NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenarios

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AFC

CLINCHED:

            Buffalo Bills (12-3) – AFC East

            Houston Texans (9-6) – AFC South

            Kansas City Chiefs (14-1) – AFC West

            Baltimore Ravens (10-5) – playoff berth

            Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5) – playoff berth

Kansas City Chiefs (14-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5); Wednesday, 1 p.m. ET, Netflix

Kansas City clinches the AFC’s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

  1. KC win or tie
  2. BUF loss or tie

Denver Broncos (9-6) at Cincinnati Bengals (7-8); Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network

Denver clinches a playoff berth with:

  1. DEN win or tie

Los Angeles Chargers (9-6) at New England Patriots (3-12); Saturday, 1 p.m. ET, NFL Network

Los Angeles clinches a playoff berth with:

  1. LAC win or tie
  2. MIA loss or tie + IND loss or tie

NFC

CLINCHED:

            Detroit Lions (13-2) – playoff berth

            Green Bay Packers (11-4) – playoff berth

            Minnesota Vikings (13-2) – playoff berth

            Philadelphia Eagles (12-3) – playoff berth

Detroit Lions (13-2) at San Francisco 49ers (6-9); Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC

Detroit clinches NFC North division title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

  1. DET win + MIN loss

Philadelphia Eagles (12-3) vs. Dallas Cowboys (7-8); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX

Philadelphia clinches NFC East division title with:

  1. PHI win or tie
  2. WAS loss or tie

Atlanta Falcons (8-7) at Washington Commanders (10-5); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Atlanta clinches NFC South division title with:

  1. ATL win + TB loss

Los Angeles Rams (9-6) vs. Arizona Cardinals (7-8); Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, NFL Network

Los Angeles Rams clinch NFC West division title with:

  1. LAR win + SEA loss or tie
  2. LAR win + LAR clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over SEA
  3. LAR tie + SEA loss

(Note: LAR clinches strength of victory over SEA with 3.5 or more wins from the following teams: MIN, BUF, SF, WAS, CIN, CLE)

Washington Commanders (10-5) vs. Atlanta Falcons (8-7); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Washington clinches a playoff berth with:

  1. WAS win or tie
  2. TB loss or tie
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