Playoff Scenarios

Playoff Scenarios Week 16

AFC

Indianapolis

Clinched AFC South and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs

San Diego

Clinched AFC West and a first-round bye

New England

- Clinches AFC East division title with:

1) win or tie OR

2) Miami loss or tie

Cincinnati

- Clinches AFC North division title with:

1) win OR

2) tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

3) Baltimore loss

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) tie OR

2) Jacksonville loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Houston-Miami tie

Baltimore

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) win and Jacksonville loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) win and Jacksonville loss or tie and Denver loss OR

3) win and Miami loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Denver loss OR

4) tie and N.Y. Jets loss and Jacksonville loss and Houston-Miami tie

Denver

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) win and Jacksonville loss or tie and Miami loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie

NFC

New Orleans

Clinched NFC South and a first-round bye

- Clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

1) win or tie OR

2) Minnesota loss or tie

Minnesota

Clinched NFC North

- Clinches first-round bye with:

1) A win and Philadelphia loss or tie OR

2) A tie and Philadelphia loss

Arizona

Clinched NFC West

Philadelphia

Clinched a playoff spot

- Clinches NFC East with:

1) win and Dallas loss or tie OR

3) tie and Dallas loss

Green Bay

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) win and N.Y. Giants loss or tie OR

2) win and Dallas loss OR

3) tie and N.Y. Giants loss

Dallas

- Clinches playoff spot with:

1) win and N.Y. Giants loss or tie OR

2) tie and N.Y. Giants loss