2021 NFL Playoff Picture: Here are the projected postseason chances for all 32 teams heading into Week 10

With 9 weeks of the NFL season within the books, meaning we’re precisely midway by the 12 months, which makes proper now the proper time to begin speaking in regards to the playoffs. 

The fantastic thing about the NFL playoff race proper now’s that every one 32 groups are at present nonetheless alive, which is information that may truly come as a complete shock to some Lions followers. Though the Lions at present have zero wins, they’re nonetheless mathematically alive, which is why everybody in Detroit ought to love math proper now. 

One motive each crew remains to be alive is due to playoff growth. The 2021 season will mark the second 12 months of the 14-team playoff period. From 1990 to 2019, there have been solely 12 groups, however the NFL added two additional playoff slots beginning with the 2020 season. 

That will help you determine who’s going to make the playoffs this 12 months, we will be publishing a projection each week for the remainder of the season. These projections will probably be based mostly on information from number-cruncher Stephen Oh of SportsLine.com. Every week, Oh will plug some numbers into his SportsLine laptop and simulate the remainder of the NFL season, and utilizing these numbers, we’ll venture the 14 groups we anticipate to make the playoffs. 

With that in thoughts, let’s get to the projections. 

AFC Playoff Projection

This is an inventory of the playoff possibilities for all the opposite AFC groups (their proportion probabilities of moving into the playoffs is listed subsequent to them in parentheses): Chiefs (45.7%), Colts (41%), Browns (40.8%), Broncos (34.3%), Bengals (28.1%), Dolphins (0.4%), Jaguars (0.1%), Jets (0.0%), Texans (0.0%). 

Be aware: The Jets and Texans have not been eradicated from playoff rivalry, however they’ve a zero % likelihood of constructing it as a result of the pc hates them. Truly, the pc would not love or hate, it has no emotions, it simply would not assume there is a mathematical likelihood for both crew to make it. 

NFC Playoff Projection

This is an inventory of the playoff possibilities for all the opposite NFC groups (their proportion probabilities of moving into the playoffs is listed subsequent to them in parentheses): Seahawks (24.8%), 49ers (23.9%), Falcons (21.9%), Eagles (16.7%), Panthers (6.9%), Giants (5.3%), Washington (2.1%), Bears (1.1%), Lions (0%). 

Wild-card spherical projection

AFC

(7) Patriots at (2) Payments
(6) Raiders at (3) Ravens
(5) Steelers at (4) Chargers

Bye: Titans 

NFC 

(7) Vikings at (2) Buccaneers
(6) Saints at (3) Packers
(5) Rams at (4) Cowboys

Bye: Cardinals