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 (3‑6) vs Rams (5‑4) |
7 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Rams Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Raiders (4‑5) vs Seahawks (5‑4) |
2 | Raiders Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 94% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Chiefs (6‑2) vs Falcons (3‑6) |
1 | Chiefs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Patriots (5‑4) vs Lions (6‑2) |
0 | Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Lions Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Vikings (6‑2) vs Packers (6‑3) |
0 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Packers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (7‑1) vs Cowboys (4‑5) |
0 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 95% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Saints (3‑5) vs Panthers (3‑5) |
0 | Saints Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 95% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Panthers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||