Before anyone had touched a football in NFL Week 7, we already knew that the NFC Playoff picture was going to look the clearest it has at any point prior in the 2024 season. That, of course, started with the Detroit Lions (sans Aidan Hutchinson) going on the road to face a Minnesota Vikings team that came off their bye week undefeated.
The Lions, fresh off lambasting the Cowboys a week ago, didn’t stop rolling. They got into a duel with their divisional rivals but a field goal in the final 30 seconds sealed their fate. But that wasn’t all, the Green Bay Packers were in a dogfight of their own with the Houston Texans while a pair of could-be contenders with the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks squared off.
And after Sunday with the Lions getting that win, the Packers getting a win of their own, and the Seahawks clipping the Falcons on the road, we have quite a shake-up with what the NFC Playoff picture now looks like.
Updated NFC Playoff picture: Lions take over No. 1 seed after beating Vikings
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