NFC Playoff Picture and week 16 rooting guide: Help is needed from unlikely sources

It’s Christmas weekend and Seattle Seahawks fans would love nothing more than for several results to break favorably so that dreams of reaching the playoffs can remain alive.

Here are the updated NFC playoff standings:

#5 - Carolina Panthers (10-4)

#6 - Atlanta Falcons (9-5)

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Seattle is finished if they lose to Dallas, but even if they win, they need help, and some of the help required involves some bad teams pulling off upsets.

I’ve outlined the playoff scenarios here, and the most likely way the Seahawks qualify for postseason play is they win out and Atlanta loses out. This means that pulling for the New Orleans Saints to defeat the Falcons at home is a no-brainer. New Orleans should’ve won…