Throughout pro football history, there have been 18 instances in which three teams in a division each made the playoffs. As it stands through Week 11, one division is on pace to become the 19th. The NFC North, by far the best division in football by most measurements, already has the Detroit Lions (one seed), the Minnesota Vikings (five seed), and the Green Bay Packers (six seed) in the conference’s top seven for playoff possibilities.
Where things get interesting is in the NFC West. Not that we’re going to see three teams from that division in the postseason, but everything is in play on and near the west
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