NFC
CLINCHED: Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks
ELIMINATED: New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles
The Cowboys clinch home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: a win plus a Cardinals loss or tie and a Lions-Packers tie.
Dallas clinches a first-round bye with:
1) a win plus a Seahawks loss or tie plus a Cardinals loss or tie
2) a win plus a Lions-Packers tie
3) a tie plus a Seahawks loss and a Cardinals loss
4) a tie plus a Seahawks tie, a Cardinals loss or tie and Lions-Packers does not end in a tie
The Lions clinch the NFC North with: a win or a tie.
The Lions clinch home-field advantage with:
1) a win plus a Seahawks loss or tie and a Cardinals loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Seahawks loss, a Cardinals loss and a Cowboys loss or tie
The Lions clinch a first-round bye with:
1) a win
2) a tie plus a Cowboys loss or tie
3) a tie plus a Seahawks loss and a Cardinals loss
The Packers clinch the NFC North and a first-round bye with a win. They clinch home-field with: a win and a Seahawks loss or tie.
The Seahawks clinch the NFC West with:
1) a win
2) a tie plus a Cardinals loss or tie
3) a Cardinals loss
The Seahawks clinch home-field advantage with:
1) a win plus Lions-Packers game does not end in a tie
2) a win plus a Cowboys loss or tie
3) a tie plus a Cardinals loss or tie, a Cowboys loss and a Lions-Packers tie
The Seahawks clinch a first-round bye with:
1) a win
2) a tie plus a Cardinals loss or tie and a Cowboys loss
3) a tie plus a Cardinals loss or tie and a Lions-Packers tie
The Cardinals clinch NFC West with:
1) a win plus a Seahawks loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Seahawks loss
The Cardinals clinch home-field advantage with:
1) a win plus a Seahawks loss or tie and a Packers loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Seahawks loss, a Cowboys loss or tie and a Packers-Lions tie
The Cardinals clinch a first-round bye with:
1) a win plus a Seahawks loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Seahawks loss and a Cowboys loss or tie
3) a tie plus a Seahawks loss and a Lions-Packers tie
The Panthers clinch NFC South with win over Falcons.
The Falcons clinch NFC South with win over Panthers.
AFC
CLINCHED: New England Patriots (home-field advantage), Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals
ELIMINATED: Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills
Denver clinches a first-round bye with:
1) a win or tie
2) a Bengals loss
3) a Bengals tie plus Colts win
Bengals clinch AFC North with a win or tie in Week 17.
Cincinnati clinches first-round bye with:
1) a win plus a Broncos loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Broncos loss and a Colts loss or tie
Steelers clinch AFC North with win.
Chargers clinch playoff spot with:
1) a win
2) a tie plus a Ravens loss or tie
Ravens clinch playoff spot with:
1) a win plus a Chargers loss or tie
2) a tie plus a Chargers loss
The Chiefs clinch a playoff spot with: a win plus a Ravens loss and a Texans loss or tie.
The Texans clinch a playoff spot with: a win plus a Ravens loss and a Chargers loss.
Chicago is out? Chicago is OUT!?!
There will be no tie this weekend, Bendy. And I’m going with your picks for week seventeen. Its all I can do to sit still until my Elephants make buckeye butter.
| AFC WILDCARD | MIAMI | BUFF | BALT | PITT | HOUS | KC | SAN DIEGO |
| MIAMI | .... - | MIA-3 | MIA-3 (BA-1) | xxx | HOUS-3 | KC-1 | MIA-1,3 |
| BUFF | MIA-3 | .... - | BALT-4 | xxx | HOUS-1,3 | KC-1,3 | SD-1,3 |
| BALT | MIA-3 (BA-1) | BALT-4 | ...- | PITT-3 | HOUS-1,3 | KC-3 | SD-1,3 |
| PITT | xxx | xxx | PITT-3 | ...- | xxx | xxx | PITT-3 |
| HOUS | HOUS-3 | HOUS-1,3 | HOUS-1,3 | xxx | ....- | HOUS-3 | HOUS-3 |
| KC | KC-1 | KC-1,3 | KC-3 | xxx | HOUS-3 | ....- | KC-1 |
| SAN DIEGO | MIA-1,3 | SD-1,3 | SD-1,3 | PITT-3 | HOUS-3 | KC-1 | ....- |
I REMOVED ALL SCENARIOS THAT REQUIRE A TIE! NO TIES HERE!
DALLAS COWBOYS
Dallas can clinch a first-round bye #2 seed with:
4) SEA loss + ARI loss
DETROIT LIONS
Detroit can clinch the NFC North division title AND a first round bye with:
1) DET win
Detroit can clinch home-field advantage (#1 SEED) throughout NFC playoffs with:
1) DET win + SEA loss + ARI loss
GREEN BAY PACKERS
Green Bay can clinch the NFC North division title and a first-round bye with:
1) GB win
Green Bay can clinch home-field advantage (#1 seed) through NFC playoffs with:
1) GB win + SEA loss
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Seattle can clinch the NFC West division title with:
1) SEA win OR
3) ARI loss
Seattle clinches home-field advantage (#1 seed) through NFC playoffs & bye with:
1) SEA win
ARIZONA CARDINALS
Arizona can clinch the NFC West division title and a bye with:
1) ARI win + SEA loss
Arizona can clinch home-field advantage (#1 SEED) throughout NFC playoffs with:
1) ARI win + SEA loss + GB loss
CAROLINA PANTHERS
Carolina can clinch the NFC South division title with:
1) CAR win
ATLANTA FALCONS
Atlanta can clinch the NFC South division title with:
1) ATL win
Because of the tiebreakers AND the fact that TIES are so RARE:
-the Cowboys games is almost meaningless.
-the AZ game is meaningless as soon as SEA is assured of victory over STL.
We are looking at:
AZ#5 at ATL/CAR winner #4 seed.
DET/GB loser #6 at DALLAS #3.
AZ is not going to be the #6 seed!
all of the above assumes no ties. If a tie occurs, updates will be coming.
I removed all scenarios with TIEs. No TIES here.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
New England have clinched home-field advantage (#1 seed)
DENVER BRONCOS
Denver can clinch a first-round bye #2 with:
1) DEN win OR
2) CIN loss TO PITT
CINCINNATI BENGALS
Cincinnati can clinch the AFC North division title #3 with:
1) CIN win over PITT
Cincinnati can clinch a first-round bye #2 with:
1) CIN win + DEN loss to OAK
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Pittsburgh can clinch the AFC North division title & #3 seed with:
1) PIT win
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
San Diego can clinch a playoff spot (#6) with:
1) SD win
BALTIMORE RAVENS
Baltimore can clinch a playoff spot (#6) with:
2) BAL win + SD loss
HOUSTON TEXANS
Houston can clinch a playoff spot (#6) with:
1) HOU win + BAL loss + SD loss
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Kansas City can clinch a playoff spot (#6) with:
1) KC win + BAL loss + HOU loss
INDY is #4 seed unless there is a tieGame CINN-PIT.
Therefore,
-The INDY game is almost meaningless. We are looking at:
likely SD or BALT #6 at CINN/PITT winner #3 (unless DEN loses and CINN gets #2)
PITT/CINN loser #5 at INDY #4.