Do the math! NFL playoff scenarios for Week 17
Just because the Jets and Giants stink, doesn’t mean the NFL is canceling the playoffs. There is still plenty of meaning in the final week of the 2019 campaign. Who grabs the final spot in the AFC? Someone has to win the NFC Least, right? Here is the full list of scenarios for the final Sunday of the regular season.
AFC
CLINCHED: Baltimore Ravens: AFC North division and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs
Houston Texans: AFC South division
Kansas City Chiefs: AFC West division
New England Patriots: AFC East division
Buffalo Bills: playoff berth
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) (vs. L.A. Chargers (510), 1 PM ET, CBS)
Kansas City clinches a first-round bye with:
• KC win + NE loss
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-3) (vs. Miami (4-11); 1:00 PM ET, CBS)
New England clinches a first-round bye with:
• NE win or tie OR
• KC loss or tie OAKLAND RAIDERS (7-8) (at Denver (6-9); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)
Oakland clinches a playoff berth with:
• OAK win + PIT loss + TEN loss + IND win + OAK clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PIT*
*OAK clinches strength-ofvictory tiebreaker over PIT if ONE of the following teams win or tie:
CHI, DET, LAC OR NE PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-7) (at Baltimore (13-2); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)
Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with:
• PIT win + TEN loss or tie OR
• PIT tie + TEN loss OR
• TEN loss + IND win + OAK loss or tie OR
• TEN loss + IND win + PIT ties OAK in strength-ofvictory tiebreaker*
*PIT ties OAK in strengthof-victory tiebreaker if ALL of the following teams win: MIN, GB, KC AND MIA TENNESSEE TITANS (8-7) (at Houston (10-5); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)
Tennessee clinches a playoff berth with:
• TEN win OR
• TEN tie + PIT loss or tie OR
• PIT loss + IND loss or tie
NFC
CLINCHED: Green Bay: NFC North division
New Orleans: NFC South division
Minnesota: playoff berth San Francisco: playoff berth
Seattle: playoff berth DALLAS COWBOYS (7-8) (vs. Washington (3-12); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Dallas clinches NFC East division with:
• DAL win + PHI loss GREEN BAY PACKERS (12-3) (at Detroit (3-11-1); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Green Bay clinches a firstround bye with:
• GB win OR
• NO loss OR
• GB tie + SF loss OR
• GB tie + NO tie Green Bay clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
• GB win + SF loss or tie OR
• GB tie + SF loss + NO loss or tie
NEW ORLEANS
SAINTS (12-3) (at Carolina (5-10); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
New Orleans clinches a first-round bye with:
• NO win + GB loss or tie OR
• NO win + SF loss or tie OR
• NO tie + GB loss OR
• NO tie + SF loss OR
• SF loss + GB win or tie New Orleans clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
• NO win + GB loss or tie + SF loss or tie OR
• NO tie + GB loss + SF loss PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8-7) (at N.Y. Giants (4-11); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Philadelphia clinches NFC East division with: • PHI win or tie OR
• DAL loss or tie
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (12-3) (at Seattle (11-4); 8:20 PM ET, NBC)
San Francisco clinches NFC West division title with: • SF win or tie
San Francisco clinches a first-round bye with:
• SF win OR
• SF tie + GB loss or tie OR • SF tie + NO loss or tie San Francisco clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
• SF win OR
• SF tie + GB loss or tie + NO loss or tie
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (11-4) (vs. San Francisco (12-3); 8:20 ET, NBC)
Seattle clinches NFC West division with:
• SEA win
Seattle clinches a firstround bye with:
• SEA win + GB loss Seattle clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
• SEA win + GB loss + NO loss