And you thought your NFL NFC team had a chance to get to the playoffs this year? You are probably wrong. Here are my NFC Playoff predictions.
| NO CHANCE | |
| NFC East | |
| NG | Really hard to predict this team but they won’t make the playoffs. |
| WA | QB Smith has less to work with than he did in KC. |
| NFC North | |
| DT | All Stafford has is his arm. No OL, no WRS and a bad D. |
| CH | Heading in the right direction but not sure if they have the right QB |
| NFC South | |
| CR | Cam is a question mark but the D is fine. That is not enough to get them into the playoffs |
| TB | Jameis Winston starts the season with a 3-game suspension in the worst part of the schedule for TB and the D is not good enough to rescue the O. |
| NFC West | |
| AZ | They find out how much they miss Mathieu and fail to make the playoffs. |
| Teams that are in the playoffs | |
| PH | The D will keep PH in the race no matter who is QB |
| MN | Kirk Cousins has much better targets than in WA. He and the D will get it done. |
| NO | Brees and an improving D get NO back into the playoffs |
| On the bubble | |
| LR | Could make it but needed DT Aaron Donald to sign but traded DE Quinn because they had no idea how to use him. |
| Needs some help | |
| DA | The O is fine. If the D comes around and develops a pass rush DA could make it to the playoffs |
| GB | If the OL can keep Rodgers healthy and D figures out how to cover WRS & TES |
| AT | Ryan can score a lot of points but can the D stop anyone? If they can AT can get in. |
| Very little hope | |
| SE | Wilson is wonderful but he can’t play D. Legion of book is dead. So is the D. |
| SF | Garoppolo gives SF fans some hope but the D needs to be better to make the playoffs |