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This weekend's NFC North matchup between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings will make for a playoff situation like never before in the NFL. Both teams are 14-2 and the winner will win the division while the loser will drop to the fifth-seed in the playoffs and become the first 14-2 wild-card team in NFL history. The previous high came in 1999 when Tennessee went 13-3 and lost the AFC Central to Jacksonville. The NFC North is also set to be the winningest division since the NFL realigned to eight divisions of four teams each in 2002 with 43 wins for the four division teams with two head-to-head games remaining.
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