Seven weeks into the season, we’re ready to take a look at what the first round of the playoffs could look like in January. Using the machine learning power of Amazon Web Services, we’ve simulated the rest of the NFL season thousands of times and found the most likely first-round playoff matchups, along with some teams that are just on the outside looking in.
NFC Wild Card Matchups
Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys
Per PFF’s simulations, Minnesota currently is projected to make the playoffs 70.8% of the time and win the NFC North 31.