I agree. The NFC North is sitting pretty right now but two of them have 3 division games left, two others have 4. They are going to beat up each other. What we need is for one of them to dominate the rest of the division and after the Cousins acquisition, that may be the Vikings. If they can win out their division games, that'll help.Nah, the NFC North teams have to lose to each other. Plus a number of them still play Buffalo and New England. Minn plays the Niners, GB plays the Rams, which might be a must win for LA.
So there are losses to be had.
If that happens:
The Packers will have at least 4 losses and games against the Rams, Bills, Texans, Lions and Bears. If the Rams can beat them that'll be 5 losses with a Rams tiebreaker .
Detroit will have at least 3 losses and games against the Bears (2), Packers, New England, Atlanta and the Giants. I see a couple/few "L's" there.
Chicago will have at least 3 losses and games against Jacksonville, Buffalo, Green Bay and two vs Detroit.
If we can manage a better record that 2 of the NFC North teams, we will have an excellent shot at the postseason. 11-6 might do it, 12-5 certainly will.