WEEK 17
AFC
CLINCHED: New England – AFC East and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs; Denver – AFC West; Indianapolis – AFC South; Cincinnati and Pittsburgh – playoff berth.
NEW ENGLAND (vs. Buffalo)
– Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs
DENVER (vs. Oakland)
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win or tie, OR
– Cincinnati Loss, OR
– Cincinnati tie and Indianapolis win
CINCINNATI (at Pittsburgh)
– Clinched playoff spot
Clinches AFC North with:
– Win or tie
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win and Denver loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Denver loss and Indianapolis loss or tie
PITTSBURGH (vs. Cincinnati)
Pittsburgh clinches AFC North with:
– Win
SAN DIEGO (at Kansas City)
Clinches playoff spot with:
– Win, OR
– Tie and Baltimore loss or tie
BALTIMORE (vs. Cleveland)
Clinches playoff spot with:
– Win and San Diego loss or tie, OR
– Tie and San Diego loss
KANSAS CITY (vs. San Diego)
Clinches playoff spot with:
– Win and Baltimore loss and Houston loss or tie
HOUSTON (vs. Jacksonville)
Clinches playoff spot with:
– Win and Baltimore loss and San Diego loss
NFC
CLINCHED: Arizona – playoff berth; Seattle – playoff berth; Detroit – playoff berth; Green Bay – playoff berth; Dallas – NFC East.
DALLAS (at Washington)
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
– Win and Arizona loss or tie and Detroit/Green Bay tie
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie and Arizona loss or tie, OR
– Win and Detroit/Green Bay tie, OR
– Seattle loss and Arizona loss, OR
– Tie and Seattle tie and Arizona loss or tie and Detroit/Green Bay does not end in a tie
DETROIT (at Green Bay)
Clinches NFC North with:
– Win or tie
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie and Arizona loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss and Arizona loss and Dallas loss or tie
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win, OR
– Tie and Dallas loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss and Arizona loss
GREEN BAY (vs. Detroit)
Clinches NFC North and first-round bye with:
– Win
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie
SEATTLE (vs. St. Louis)
Clinches NFC West with:
– Win, OR
– Tie and Arizona loss or tie, OR
– Arizona loss
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
– Win and Detroit/Green Bay game does not end in a tie, OR
– Win and Dallas loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Arizona loss or tie and Dallas loss or tie and Green Bay/Detroit tie
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win, OR
– Tie and Arizona loss or tie and Dallas loss, OR
– Tie and Arizona loss or tie and Green Bay/Detroit tie
ARIZONA (at San Francisco)
Clinches NFC West with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie and Green Bay loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss and Dallas loss or tie and Green Bay/Detroit tie
Clinches first-round bye with:
– Win and Seattle loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss and Dallas loss or tie, OR
– Tie and Seattle loss and Green Bay/Detroit tie
CAROLINA (at Atlanta)
Clinches NFC South with:
– Win or tie
ATLANTA (vs. Carolina)
Clinches NFC South with:
– Win
NFL Playoff Scenarios
