A Look at the NFC Playoff Picture After Week 12 Action: Vikes 9-2, Still #5 Seed...

A Look at the NFC Playoff Picture After Week 12 Action. The Minnesota Vikings are 9-2, but are STILL locked into the 5-seed because of the freight train Detroit Lions.
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[@ACMFORALL]

The 1999 Tennessee Titans were 13-3, the best record to have ever made a wildcard playoff appearance. Fyi they made the Superbowl that year.

[@RichardPiccerillo-c4o]

Been a decade since I had a Thanksgiving with anyone,so glad there’s football for a distraction,go Vikes! I’m older all good only relatives in Italy lol

[@SKOL_4_Life]

Happy Thanksgiving my fellow viking! When that Skol chant starts, know you are never alone!!

[@Hadrian_S]

I’ll be thinking about you this Thanksgiving brotha. Skol to you!

[@roberthanson6156]

Only in the NFL can you have 2, 6-5 teams be ahead of a team that’s 9-2

[@ryannewazada2102]

Aloha Andy. Buffalo will play Detroit tough as they'll be the Lions along the stretch. The Lions and the Vikings will play for the top seed and the division title in week 17 at Detroit. These two teams will enter their last game at 14-2 for the NFC North Division championship. The Vikings 👀 👀 👀 win another nailbiter in Detroit.

[@jean-guygagnon6950]

Vikings should take care of themselves, play well and win quarter by quarter. One game at a time.

[@TheTrueWelshIdiot]

I'm British. Try explaining to a room full of Brits (who didn't think they'd like it) in an office how we are 4th in the league , 5th in the conference and 2nd in the division. Oh, and that it's fantastic. (Luckily, its working, they are starting to take interest). Skol from the UK.

[@Cvweare]

Call me crazy but I don’t care where we end up. Just get in and let’s get to work.

[@karenhardie1132]

Will be tough to win the division if the lions continue to win.

[@katherineberger6329]

They did join us in sweeping the AFC South.

[@TheSpawnTrapper]

Do we even get the 1 seed if we win out and the Lions only lose to us Week 18.

[@billysa049]

@@TheSpawnTrapper I believe the eagles would be in contention for it if they win out too in that scenario

[@Aud-m2o]

@@TheSpawnTrapperno lions still win the division unfortunately

[@lordhegamonster6931]

Lions will drop a few.. barely beat the lowly Texans.. 🤷‍♂️

[@Tr4v3ler]

The script writers will make sure the Vikes/Lions game is meaningful. NFL wants the viewership $$$

[@gibsonrocks13579]

Always do a mid afternoon meal about 2 pm get to watch the first game and have some drinks then big meal to sober up and take a nap then leftovers and dranks for the evening game

[@TheSpawnTrapper]

Would be way more interesting if seeding was actually based off of record you know like every other pro-sport.

[@aaronridenour3449]

The sucky thing is the games to watch are at noon and night the cowboys giants game is in the worst spot lol, we eat at 2:30

[@walterhibbard4096]

I can see the Bills beating the Lions. But other than our game I don’t see many more opportunities for Vikings to catch the Lions. Vikings have to essentially win out and Lions woukd need to stumble at least twice

[@jayramsey690]

75% of the NFC north makes the playoffs….wow!

[@JF94-k4o]

Thanksgiving isn't Thanksgiving unless we eat at 12 noon!

[@jakeproeschel2413]

Rock Chalk!! MN raised x KU alum 🤝🏽

[@billysa049]

I hate the reality of rooting for the packers to beat the lions for a chance at the 1 seed in week 18

[@ajw4571]

The Bears are gonna beat the Lions on Thursday. So we wont have to root for the packers.

[@ericwright3798]

Bills could beat the lions too

[@aura1892]

@@ajw4571not in your wildest dreams 😂

[@aura1892]

@@ericwright3798they ain’t doing it either

[@ajw4571]

@@aura1892 Hey respect to the Lions you guys are a beastly team, and will likely be in the NFC championship game. But that 1 seed is no guarantee, a one game slip up before week 18 is all it could take.

[@ShaunBowm]

I concur Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, we put the turkey in early....eat early afternoon 1ish 2 things 1. you are not so stuffed in the evening, ie hard to sleep or jot to full to play games 2. U go for leftovers or turkey sandwiches 😋 later for snack or dinner

[@rollerr]

Bro the power rankings this week are straight up WILD. So many of them are putting the Packers above the Vikings against all logic.

[@TheSpawnTrapper]

I have the Vikings at 6, Packers at 7.

[@BradleySteffan]

If the lions and the vikings both go undefeated the rest of the way and the vikings beat them in week 18. Who wins the division?

[@communism-is-tits]

The lions

[@tomlimbeck9934]

Family boy's over for morning deer hunt on the farm. Eat early afternoon. Football, keep eating till.

[@marcjohn9404]

For the Lions, this is it. They will never have as much go right for them as this year, they will never be this good again. This is a generational team. If they don't win the Super Bowl this year, they're not winning it any of the years after. This is Greatest Show On Turf, '99 Rams esque, so they'd better win, because this is as good as it's going to be.

[@jacknoeldner52]

Man the lions are good this year 😅

[@randyjackson5590]

I told the wife this morning if we play Atlanta we are going F them bills lol

[@ajw4571]

Bear down boys, Lions are gonna get served an L on Thursday. I think Caleb is going to go off on a winning streak. Except the Winter White Out game, not possible to win that game.

[@ShaunBowm]

Eagles have 2 hard. Gms in the next 3 weeks Bal , Pits , they have had the easiest schedule of anybody so far, so it will be good to see them play a couple top teams

[@albertdehaven5285]

Rather the bears beat lions plus if we got to root for gb I want us to have a bigger lead over green bay

[@fym182]

If I’m a lions fan I’m honestly nervous and want me team to slip up atleast one time before playoffs. Because the odds of them not losing another game since week 2 and winning the SB is very unlikely

[@TerryFoley-i4m]

The Bucs can't win the division from the Falcons since they already have 2 in division losses. The Falcons are 4-1 and only have the Panthers left to play. The Falcons have beaten the Bucs twice this year with their only loss coming to the Saints. The Saints have 3 in division losses, meaning they are done. To me, this says this division is Clinched after the December 1 games are completed.

[@katherineberger6329]

Steeler bullshit is insufferable in the regular season but disappears in the postseason.

[@ShaunBowm]

We do need one of the bears or GB to take one from Det, ie tiebreaker if we sweep remaining gms I'm confident Buf can take out Lions....still probably need to win out

[@laysay1645]

I will be s bears n Williams fan come Thursday 😆

[@issazeele1707]

6:47 beat all the home games, and the last 2 won't matter

[@randywachter]

Terrified of TB actually.. especially in a road playoff game. This team has beaten the 1 and 2 seed. They’re real

[@kylediederich5159]

Scrappy team and quarterback

[@fym182]

When healthy which they’re not. TB will never scare me with Todd Bowles

[@edmadam1]

The new call of duty is out 😂😂

[@allenuhlir9242]

Weird thought .... What if we end up tagging and trading Sam Darnold to .... San Francisco!?!?!?

[@BradleySteffan]

Bro why you trying to picture the vikings as a wildcard. I'm still hunting the division.

[@VikeDefender]

Selfishly i hope we play the bucs round 1 so i can go to the game

[@josephdaly2041]

At this point give me the 5 seed. We play ATL or AZ, then we go to Philly on the road for the Harrison Smith redemption tour. We then do to a 16-1 Detroit team what happened to us in 1998-- pure heartbreak. Finally, we lose 52-6 to the Buffalo Bills in the "someone's 0 has got to go!" superbowl.

[@scottpanek9159]

Winning your division should not matter so much for playoff seeding. Stupid. It should just be best records sit higher and opponents for that matter. Vikings are in hands down toughest division maybe ever?

[@lordhegamonster6931]

Lions are above average but not in my top 5

[@MNspikegrow]

Let the lions peak early 😂 they've been trash for sooooo long

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

If it makes you feel better,the Lions have the same amount of Lombardi Trophies as you.

[@MNspikegrow]

@Thelowestofthelowtiers and they've wore bags on their heads because the lions were so traaaaash

[@scottmack6656]

​@@MNspikegrowyour absolutely correct! And now they have a great team with a elite gm who will keep them good for along time.

[@MNspikegrow]

@scottmack6656 you got a decade or so of actually being relevant before yall get to beat your chest. That's just life.

[@scottmack6656]

@@MNspikegrow brad Holmes will always out do kwesi so I'm not worried about that happening! Lots of football left this year.

[@BROCKOLEE2617]

If Vikings win week 18 we win the super bowl