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The Giants entered the 2022 NFL season with very little fanfare. It was presumed that the team was entering a mini-rebuild as New York's new brain trust of head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen a se sed a roster with middling talent and few resources to make up for it.The 2022 season was going to be one during which the Giants would De'Vondre Campbell Jersey evaluate whether Daniel Jones could be the answer at quarterback and whether Saquon Barkley would be able to recover after a couple of injury-plagued seasons.Instead, the Giants exceeded expectations. They took advantage of an easy early-season schedule and jumped out to a 7-2 start despite playing in the loaded NFC East.And ahead of Week 18, the team has officially clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016.MORE: The 2022 season will be viewed as a succe sful one for the Giants regardle s of their postseason results. That said, plenty of New York fans want to know exactly what chances the Giants will have to advance in the postseason and who they will match up against in the wild-card round.Which team will that be?Here's a breakdown of how Week 18 will impact the Giants' postseason outlook and potential opponents. The Giants were locked into the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoff picture after their 38-10 win over the Colts in Week 17.New York has a 9-6 Za'Darius Smith Jersey -1 record which is good for third in the NFC East. It is well behind the marks of Philadelphia (13-3) and Dallas (12-4) in that race, so that means that the Giants can't finish as the division winner or the top wild-card team.As such, the only question the Giants faced was whether a team in the race for the No. 7 seed would be able to catch them. They have a one-and-a-half game lead over the three teams vying for that spot the Seahawks, Packers and Lions in that race. Since there is just one game remaining in Darnell Savage Jersey the season, the Giants are set to be the No. 6 seed.Had the Giants lost to the Commanders in Week 12 instead of tying, they could have been in danger of Jermichael Finley Jersey entering a three-way tie for the final two NFC playoff spots by the end of Week 18. So, that tie will end up proving beneficial to them in the end.MORE: The Giants only have two potential opponents in the first round of the 2023 NFL playoffs. They will play either the 49ers or the Vikings depending on how Week 18's results shake out.As it stands, the Vikings are the No. 3 seed in the NFC and are the team that is most likely to face the Giants. They are behind in a lot of the tiebreaker categories needed to move up in the NFC standings. They have head-to-head lo ses to the Eagles and Cowboys and have the worst conference record (7-4) among the teams battling Malik Taylor Jersey for the top two seeds.The Vikings will end up being the No. 3 seed if any of the following scenarios occur:Minnesota loses ORSan Francisco wins ORBoth teams tieMeanwhile, the 49ers can only be the No. 3 seed if either of these scenarios unfolds:San Francisco loses and Minnesota wins or ties ORSan Francisco ties and Minnesota winsWith that said, it seems more likely that the Vikings will remain in the No. 3 spot. As such, the Giants can tentatively start brainstorming ways to avenge their 27-24 lo s at Minnesota's hands in Week 16, though they can't rule out the po sibility that they could play the 49ers, too.