AFC 1. Indy (11-0) South Champions (Will win 1st round bye with win, Denver loss, NE Loss, and Cincinnati loss) 2. Cincinnati (8-3) North leader (6-3 conf record, 3-2 in common games with SD)
3. San Diego (8-3) West leader (6-3 conf record, 3-3 in common games with Cincinnati) 4. New England (7-4) East leader 5. Denver (7-4) 6. Jacksonville (6-5) (5-2 conf record)
12. Tennessee (6-5) (lost to Houston, lost to NY Jets) 13. Buffalo (4-7) 14. Kansas City (3-8) (1-1 vs Oakland, 1-3 div record) 15. Oakland (3-8) (1-1 vs Kansas City, 1-4 div record) 16 w-Cleveland (1-10)
Wildcard weekend: #6 Jacksonville (6-5) @ #3 San Diego (8-3) #5 Denver (7-4) @ #4 New England (7-4)
NFC 1. New Orleans (11-0) South leader (will win division with win or Atlanta loss) 2. Minnesota (10-1) North leader (will win division with win AND GB loss, will clinch playoff spot with win OR NY Giants loss AND Atlanta loss)
3. Dallas (8-3) East leader 4. Arizona (7-4) West leader 5. Philadelphia (7-4) (6-2 conf record) 6. Green Bay (7-4) (6-3 conf record)
7. NY Giants (6-5) (beat Atlanta) 8. Atlanta (6-5) (lost to NY Giants) 9. San Francisco (5-6) 10. Carolina (4-7) (4-4 conf record) 11. Chicago (4-7) (2-6 conf record, beat Seattle)
12. Seattle (4-7) (3-6 conf record, lost to Chicago) 13. Washington (3-8) 14. w-Detroit (2-9) 15. w-Tampa Bay (1-10) (1-7 conf record) 16. w-St. Louis (1-10) (1-8 conf record)
w- Eliminated from playoffs
1st round bye: #1 New Orleans (11-0), #2 Minnesota (10-1)
Wildcard games: #6 Green Bay (7-4) @ #3 Dallas (8-3) #5 Philadelphia (7-4) @ #4 Arizona (7-4)
The AFC is 25-21 (0.543) vs the NFC
Divisional Strength by out of division record AFC South 18-8 (0.692) NFC East 17-13 (0.567) NFC North 14-12 (0.538) NFC South 15-15 (0.500)
AFC East 12-14 (0.462) AFC West 12-14 (0.462) AFC North 11-13 (0.458) NFC West 9-19 (0.321)
Draft order: (for non-playoff teams, I only broke the 1st place tie) 1t Cleveland (1-10) *coin flip because their SOS is tied and can't apply div nor conf record tiebreaker 1t Tampa Bay (1-10) 3. St. Louis (1-10) 4. Detroit (2-9)
5. Washington (3-8) 6. Kansas City (3-8) 7. Oakland (3-8) 8. Buffalo (4-7)
9. San Francisco - from Carolina (4-7) 10. Denver - from Chicago (4-7) 11. Seattle (4-7) 12. New York Jets (5-6)
13. San Francisco (5-6) 14. Houston (5-6) 15. Tennessee (5-6) 16. Miami (5-6)
17. Baltimore (6-5) 18. Atlanta (6-5) 19. Pittsburgh (6-5) 20. New York Giants (6-5)
At least Tasker asked Caldwell a specific football-related question after the first half and got a better answer than the usual "well, we have momentum..." type of response. Also, that was the first time I've ever heard Jim Caldwell speak.