NFC North after Sunday - who actually wins this division?
Sunday shook the NFC North picture up again and now the standings searches are spiking. Every team in the division seems to take turns looking like the favorite and then dropping a game they should win. I keep going back and forth on whether it comes down to the head-to-head games, the division record tiebreaker, or just who stays healthiest down the stretch. For people who actually follow this division closely: who do you have winning it, and what is the one thing that decides it - schedule, tiebreakers, quarterback play, or something else?
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- Lions on the tiebreakers
Check the division record first, not the overall record. The North usually comes down to the head-to-head games in December, and the team that sweeps its home division games has the tiebreaker edge even if it drops a road game elsewhere. My pick is the team with the fewest remaining road division games - count those before you count total wins.