What record will it take to get a wildcard spot

[CRA]

Winning tie breakers.  Meaning the 49er/Seattle game is big.   As they will be competing. 

I think you will 10 and the tiebreaker 

[trueblade]

10 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

10-6 teams missing the playoffs is pretty common place. It honestly probably happens in more seasons than not. Meanwhile, only two 11-5 teams have ever missed the playoffs. No 12-4 team has ever missed the playoffs.

So, I'll say our odds are probably less than 50% at 10-6 but damn near guaranteed at 11-5.

This is from December of 2017. No 10-6 teams missed the playoffs in 2018 so this should be still be relevant.

In 2015, the New York Jets went 10-6 and missed the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker to Pittsburgh. In 2014, the Eagles went 10-6 but were behind the 11-5 Lions and 11-5 Cardinals for wild-card berths. In 2013, 10-6 Arizona finished third in the NFC West and missed the playoffs by a game. The 10-6 Bears lost a tiebreaker to Minnesota in 2012. The Giants and Bucs went 10-6 in 2010 and missed the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker with Green Bay. The 11-5 Patriots missed the playoffs in 2008, losing the tiebreaker to Baltimore. That was the season when Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury in the first game of the season. - Michael Rothstein ESPN Staff Writer (https://www.espn.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/32637/how-many-10-6-teams-have-missed-playoffs-in-past-decade-and-what-happened-next)

[Castavar]

It's going to be tough. Next 4 weeks are against 49ers, Titans, GB, and Falcons. I see us going 2-2. Next 4 games after that are Saints, Redskins, Falcons, Seahawks. I see us going 3-1 here. So that would put us at 9-5 with Colts and then a home game against the Saints left to go. I don't think 10-6 gets us in so we got to beat the Colts in their stadium and then the Saints at home to get us to 11-5 to make the playoffs.

[Happy Panther]

638 has these if you use the predicted records. Tiebreakers could move some around.

NFC

1) New Orleans 13-3

2) SFO 12-4

3) Green Bay 12-4

4) Dallas 10-6

5) Minnesota 11-5

6) Seattle 10-6

AFC

1) New England 13-3

2) Kansas City  10-6

3) Baltimore 10-6

4) Indianapolis 10-6

5) Buffalo 11-5

6) Houston 9-7

[DeAngelo Beason]

The NFC West is going to make it tough for us to get a wildcard spot.  Both wildcards are likely coming out of there.  We need to win the division.  

[Happy Panther]

Here is the worst WC team in the last few years:

2018: 9-7

2017: 9-7

2016: 9-7

2015: 10-6

2014: 10-6 (Panthers won their division at 7-8-1)

2013: 9-7 (Steelers won their division at 8-7-1)

2012: 10-6

2011: 9-7

2010: 10-6 (Seahawks won their division at 7-9)

2009: 9-7

[AggieLean]

We’re going to have to get to 11-5.

[X-Clown]

I think if we get to 11-5 it's a wrap. 10-6 would more than likely do it, especially if we can beat the Seahawks. I know the Rams have a win over us and hold the tiebreaker. However, their offensive line is trash and Goff is especially bad when he's rushed. I think they win against Cincy next week, but I see them losing to the Seahawks, Niners, Cowboys, splitting with the Cardinals and dropping either to the Bears or Steelers (who both have the kind of defenses to disrupt Goff).

[Newtcase]

With a fairly large opinion landing on 11-5, which I also agree is the mark, we can only suffer 3 more losses.  IMO we have at least seven tough games left.

San Fran (away), Green Bay (away), New Orleans (home),  Atlanta (away), Seattle (home), Indy (away), New Orleans (away).  Yes, at Atlanta is debatable, I recognize they're a dumpster fire.  I'll just say they've beaten us before when they were a dumpster fire, we shouldn't take a sweep for granted.  We have to win four of these games.  In addition we can't drop any easy wins, Tennessee (home), Atlanta (home) and Washington (home).

With all three of our easy wins within the next 6 games if we're not 7-4 at minimum after Washington then it could be tough.  TBH, we really need to be 8-3 by then, 7-4 is just the floor to still be alive.

[CanadianCat]

getting to 10 wins after losing Cam for as long as we did would be very impressive. But not making it into the playoffs with 10 wins would be very depressing. 

[mc52beast]

Probably 11-5. That means we have to beat the teams we should beat and steal a couple toss-up games

[Wolfpack352]

The numbers game drives me crazy.....so please Panthers and make this easy by simply winning out from here on out!  No Losses!!  Pound our way to the top cats!

[Raleigh PF]

Too soon to tell. Of course, all predictions are based upon the idea that everything is static and we all know it won't be. Someone is going to get injured and/or some team is going to start playing worse. It happens every year, hence the reason why 50% of the teams that reach the playoffs each year didn't reach them the year before.

We just have to hope the Panthers stay generally healthy and have the depth this year to weather any other injuries that come along. So far, I believe they are doing quite well in that regard.

[App Panther]

We will have to win the division, plain and simple. 

The NFC North and NFC will West will send two teams. If not, we need to at minimum be 11-5 if we don't win the division.