We have 7 games left. If we lose both games to MIN, and then get a combination of 4 Lions wins/Vikings losses we finish tied and lose the tiebreaker. Even a split doesn’t necessarily guarantee it if we get exactly 4…
Split the Vikings (magic number reduced by 2) and beat only 1 division rival plus 1 other DET win/MIN loss and we lose the tiebreaker.
Does this mean our magic number is 4?
Not quite…
We have 7 games left. If we lose both games to MIN, and then get a combination of 4 Lions wins/Vikings losses we finish tied and lose the tiebreaker. Even a split doesn’t necessarily guarantee it if we get exactly 4…
Split the Vikings (magic number reduced by 2) and beat only 1 division rival plus 1 other DET win/MIN loss and we lose the tiebreaker.