The Upshot’s N.F.L. Playoff Simulator Is Back

We let you choose the outcomes of any game and simulate every other game remaining in the 2020 season, based on Sagarin ratings, which measure relative team strength. (Anything can happen on any given Sunday, of course, but that doesn’t mean every game is a coin flip.) Pick any outcomes — or none at all — and our tool will simulate the rest of the season for you, instantly identifying the most important games remaining for each team and turning you into a playoff scenarios expert.

Here’s how to get started:

First, find your team For each team, we display a table representing that team’s remaining games. Here, for example, is our page for the Philadelphia Eagles, who somehow lead the N.F.C. East with a 3-4-1 record:

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/upshot/nfl-playoff-simulator.html