The Most Important Games for the Cardinals are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cardinals final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Cardinals fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Cardinals Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Cardinals (5‑4) vs Jets (3‑6) |
28 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | 4% | 21% | 29% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Jets Wins | <1% | 1% | 11% | 29% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 51% | ||
| Dolphins (2‑6) vs Rams (4‑4) |
10 | Dolphins Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 35% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Rams Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 28% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Steelers (6‑2) vs Commanders (7‑2) |
2 | Steelers Wins | <1% | 4% | 18% | 29% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Commanders Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 29% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Saints (2‑7) vs Falcons (6‑3) |
2 | Saints Wins | <1% | 4% | 22% | 24% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | 3% | 16% | 32% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Buccaneers (4‑5) vs Forty-Niners49'ers (4‑4) |
2 | Buccaneers Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 30% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Forty-Niners49'ers Wins | <1% | 4% | 21% | 26% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 41% | ||
| Patriots (2‑7) vs Bears (4‑4) |
1 | Patriots Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Bears Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 41% | ||
| Giants (2‑7) vs Panthers (2‑7) |
1 | Giants Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Panthers Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Cowboys (3‑5) vs Eagles (6‑2) |
1 | Cowboys Wins | <1% | 4% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 30% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Texans (6‑3) vs Lions (7‑1) |
1 | Texans Wins | <1% | 4% | 19% | 28% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Lions Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Jaguars (2‑7) vs Vikings (6‑2) |
1 | Jaguars Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Vikings Wins | <1% | 4% | 19% | 29% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 41% | ||