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No, and there would be no need for a tiebreaker in this situation. The team with a 9-7 record has more victories and therefore is ranked higher than a team with an 8-6-2 record.

The first is wrong. In the NFL, ties are statistically counted as half a game won, half a game lost. Therefore, 8-6-2 is exactly the same, in terms of winning percentage, as 9-7.

The 8-6-2 team would thus not win a tiebreaker by virtue of its record alone, but neither would the 9-7 team. The teams would be considered to have equal records, and the usual NFL tiebreakers would go into effect to determine divisional standings, playoff seedings, and so on.

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