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The NFC after Week 17: Playoff picture takes shape

The 2018 NFL regular season is in the books, and now it’s time to look at the playoff picture in the NFC.

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Coming into Week 17, the New Orleans Saints (13-2) had already locked up the NFC South and the #1 seed in the NFC. The Dallas Cowboys (9-6), atop the NFC East, were the only other team to have locked in their position in the NFC playoff picture as the #4 seed in the NFC. The Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears were duking it out for the #2 or #3 seed, and the Philadelphia Eagles (9-6) were hoping for a Bears win and a Vikings loss (8-6-1) for the Eagles to boot the Vikings from the #6 seed.