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Fans of the can start getting ready for a home playoff game again. That's how much the NFC landscape has changed over the last two weeks.After crushing division rivals Arizona and San Francisco in convincing fashion, the look like favorites to win the division. The have shown serious cracks on the road. Their game in Atlanta was probably the easiest one left on their schedule, and they weren't competitive. You can't find an easy game left on the ' schedule. The NFC West title should come down to Seth Curry Jersey  - in Week 16, and Seattle is not out of the mix for a bye. (Or even the No. 1 seed in the NFC.) That makes this week's Seattle-Philadelphia clash an enormous game for playoff seeding. The loser of the game can still win their respective division. But the winner of - will be in prime position for one of the NFC playoff byes. The other bye should go to ... Green Bay now favorite for No. 1 seedYes, the "control their destiny" in the NFC North if they win out, including a game in Green Bay. You can say that about practically every NFC contender, and it's meaningle s with four weeks left in the season. The have not looked like a team capable of winning in Green Bay, and they look like a team very capable of losing to an inferior team before they get there. (Detroit has a tricky Week 15 matchup against Minnesota and a road date in Chicago.) It's been a great two weeks for the . They conquered their biggest obstacle to the NFC's No. 1 seed by beating the . The got the help they needed by an Arizona team that looks to be in free fall. The are the most complete team in the league, and they know it after controlling the game against New England. The have some tricky games left but we fully expect them to run the table, and wind up earning homefield advantage in the playoffs. How far could the Cardinals fall?Marc Se sler broke out the doomsday scenario for the before they even faced Atlanta: A six-game losing streak to end the season at 9-7. While that's rough to imagine, the are licking their wounds after being dominated by the haple s . I see this week's game as the key game left in the season. If they can't beat Kansas City at home, there is very little chance they will have the ability to win on the road in San Francisco and St. Louis. The know that their margin for error in the NFC West is down to nothing; they'll likely have to beat Seattle in Week 16 to win the division. It's more likely that Arizona sneaks into the playoffs as a wild card, if they do at all. We predicted last week that Dallas and San Francisco would mi s the playoffs. Depre sing home lo ses haven't changed our stance there, although Arizona's collapse could make another playoff spot available. NFC South eliminates oneCarolina is mathematically alive in the NFC South, but this has been a dead team for months. They have won one game since Week 2. Sunday's results put the a game and a half back in the division, which seals their fate. The ' win over Arizona, meanwhile, ensures that Atlanta will be a relevant team until at least Week 16. It's hard to believe. That's when Atlanta heads to New Orleans to face the , who also won to move to 5-7. The ' Week 1 victory over the means that Atlanta has a bigger margin for error. They can fall a game behind and still be very much alive, knowing they'll need to win in the Superdome to win the worst division in the league.The latest Around The NFL Podcast and debates whether deserves the starting job. Find more Around The NFL content on .  Mike Scott Jersey