NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
Published 2:10 am Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Associated Press
Week 17
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AFC
CLINCHED: New England, AFC East; Houston, Kansas City and L.A. Chargers, playoff berths.
KANSAS CITY vs. Oakland
Clinches AFC West and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
• Win, OR
• Tie and Chargers loss or tie, OR
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• Chargers loss and New England and Houston loss or tie, OR
• Chargers loss and New England loss or tie and Kansas City clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Houston
Clinches AFC West and first-round bye with:
• Chargers loss and New England loss or tie or Houston loss or tie, OR
• Chargers loss and Kansas City clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Houston
Clinches AFC West with:
• Chargers loss, OR
• Tie and Chargers tie
NEW ENGLAND vs. New York Jets
Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
• Win and Kansas City and Chargers losses
Clinches first-round bye with:
• Win, OR
• Tie and Houston loss or tie, OR
• Baltimore and Tennessee loss or tie and Houston loss
HOUSTON vs. Jacksonville
Clinches AFC South and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
• Win and New England loss or tie and Kansas City and Chargers loss and Houston clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Kansas City
Clinches AFC South and first-round bye with:
• Win and New England loss or tie, OR
• Win and Kansas City and Chargers loss and Houston clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Kansas City, OR
• Tie and New England loss, OR
• Indianapolis-Tennessee tie and New England loss and Baltimore win and Houston clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Baltimore
Clinches AFC South with:
• Win or tie, OR
• Indianapolis-Tennessee tie
BALTIMORE vs. Cleveland
Clinches AFC North and first-round bye with:
• Win and New England and Houston loss and Indianapolis-Tennessee does not end in a tie, OR
• Win and New England and Houston loss and Baltimore clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over Houston
Clinches AFC North with:
• Win, OR
• Pittsburgh loss, OR
• Tie and Pittsburgh tie
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Tie and Indianapolis-Tennessee tie
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at Denver
Clinches AFC West and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
• Win and Kansas City loss or tie, OR
• Tie and Kansas City loss
INDIANAPOLIS at Tennessee
Clinches AFC South with:
• Win and Houston loss
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Win, OR
• Tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie, OR
• Tie and Baltimore loss
TENNESSEE vs. Indianapolis
Clinches AFC South and first-round bye with:
• Win and Houston and New England loss and Baltimore loss or tie Clinches AFC South with:
• Win and Houston loss
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Win
PITTSBURGH vs. Cincinnati
Clinches AFC North with:
• Win and Baltimore loss or tie, OR
• Tie and Baltimore loss
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Win and Indianapolis-Tennessee tie
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NFC
CLINCHED: New Orleans, NFC South and home-field advantage; Chicago Bears, NFC North; Dallas Cowboys, NFC East; L.A. Rams, NFC West; Seattle, playoff berth.
LOS ANGELES RAMS vs. San Francisco
Clinches first-round bye with:
• Win or tie, OR
• Chicago loss or tie
CHICAGO at Minnesota
Clinches first-round bye with:
• Win and Rams loss
MINNESOTA vs. Chicago
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Win or tie, OR
• Philadelphia loss or tie
PHILADELPHIA at Washington
Clinches playoff berth with:
• Win and Minnesota loss