The Vikings didn’t play, but their playoff chances improved

Close to the halfway point of the season, I started doing a week to week update of the Vikings playoff chances. Along the way, they’ve had a couple of big wins, a tough loss, and the bye week. And even though the Bears won a big game against Detroit, Minnesota’s playoff chances actually improved this past weekend. How can that be? Well, if you want to go back to the beginning, you can get caught up here, here, and here.

If you don’t want to take the time to get caught up, a quick primer, if I may: I’ve been using two sites to help with playoff percentages and seeding, the 538 playoff predictor, and Playoff Predictions dot com, which allow you to waste hours of your day coming up with…