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Five NFC teams are fighting for two postseason spots, and the race for first-round byes in the AFC remains convoluted. The Cowboys lost, but the Giants' loss later sets up a winner-take-all Cowboys-Redskins game on Sunday night for the NFC East title. The Vikings remained in the No. 6 slot in the NFC but also were big winners, as the Giants and Cowboys' losses mean Minnesota doesn't require help to make the postseason.

AFC for a bye: Hous has head-to-head over DEN, giving them Current hold on #1 seed and bye NE PATS have head-to-head OVER HOUS and DEN and BALT HAS head-to-head victory over PATS in fight for #3 seed. BALT has clinched tiebreaker over CINN (div record) TIEBREAKERS FOR INDY VS CINCY AT 10-6: CONFERENCE WILL BE 7-5 IND VS. CIN, COMMON GAMES, INDY IS 4-1, CINCY IS 3-2 therefore, INDY HAS CLINCHED THE #5 SEED. NFC Giants: WASH AND DAL have tiebreaker over NYG (DIV REC), NYG CAN only be wildcard. NYG have tiebreakers vs MN and CHI and SEA...

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - 1PM FOX Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans - 1PM CBS Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars - 1PM CBS New York Jets at Miami Dolphins - 1PM CBS Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings - 1PM FOX Buffalo Bill at New England Patriots - 1PM CBS Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints - 1PM FOX Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles - 1PM FOX San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams - 1PM FOX Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals - 4:15PM FOX Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons - 4:15PM FOX Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati...

WEEK 17 IS HERE

2009-10 FR NFL WEEK 17 LIVE THREAD January 3rd, 1:00PM ET @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January 3rd, 4:15PM ET @ @ @ @ @ @ January 3rd, 8:20PM ET @

New Orleans Saints 13 2 0 - 0.867 Philadelphia Eagles 11 4 0 - 0.733 Minnesota Vikings 11 4 0 - 0.733 Arizona Cardinals 10 5 0 - 0.667 Green Bay Packers 10 5 0 - 0.667 Dallas Cowboys 10 5 0 - 0.667 Eliminated New York Giants 8 7 0 - 0.533 Atlanta Falcons 7 8 0 - 0.467 Carolina Panthers 7 8 0 - 0.467 San Francisco 49ers 7 8 0 - 0.467 Chicago Bears 6 9 0 - 0.400 Seattle Seahawks 5 10 0 - 0.333 Washington Redskins 4 11 0 - 0.267 Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Today, on the final week of the regular season... Arizona at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m. Baltimore at Cleveland 1:00 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta 1:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City 1:00 p.m. Detroit at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m. Miami at New England 1:00 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay 1:00 p.m. Later today... Houston at San Francisco 4:05 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota 4:15 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia 4:15 p.m. And tonight, on ESPN's final Sunday Night Football game... St. Louis at Dallas 8:30 p.m. WHO SHALL...