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The playoff picture in numbers - what the seeds mean this week, and what the arithmetic can already rule out.

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NFL playoff picture in Week 2 - why 0-1 Carolina holds the NFC's fourth seed

Through games of Friday, September 18. Six of the eight division leaders lead on tiebreakers rather than record. In the AFC North three clubs are 1-0, and the one with the better point margin is the one left outside the seven-team field.

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