With a significantly reshaped roster from the Super Bowl team two seasons ago, the Los Angeles Rams are still in a better position to make the NFC playoffs than the Seattle Seahawks.
Despite Joe Flacco’s best efforts, the Cleveland Browns eventually collapsed late and the Rams cruised to a 36-19 win. It’s the third straight win for the Rams, and after starting 3-6 while the Seahawks were 6-3, both teams are now 6-6 and the Rams own the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Seattle is now out of the playoff spot even before Sunday Night Football A confrontation between the Green Bay Packers (5-6) and the Kansas City Chiefs. And it’s very likely that they won’t come back either.
Here are the updated rankings.
NFC playoff standings
1. Philadelphia Eagles (10-2)
2. San Francisco 49ers (9-3, 7-1 NFC)
3. Detroit Lions (9-3, 6-2 NFC)
4. Atlanta Falcons (6-6)
Wild card
5. Dallas Cowboys (9-3)
6. Minnesota Vikings (6-6, 6-3 NFC)
7. Los Angeles Rams (6-6, 4-4 NFC)
Anyone but him
8. Seattle Seahawks (6-6, 5-4 NFC)
9. Green Bay Packers (5-6)
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-7, head to head on NO)
11. New Orleans Saints (5-7)
12. New York Giants (4-8, 3-4 NFC)
13. Chicago Bears (4-8)
14. Washington leaders (4-9)
15. Arizona Cardinals (3-10)
Excluded
16. Carolina Panthers (1-11)
We’ll update this post after Packers-Chiefs, so stay tuned.
