas City	5	2	0	.714	202	150	52	1-2-0	4-0-0	2-0-0	4-2-0	1-0-0	W1	10.1	79.6%
Minnesota	5	2	0	.714	192	123	69	3-0-0	2-2-0	1-2-0	4-2-0	1-0-0	W3	9.8	23.5%
Baltimore	4	2	0	.667	184	140	44	2-1-0	2-1-0	2-1-0	3-2-0	1-0-0	W2	9.6	63.3%
Carolina	4	2	0	.667	166	133	33	1-2-0	3-0-0	1-1-0	2-2-0	2-0-0	W4	9.3	13.3%
Indianapolis	4	2	0	.667	143	138	5	2-1-0	2-1-0	2-0-0	3-2-0	1-0-0	W2	8.8	33.3%
Houston	4	3	0	.571	185	164	21	2-1-0	2-2-0	1-1-0	3-1-0	1-2-0	L1	9.8	58.0%
L.A. Rams	4	3	0	.571	190	164	26	1-2-0	3-1-0	0-2-0	3-3-0	1-0-0	W1	8.5	3.2%
Chicago	3	2	0	.600	87	69	18	1-1-0	2-1-0	1-1-0	2-1-0	1-1-0	L1	9.2	14.5%
Dallas	3	3	0	.500	153	114	39	2-1-0	1-2-0	2-0-0	2-2-0	1-1-0	L3	7.7	23.7%
Oakland	3	3	0	.500	127	165	-38	2-1-0	1-2-0	1-1-0	2-1-0	1-2-0	L1	7.6	9.6%
Philadelphia	3	3	0	.500	161	149	12	2-1-0	1-2-0	1-0-0	2-3-0	1-0-0	L1	9.1	70.5%
Arizona	3	3	1	.500	161	192	-31	1-2-1	2-1-0	0-1-0	2-2-1	1-1-0	W3	5.6	<1.0%
Jacksonville	3	4	0	.429	144	148	-4	1-2-0	2-2-0	1-1-0	3-2-0	0-2-0	W1	7	6.4%
Detroit	2	3	1	.417	149	160	-11	1-2-0	1-1-1	0-2-0	1-2-1	1-1-0	L3	8.3	12.2%
Cleveland	2	4	0	.333	120	154	-34	0-3-0	2-1-0	1-0-0	2-1-0	0-3-0	L2	7.5	15.1%
L.A. Chargers	2	4	0	.333	120	118	2	1-3-0	1-1-0	0-1-0	2-3-0	0-1-0	L2	7.2	10.5%
Pittsburgh	2	4	0	.333	123	131	-8	1-2-0	1-2-0	1-1-0	2-2-0	0-2-0	W1	8.1	21.5%
Tampa Bay	2	4	0	.333	173	185	-12	0-3-0	2-1-0	1-2-0	2-4-0	0-0-0	L2	6	<1.0%
Tennessee	2	4	0	.333	98	92	6	0-2-0	2-2-0	0-2-0	1-4-0	1-0-0	L2	6.2	2.3%
Denver	2	5	0	.286	112	136	-24	1-3-0	1-2-0	1-2-0	2-3-0	0-2-0	L1	5.3	<1.0%
N.Y. Giants	2	5	0	.286	132	187	-55	1-3-0	1-2-0	1-1-0	2-3-0	0-2-0	L3	6.3	5.6%
N.Y. Jets	1	4	0	.200	63	123	-60	1-2-0	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-3-0	1-1-0	W1	5.6	<1.0%
Atlanta	1	6	0	.143	145	223	-78	1-2-0	0-4-0	0-0-0	1-3-0	0-3-0	L5	4.8	<1.0%
Washington	1	6	0	.143	90	176	-86	0-4-0	1-2-0	0-3-0	0-5-0	1-1-0	L1	4.1	<1.0%
Miami	0	6	0	.000	63	211	-148	0-4-0	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-4-0	0-2-0	L6	1.8	0.0%
Cincinnati	0	7	0	.000	114	186	-72	0-3-0	0-4-0	0-2-0	0-4-0	0-3-0	L7	3.8	<1.0%

Yeah, so SF beat the Rams. The Rams have four wins, and only the win over the Saints was an outlier. The other wins have been agains Carolina (4-2), Cleveland (2-4), Tampa Bay (2-4), and Atlanta (1-6).

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The Lions coaches decided that, rather than put the team in a position to possibly tie the game, went for two, putting the game out of reach. Nothing beats a team like having its coaches deliberately **** them over. There was no further point to exerting themselves on offense (with their young 2nd stringer QB) when it was no longer even a remote possibility. AND, two points wouldn't have made a difference in the outcome, because they still couldn't have won it with a field goal. See how stupid that was? Get it now? Basically, what they did was, try to win the game as time ran out and failed, but did it ten minutes early and eight points down. WTF. Useless, useless, useless. It's easy to believe that mob-run gambling orgs are paying people off (officials, coaches, players, the NFL itself) to fix games. The other 31 teams should just move to Vegas and get it over with.

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Usually in the AFC it takes a worse record to get the wild card than it does in the NFC

Still that way -- one fewer team eliminated in the AFC, one more in the "not yet eliminated" category, in the AFC.

Speaking of elimination...

BTW, the eliminated Falcons knocked off the 49ers. Current seeds, per CBS sports:

1. 1st Seed -- Ravens -- 12-2-0
2. 2nd Seed -- Patriots -- 11-3-0
3. 3rd Seed -- Chiefs -- 10-4-0
4. 4th Seed -- Texans -- 9-5-0
5. 5th Seed -- Bills -- 10-4-0
6. 6th Seed -- Steelers -- 8-6-0

1. 1st Seed -- Seahawks -- 11-3-0
2. 2nd Seed -- Packers -- 11-3-0
3. 3rd Seed -- Saints -- 11-3-0
4. 4th Seed -- Cowboys -- 7-7-0
5. 5th Seed -- 49ers -- 11-3-0
6. 6th Seed -- Vikings -- 10-4-0