NFL Playoff Scenarios

AFC

CLINCHED -- New England: East Division and first-round bye; Houston: South Division; Baltimore and Pittsburgh: wild-card spots

NEW ENGLAND -- Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with win or tie; OR Baltimore loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie

BALTIMORE -- Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with win; OR tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie; OR Pittsburgh loss

Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with win AND New England loss

PITTSBURGH -- Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with win AND Baltimore loss or tie; OR tie AND Baltimore loss

Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with win AND Baltimore loss or tie AND New England loss

DENVER -- Clinches AFC West Division with win; OR tie AND Oakland loss or tie; OR Oakland loss

OAKLAND -- Clinches AFC West Division with win AND Denver loss or tie; OR tie AND Denver loss

Clinches wild-card spot with win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie; OR win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win

CINCINNATI -- Clinches wild-card spot with win or tie; OR N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie; OR N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie

NEW YORK JETS -- Clinch wild-card spot with win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie; OR win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie

TENNESSEE -- Clinches wild-card spot with win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Oakland loss or tie; OR win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Denver loss or tie; OR win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland win AND Denver win

NFC

CLINCHED -- Green Bay: North Division and home-field advantage throughout playoffs; San Francisco: West Division; Atlanta, New Orleans and Detroit: wild-card spots.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Clinches first-round bye with win or tie AND New Orleans loss or tie in either remaining game; OR New Orleans loss in either remaining game

NEW ORLEANS -- Clinches NFC South Division with win or tie in either remaining game; OR Atlanta loss or tie in either remaining game

Clinches first-round bye with win in both remaining games AND San Francisco loss or tie; OR win and tie both remaining games AND San Francisco loss

NEW YORK GIANTS -- Clinch NFC East Division with win or tie

DALLAS -- Clinches NFC East Division with win

ATLANTA -- Clinches NFC South Division with win in both remaining games AND New Orleans loses both remaining games

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