2022 Week 14 Playoff Picture

• Standings entering week 14
• Clinching Scenarios
  • NFC
  • AFC
• Elimination Scenarios
  • NFC
  • AFC
• Possible Seeds
• Team Control

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Standings entering week 14

• Conference Standings
• Division Standings

	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	PHI	11-1	6-1
2	MIN	10-2	6-2
3	SF	8-4	6-2
4	TB	6-6	6-2
5	DAL	9-3	7-3
6	NYG	7-4-1	3-4-1
7	SEA	7-5	5-4
8	WAS	7-5-1	4-4-1
9	DET	5-7	4-4
10	ATL	5-8	4-5	ATL wins the tiebreak over GB on Strength of Victory (27-34 vs 27-35).
11	GBk	5-8	4-5
12	ARI	4-8	3-6	ARI wins the tiebreak over CAR on Head-to-Head.
13	CAR	4-8	3-5
14	NO	4-9	3-6
15	LARk	3-9	3-7
16	CHIke	3-10	1-8
	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	BUF	9-3	6-2	BUF wins the tiebreak over KC on Head-to-Head.
2	KC	9-3	5-3
3	BAL	8-4	5-3	BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4	TEN	7-5	5-3
5	CIN	8-4	5-3	CIN wins the tiebreak over MIA on Head-to-Head.
6	MIA	8-4	6-2
7	NYJ	7-5	5-4
8	NE	6-6	5-3	NE wins the tiebreak over LAC on Conference Record (5-3 vs 4-4).
9	LAC	6-6	4-4
10	LV	5-7	4-5	CLE wins the tiebreak over PIT on Head-to-Head (1-0). LV wins the tiebreak over CLE on Conference Record (4-5 vs 3-6).
11	CLE	5-7	3-6	CLE wins the tiebreak over PIT on Head-to-Head (1-0).
12	PIT	5-7	2-6
13	IND	4-8-1	4-5-1
14	JAX	4-8	4-4
15	DENk	3-9	2-7
16	HOUke	1-10-1	1-6-1

NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	PHI	11-1	2-1
2	DAL	9-3	3-1
3	NYG	7-4-1	0-2-1
4	WAS	7-5-1	1-2-1
NFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	MIN	10-2	3-0
2	DET	5-7	2-1
3	GBk	5-8	2-2
4	CHIke	3-10	0-4
NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	TB	6-6	3-1
2	ATL	5-8	1-3
3	CAR	4-8	3-1
4	NO	4-9	1-3
NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SF	8-4	4-0
2	SEA	7-5	3-1
3	ARI	4-8	1-4
4	LARk	3-9	1-4
AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BUF	9-3	1-2
2	MIA	8-4	2-1
3	NYJ	7-5	2-2
4	NE	6-6	2-2
AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BAL	8-4	2-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
2	CIN	8-4	1-3
3	CLE	5-7	2-1	CLE wins the tiebreak over PIT on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4	PIT	5-7	1-2
AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	TEN	7-5	3-0
2	IND	4-8-1	1-3-1
3	JAX	4-8	1-2
4	HOUke	1-10-1	1-1-1
AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	9-3	3-0
2	LAC	6-6	2-3
3	LV	5-7	3-2
4	DENk	3-9	0-3

^e Team has been eliminated from playoff contention.
^k Team has been knocked out of division title contention.

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Clinching Scenarios

NFC

MIN clinches the NFC North division title with:

1)

MIN win/tie

 

PHI clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	PHI win/tie
OR	2)	SEA loss + SF loss

 

 

AFC

KC clinches the AFC West division title with:

1)

KC win + LAC loss

 

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Elimination Scenarios

NFC

WAS is knocked out of NFC East title contention with:

1)

PHI win

 

NYG is knocked out of NFC East title contention with:

1)

NYG loss

 

DET is knocked out of NFC North title contention with:

1)

DET loss/tie

 

ARI is knocked out of NFC West title contention with:

	1)	ARI loss
OR	2)	ARI tie + SEA win/tie
OR	3)	ARI tie + SF tie
OR	4)	SF win
OR	5)	SF tie + SEA win

 

ARI is eliminated from playoff contention with:

1)

ARI loss + SEA win + NYG win/tie

 

LAR is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	LAR loss
OR	2)	LAR tie + SEA win/tie
OR	3)	SEA win + NYG win/tie

 

AFC

PIT is knocked out of AFC North title contention with:

1)

PIT loss

 

CLE is knocked out of AFC North title contention with:

1)

CLE loss + BAL win/tie

 

JAX is knocked out of AFC South title contention with:

1)

JAX loss

 

LAC is knocked out of AFC West title contention with:

1)

LAC loss + KC win

 

LV is knocked out of AFC West title contention with:

	1)	LV loss + KC tie
OR	2)	KC win

 

DEN is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	DEN loss
OR	2)	DEN tie + NYJ win/tie
OR	3)	NYJ win + BAL win/tie + CIN win/tie
OR	4)	NYJ win + BAL win/tie + NE win

 

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Possible Seeds

E simply means the team could still miss the playoffs

PHI:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
DAL:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
NYG:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
WAS:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
MIN:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
DET:		2	3	4	5	6	7	E
GB:					5	6	7	E
CHI:								E
TB:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
ATL:			3	4	5	6	7	E
CAR:			3	4	5	6	7	E
NO:			3	4		6	7	E
SF:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
SEA:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
ARI:			3	4	5	6	7	E
LAR:						6	7	E
BUF:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
MIA:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
NYJ:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
NE:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
BAL:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
CIN:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
CLE:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
PIT:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
TEN:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
IND:			3	4	5	6	7	E
JAX:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
HOU:								E
KC:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
LAC:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
LV:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	E
DEN:						6	7	E

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Team Control

The seed that a team controls is the worst seed that team could get if they win out. These are often mutually exclusive because it is impossible for teams that play each other in future weeks to both win out. If a team changed controlled seed from last week, last week’s seed is noted in parentheses.

Teams that control the 1 seed:
PHI BUF(2)

Teams that control the 2 seed:
MIN CIN(3) KC(1)

Teams that control the 3 seed:
SF MIA(2) BAL(4)

Teams that control the 4 seed:
TB TEN

Teams that control the 5 seed:
DAL

Teams that control the 6 seed:
NYG NYJ(4)

Teams that control the 7 seed:
SEA WAS(6)

Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
DET GB CHI ATL CAR NO ARI LAR
NE(6) CLE PIT IND JAX HOU LAC(7) LV DEN

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