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A nuanced look at the playoff picture in the NFC South, the dumbest division in the NFL

The NFC South is making a prime argument for division level relegation in the NFL as they enter Week 15 of an 18 week season with every team technically alive for the division’s guaranteed playoff berth despite all of them having a losing record. Here are your current NFC South standings:

The numbers above are the team’s records followed by their (divisional records).

As you can see, the Bucs and the Panthers have the easiest path to winning the division. If either team wins out then they will take the crown. That’s because the penultimate game on each team’s schedule is against each other, in Tampa Bay.