PLAYOFF SCENARIOS

New England - AFC East and first-round bye; Cincinnati - AFC North; Denver and Kansas City - playoff berth.

(at Miami): Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win or tie, or Denver loss tie.

NEW ENGLAND

DENVER

(vs. San West with: Win or tie, or Kansas City loss or tie. Clinches first-round bye with: Win; or Tie and Cincinnati loss or tie; or Kansas City loss or tie and Cincinnati loss.Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs: Win and New England loss.

(vs. Baltimore): Clinches firstround bye with: Win and Denver loss or tie; or Tie and Denver loss; orDenver loss and Kansas City win.

(vs. Oakland): Clinches AFC West with: Win and Denver loss.

(at Buffalo): Clinch playoff spot with: Win or tie, or Pittsburgh loss or tie.

CINCINNATI

KANSAS CITY

Diego): Clinches AFC

NEW YORK JETS

PITTSBURGH

(at Cleveland): Clinches playoff spot with: Win and N.Y. Jets loss.

(vs. Jacksonville): Clinches AFC South with: Win or tie, or Indianapolis loss or tie or clinches strength of victory tiebreaker or strength of schedule tiebreaker over Indianapolis. Clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis if one of the following teams wins or ties: Cincinnati, New England, New Orleans, Jets and San Diego. Clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Indianapolis if Kansas City wins or ties and Baltimore wins or ties as long as both teams don’t tie

HOUSTON

INDIANAPOLIS

(vs. Tennessee): Clinches AFC South with: Win and Houston loss and Indianapolis ties Houston in strength of victory tiebreaker and clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Houston. Ties Houston in strength of victory tiebreaker and clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Houston if BOTH of the following occurs: All of the following teams win: Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Denver, Miami and Oakland and Pittsburgh win or tie as long as both teams don’t tie. If Houston and Indianapolis end up tied in strength of victory and tied in strength of schedule, the teams would then go to the next tiebreaker, which is best combined ranking among AFC teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.

CLINCHED:

Carolina - NFC South and firstround bye; Arizona - NFC West and firstround bye; Washington - NFC East; Green Bay, Minnesota and Seattle - playoff berth.

(vs. Tampa Bay): Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: Win or tie, or Arizona loss tie.

CAROLINA

ARIZONA

(vs. Seattle): Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: Win and Carolina loss.

(vs. Minnesota): Clinches NFC North with: Win or tie.

(at Green North with: Win.

GREEN BAY

MINNESOTA WEEK 17

AFC

NFC

or

or

Bay): Clinches NFC