FLOWERY BRANCH -- The Falcons have a 14.2% chance of making the playoffs and need to win 8 of the remaining 8 games to virtually clinch a playoff berth, according to our friends over at  www.makeNFLplayoffs.com which calculates the chances each NFL team will make the playoffs.

This is the site's 7th year providing statistics on each team's chance of making the NFL playoffs.

                         TOTAL   DIVISION    CONF        Win      Make

   AFC Team Name                W--L--T         W--L--T          W--L--T          Division  Playoffs

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                         TOTAL   DIVISION    CONF        Win      Make

   NFC Team Name                 W--L--T    W--L--T           W--L--T          Division      Playoffs

    -1st-Round-BYE -Host-Wildcard- -Road-Wildcard-  Make

      Team Name         Champ    2nd     3rd     4th     5th     6th   Playoffs

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     Atlanta Falcons   0.00016 0.00139 0.00808 0.12815 0.00076 0.00304  0.14159

AtlFal  Record     Make                      1st Round

Final  8 Games   Playoffs                Playoff Opponent     Probability

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8-0         0.99988                     MISS PLAYOFFS     0.85841

7-1         0.95719                  Seattle Seahawks     0.02260

6-2         0.60348                    Dallas Cowboys     0.02168

5-3         0.17722                 Arizona Cardinals     0.01755

4-4         0.01277               San Francisco 49ers     0.01608

3-5         0.00006                     Detroit Lions     0.01386

2-6         0.00000               Philadelphia Eagles     0.01253

1-7         0.00000                 Green Bay Packers     0.01150

0-8         0.00000                 Minnesota Vikings     0.00816

Chicago Bears     0.00540

New York Giants     0.00376

Saint Louis Rams     0.00317

New Orleans Saints     0.00253

BYE     0.00156

Washington Redskins     0.00095

Carolina Panthers     0.00024

Tampa Bay Buccaneers     0.00002