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Falcons have 67 percent chance of making the playoffs

102515 NASHVILLE: -- Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff (left) and head coach Dan Quinn celebrate surviving the Titans for a 10-7 victory in a football game on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, in Nashville. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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102515 NASHVILLE: -- Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff (left) and head coach Dan Quinn celebrate surviving the Titans for a 10-7 victory in a football game on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, in Nashville. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
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Nov 10, 2015

FLOWERY BRANCH -- Despite going 1-3 over their past four games, the Falcons still have some pretty good odds of reaching the playoffs.

The Falcons have a 67 percent  chance of making the playoffs and need to win 5 of the remaining 7 games to virtually clinch of a playoff berth, according to the www. makeNFLplayoffs.com.

The website is in its 8th year of providing statistics which calculates the chances each NFL team will make the playoffs.

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