NFL playoff picture: Arizona Cardinals vault back into top spot after NFL Week 11 victory
Week 11 of the 2021 NFL season couldn't have gone much better for the Arizona Cardinals.
The team defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 23-13, to move to 9-2 on the season, the best record in the NFL.
And a couple of its biggest competitors in the NFC stumbled, as the Green Bay Packers fell to the Minnesota Vikings, 34-31 and the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 19-9.
Arizona regained the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs as a result.
The Tennessee Titans held on to the top spot in the AFC in Week 11 even with their shocking 22-13 loss to the Houston Texans.
The top seed in each conference gets a bye in the playoffs and the other division winners get the No. 2 through No. 4 seeds.
The No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds go to the non-division winners with the best records.
NFL Week 12 picks, predictions:
Buccaneers at Colts | Jets at Texans | Eagles at Giants
Panthers at Dolphins | Titans at Patriots | Steelers at Bengals
Falcons at Jaguars | Chargers at Broncos | Rams at Packers
NFC playoff picture after Week 11:
No. 1 Arizona Cardinals (9-2)
No. 2 Green Bay Packers (8-3)
No. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-3)
No. 4 Dallas Cowboys (7-3)
No. 5 Los Angeles Rams (7-3)
No. 6 Minnesota Vikings (5-5)
No. 7 New Orleans Saints (5-5)
In the hunt:
San Francisco 49ers (5-5)
Philadelphia Eagles (5-6)
Carolina Panthers (5-6)
Washington Football Team (4-6)
Atlanta Falcons (4-6)
NFC playoff matchups right now:
No. 2 Packers vs. No. 7 Saints
No. 3 Buccaneers vs. No. 6 Vikings
No. 4 Cowboys vs. No. 5 Rams
Notes: The Buccaneers win a tie breaker over the Cowboys based on head-to-head win percentage. The Vikings win a tie breaker over the 49ers and Saints on win percentage in NFC games. The Saints take a tie breaker over the 49ers on strength of victory.
NFL Week 12 game odds, television information:
Buccaneers at Colts | Jets at Texans | Eagles at Giants
Panthers at Dolphins | Titans at Patriots | Steelers at Bengals
Vikings at 49ers | Browns at Ravens | Seahawks at Washington
AFC playoff picture after Week 11:
No. 1 Tennessee Titans (8-3)
No. 2 Baltimore Ravens (7-3)
No. 3 New England Patriots (7-4)
No. 4 Kansas City Chiefs (7-4)
No. 5 Cincinnati Bengals (6-4)
No. 6 Los Angeles Chargers (6-4)
No. 7 Buffalo Bills (6-4)
In the hunt:
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4-1)
Indianapolis Colts (6-5)
Cleveland Browns (6-5)
Las Vegas Raiders (5-5)
Denver Broncos (5-5)
Miami Dolphins (4-7)
AFC playoff matchups right now:
No. 2 Ravens vs. No. 7 Bills
No. 3 Patriots vs. No. 6 Chargers
No. 4 Chiefs vs. No. 5 Bengals
Notes: The Patriots take a tie breaker over the Chiefs on win percentage in AFC games. The Bengals take a tie breaker over the Chargers on win percentage in common games and a tie breaker over the Bills on conference games win percentage. The Chargers take a tie breaker over the Bills on win percentage in conference games.
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