It's impossible for all the teams in a division to have losing records in their divisional games--every time someone loses a game, someone else in the division wins it. But the home team could win every game, and everyone would be 3-3 in divisional play. But as far as I can tell there's no reason why the teams in this unhappy division couldn't lose all ten of their other games. Is this true--is it mathematically possible for a three win team to go to the playoffs? Naturally, this question is motivated by the fact that there's serious talk of a six win team representing the NFC South.
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For this unlikely scenario to be resolved, it likely would be the fifth tie breaker to break the logjam. - Strength of victory. nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures
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