The NFC North has been setting itself as much as be the very best division in soccer, evidenced by how properly the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings and Inexperienced Bay Packers have performed by way of 13 weeks of the season. The Lions are 11-1 whereas the Vikings are 10-2 and the Packers sit at 9-3, having three of the 4 finest information within the NFC and three of the six finest information in the complete NFL.
There’s a situation the place the Lions, Vikings and Packers can every end with 14 wins on the season, with every crew ending up 14-3. For every crew to complete with 14 wins, these three issues have to occur (per CBS Sports activities Analysis).
- The Packers win out (end 5-0)
- The Vikings end 4-1 with their solely loss to Packers
- The Lions end 3-2 with their solely losses to Packers and Vikings
Within the occasion of all 4 groups ending 14-3, the Lions would win the division based mostly on power of victory (the fifth tiebreaker amongst division ties between 3+ groups). The Packers could be second within the NFC North and the Vikings could be third, as Inexperienced Bay could be No. 5 within the NFC standings and the Vikings No. 6.
How historic wouldn’t it be for the NFC North to have three 14-win groups? There’s by no means been a division with two 14-win groups and no convention has ever completed with three 14-win groups. There’s by no means been a division with three 13-win groups both, so the NFC North would considerably enter unchartered territory.
So much must occur for the NFC North to have three 14-win groups, however it’s doable. Even with the Lions at present having a one-game lead within the NFC North, they nonetheless would win the division on this situation.
