How about if we're tied with just Tampa and the Rams? We obviously lost to Tampa, who lost to LA, but we didn't play LA.
Does it come down to conference record?
Just looked at official tie breaking procedures cuz I think they changed the procedures since adding the seventh playoff team..disregard my previous post.
Ultimately, this Vikings game isnt as valuable as a conference tiebreaker as it used to be. Instead, common games record has jumped up. So Vikings game important if we tie with Packers, Cardinals and Rams since these three do play Vikings at least once. Bucs don’t play Vikings this season so Vikings game not counted if Bucs is one of three clubs tied.
Bad news. So, it’s still unclear the way it’s written below, but I believe In order for Bucs h2h win over us to be thrown out, the third team tied with Cowboys and Bucs would have to be Panthers and Panthers beat the Bucs twice.
we’re screwed. Bucs would be 1-2, we’d be 1-1 and Panthers 2-1, so Panthers would be #1 seed. No scenario I see being tied with Bucs does h2h win over us get eliminated for us to get preferential seeding over Bucs (unless there’s four-way tie...)
Good news for us is that division record is second tiebreaker
Three or More Clubs
(Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of the two-club format).
- Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the clubs).
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
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