With 31 games remaining in the season, there are two billion ways the season could end. Which of those outcomes are best for the Seahawks? It’s questions like these that led us to build our N.F.L. simulator, to let you explore which games matter the most for your team’s playoff chances.

Our goal here is to give you the short version: The Seahawks have clinched a wild-card spot but cannot win their division. Their best case is now to win the top wild-card spot, which would let them travel to play the relatively weak winner of the N.F.C. East in the first round (most likely Washington or Philadelphia). The alternative is ending up as the No. 6 seed and having to travel to Arizona, Green Bay or Minnesota, all of whom seem stronger than any team in the N.F.C. East.

The Seahawks will have their best shot at the No. 5 seed by winning their final two games, a relatively easy home game against the Rams and then a potentially tough game in Arizona. .

If the Seahawks split their final two games, it gets a little more complicated, but a No. 5 seed is still more likely than not.