Playoffs
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from CBS
Expert Joe Ferreira
AFC Scenarios Week 15
AFC North
Pittsburgh can clinch the AFC North title and a first-round bye with:
a win
Pittsburgh can clinch a playoff berth with: a tie and a New England loss or tie OR
a tie and a Miami loss or tie and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR
a New England loss and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR
a New England loss and a Miami loss or tie OR
a N.Y. Jets loss and a Miami loss
Baltimore can clinch playoff berth:
a win and EITHER:
...
a New England loss and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR
a New England loss and a Miami loss or tie OR
a Mimai loss and a N.Y. Jets loss and a Indianapolis loss or tie OR
a Miami loss and N.Y. Jets loss and Indianpolis clinches Strength of Victory tiebreaker over Miami
AFC South
Tennessee clinched the AFC South division title and a first-round bye
Tennessee can clinch home-field advantage with EITHER:
a win and a Pittsburgh loss or tie OR
a tie and a Pittsburgh loss
Indianapolis can clinch playoff berth with: a win and EITHER:
a New England loss and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR
a New England loss and Miami loss or tie OR
a Miami loss and N.Y. Jets loss
AFC West
Denver can clinch the AFC West title with EITHER:
a win or tie OR
a San Diego loss or tie
NFC Scenarios Week 15
NFC East
N.Y. Giants clinched the NFC East Division title.
N.Y. Giants can clinch a first-round playoff bye with:
a win or tie OR
a Minnesota loss and an Atlanta loss or tie OR
a Minnesota loss and a Carolina win or tie OR
the Minnesota-Arizona game ends in a tie
NFC North
Minnesota can clinch the NFC North Division with:
a win and a Chicago loss
NFC South
Tampa Bay can clinch a playoff berth with:
a win and a Dallas loss or tie OR
a win and a Philadelphia loss or tie
Carolina can clinch a playoff berth with:
a win and a Dallas loss or tie OR
a win or tie and an Atlanta loss or tie OR
a tie and a Dallas loss and a Philadelphia loss or tie OR
an Atlanta loss and a Dallas loss and a Washington loss or tie OR
an Atlanta loss and a Dallas loss and Chicago loss or tie OR
an Atlanta loss and a Philadelphia loss and a Washington loss or tie and a Chicago loss or tie OR
an Atlanta loss and a Philadelphia loss and a Washington loss or tie and Dallas or Carolina clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Chicago.
NFC West
Arizona clinched the NFC West Division title.
Tennessee Titans
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Houston 1:00pm
Dec 21 Pittsburgh 1:00pm
Dec 28 @Indianapolis 1:00pm
Pittsburgh Steelers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Baltimore 4:15pm
Dec 21 @Tennessee 1:00pm
Dec 28 Cleveland 1:00pm
New York Jets
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Buffalo 1:00pm
Dec 21 @Seattle 4:05pm
Dec 28 Miami 1:00pm
Denver Broncos
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Carolina 4:15pm
Dec 21 Buffalo 4:05pm
Dec 28 @San Diego 4:15pm
Baltimore Ravens
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Pittsburgh 4:15pm
Dec 20 @Dallas 8:15pm
Dec 28 Jacksonville 1:00pm
New England Patriots
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Oakland 4:15pm
Dec 21 Arizona 1:00pm
Dec 28 @Buffalo 1:00pm
Buffalo Bills
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @N.Y. Jets 1:00pm
Dec 21 @Denver 4:05pm
Dec 28 New England 1:00pm
Indianapolis Colts
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Detroit 1:00pm
Dec 18 @Jacksonville 8:15pm
Dec 28 Tennessee 1:00pm
Miami Dolphins
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 San Francisco 1:00pm
Dec 21 Kansas City 1:00pm
Dec 28 @N.Y. Jets 1:00pm
San Diego Chargers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Kansas City 1:00pm
Dec 21 @Tampa Bay 1:00pm
Dec 28 Denver 4:15pm
New York Giants
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Dallas 8:15pm
Dec 21 Carolina 8:15pm
Dec 28 @Minnesota 1:00pm
Carolina Panthers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Denver 4:15pm
Dec 21 @N.Y. Giants 8:15pm
Dec 28 @New Orleans 1:00pm
Arizona Cardinals
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Minnesota 4:05pm
Dec 21 @New England 1:00pm
Dec 28 Seattle 4:15pm
Chicago Bears
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 11 New Orleans 8:15pm
Dec 22 Green Bay 8:30pm
Dec 28 @Houston 1:00pm
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Atlanta 1:00pm
Dec 21 San Diego 1:00pm
Dec 28 Oakland 1:00pm
Washington Redskins
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Cincinnati 1:00pm
Dec 21 Philadelphia 4:15pm
Dec 28 @San Francisco 4:15pm
Philadelphia Eagles
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 15 Cleveland 8:30pm
Dec 21 @Washington 4:15pm
Dec 28 Dallas 1:00pm
Atlanta Falcons
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 Tampa Bay 1:00pm
Dec 21 @Minnesota 4:15pm
Dec 28 St. Louis 1:00pm
Dallas Cowboys
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 N.Y. Giants 8:15pm
Dec 20 Baltimore 8:15pm
Dec 28 @Philadelphia 1:00pm
Green Bay Packers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Jacksonville 1:00pm
Dec 22 @Chicago 8:30pm
Dec 28 Detroit 1:00pm
Minnesota Vikings
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 14 @Arizona 4:05pm
Dec 21 Atlanta 4:15pm
Dec 28 N.Y. Giants 1:00pm
New Orleans Saints
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date Opponent Time
Dec 11 @Chicago 8:15pm
Dec 21 @Detroit 1:00pm
Dec 28 Carolina 1:00pm
Tiebreakers
x-clinched playoff berth
y-denotes division winner
z-denotes first-round bye
*-clinched home-field advantage
During the regular season, the NFL Playoff Race Bracket and Seeds reflect how the playoffs would stand if the season ended up to that point. The NFL playoffs are not based on a pure bracket system. In the divisional playoffs, the No. 1 seed is assured of playing the lowest-seeded Wild Card survivor. There are no restrictions on intra-division games and the higher seed of any matchup will have home-field advantage.
AFC Playoff tiebreakers
N.Y. Jets earns the AFC East division title along with the No. 4 seed based on head-to-head against New England and Miami (2-1 vs. 2-2 for Patriots and 1-2 for Dolphins).
Denver earns the No. 3 seed based on head-to-head over the N.Y. Jets (1-0).
Indianapolis earns the No. 5 seed based on head-to-head over Baltimore (1-0).
NFC Playoff tiebreakers
Minnesota earns the No. 3 seed based on conference record over Arizona (6-3 to Cardinals' 6-4).
Dallas earns the No. 6 seed based on conference record over Atlanta (6-4 to Falcons' 5-4).
AFC Teams eliminated from playoff contention
Cincinnati (Week 12), Kansas City (Week 13), Oakland (Week 14), Cleveland (Week 14), Jacksonville (Week 14), Houston (Week 14)
NFC Teams eliminated from playoff contention
Detroit (Week 11), St. Louis (Week 12), Seattle (Week 13), San Francisco (Week 14)
Click here for the official tiebreaking procedures.
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