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Kyle Ratke

Playoffs are looking good for Vikings after win over Chargers

The Vikings took care of business and beat the Chargers on Sunday, improving to 10-4 on the season.

And in other good news for Vikings fans, the Cowboys beat the Rams in Dallas. The Rams fell to 8-6, now a full two games back from the Vikings.

Per FiveThirtyEight, the Vikings now have a 97 percent chance to make the playoffs.

In order for the Vikings not to make the playoffs, they’d have to lose out and the Rams would have to win out against the 49ers and Cardinals.

Minnesota’s win also knocked the Bears out of playoff contention.

As far as the NFC North is concerned, the Packers beat the Bears to improve to 11-3. This gives the Packers a 91 percent chance to win the division.

If the Vikings win out (vs. Green Bay in Week 16 and vs. Chicago in Week 17) and the Packers lose out (@Minnesota in Week 16 and @ Detroit in Week 17), Minnesota will win the NFC North.

If the season ended today, the Vikings would be the sixth seed in the NFC and would play the No. 3 Saints in the wild card round of the playoffs.

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