Playoff Birth - NFC South Champions
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...ss&ten-no-16=win&car-no-17=win&event=champion
If I go into this article and switch it to win the division and put us as a win at the falcons and lose every other game we have a 100% chance of winning the division... so im thinking yes.
From what I can tell Saints clinch the division with any of the following:
- Win vs Falcons next week (clearly our favorite route!)
- Win vs Panthers in week 17
- Panthers loss to Falcons in week 14
- Any combo of Saints wins and Panthers losses of at least 2 (i.e. Magic Number of 2)
- Saints lose out, Panthers lose 1 game, and TB wins out (3 way tiebreaker at 9-7)
Panthers appear to win 2 way tiebreakers with us at 10-6 or 9-7 (based on record against common opponents)
We win 2 way tiebreaker against Bucs at 9-7 (based on head to head sweep)
In a 3 way tie with Panthers and Bucs at 9-7 we appear to win (based on head to head records among tied teams 3-1, vs 2-2, vs 1-3)