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AFC: Who's in
1. 
Baltimore Ravens (12-2)
The Ravens smashed the Jets on Thursday evening, with Lamar Jackson running roughshod over New York and essentially cementing his MVP case for good. The Ravens have a 1.5-game lead over the Patriots and the Chiefs, so one more win essentially clinches the first overall seed for them.
The Ravens also clinched the AFC North with their win Thursday, which means they'll be hosting a playoff game no matter what happens the next two weeks and could actually end up sitting their starters against the Steelers in Week 17, which would potentially help their rival get into the playoffs.
Baltimore can clinch a first-round bye with:
1.) BAL win or tie OR
2.) KC loss or tie OR
3.) NE loss
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2. (x) New England Patriots (11-3)
The Patriots stumbled out of the gate against the Bengals and were trailing near halftime. But an Andy Dalton pick-six put them far enough ahead of the Bengals that Cincy wasn't coming back. New England won handily and now is in a good spot to cinch up the AFC East with Buffalo coming to town. If Buffalo wants to win the division, however, it needs the Patriots to actually lose twice, so it could be asking a lot here. More realistically, they need to fight off the Chiefs from stalking them for the No. 2 seed. New England would lose the tiebreaker over the Chiefs.
New England can clinch the AFC East division title with:
1.) NE win or tie
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3. Kansas City Chiefs (10-4)
The Chiefs snuffed out the Broncos in the snow, giving them a very realistic shot of catching the Patriots and getting a bye.
Unfortunately they need the Pats to lose once in their last two games and New England does not regularly lose home games to divisional opponents. The Chiefs also want to try and hold onto their No. 3 seed so they could sneak out a second home playoff game if the Texans get hot and advance deep in the playoffs. The Texans have the tiebreaker over the Chiefs.
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4. Houston Texans (9-5)
Houston answered the bell in a big way on Sunday by taking down the Titans on the road, likely securing the AFC South title with a win over the Titans.
They'll now have the division tiebreaker over the Titans no matter what happens in Week 17 (Houston is 4-1 in the division, while Tennessee is 2-3). Obviously the Texans need to win next week against Tampa first, but they're in very good shape for the playoffs now with just one more divisional game, at home against the Titans in Week 17.
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5. (x) Buffalo Bills (10-4)
The Bills are headed back to the playoffs for the second time under Sean McDermott! It's a really impressive job by him turning this team around. The Bills can still win the AFC East, but they'll need the Dolphins to take down the Patriots in Week 17 as well as earn a victory in Foxborough coming this week.
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6. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6)
The Steelers lost a tough one to the Bills at home on Sunday night, which now makes their playoff hopes much more difficult. They're still the sixth seed by virtue of their conference record (6-4) beating out the Titans' (6-5). It's very possible they could end up losing a strength of victory tiebreaker to the Titans if it comes down to that -- if the Steelers lose to the Ravens in Week 17 and the Titans lose to the Saints, it looks like the Steelers would be the odd man out.
But if Pittsburgh wins out, they're still in the postseason.
AFC: Who's out
7. Tennessee Titans (8-6): The Titans couldn't convert a big chance to steal back the division with a home game against the Texans on Sunday and now are in an uphill battle to make the playoffs.
8. Indianapolis Colts (6-7): The Colts play the Saints on Monday night in New Orleans.
9. Cleveland Browns (6-8): How is this team still alive? They got embarrassed by the Cardinals on the road. Get them out of here already.
10. .Oakland Raiders (6-8): Crippling way to close out the team's time in Oakland, with a loss to the Jaguars.
