Standings entering week 9
 NFC |
 AFC |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 SF (7-0) |
1 |
 NE (8-0) |
| 2 |
 NO (7-1)1 |
2 |
 IND (5-2)5 |
| 3 |
 GB (7-1) |
3 |
 BAL (5-2) |
| 4 |
 DAL (4-3) |
4 |
 KC (5-3) |
| 5 |
 SEA (6-2)2 |
5 |
 BUF (5-2) |
| 6 |
 MIN (6-2) |
6 |
 HOU (5-3) |
| 7 |
 LAR (5-3) |
7 |
 JAX (4-4)6 |
| 8 |
 CAR (4-3) |
8 |
 TEN (4-4) |
| 9 |
 DET (3-3-1)3 |
9 |
 PIT (3-4)7 |
| 10 |
 PHI (4-4) |
10 |
 OAK (3-4) |
| 11 |
 ARI (3-4-1) |
11 |
 LAC (3-5) |
| 12 |
 CHI (3-4) |
12 |
 CLE (2-5) |
| 13 |
 TB (2-5) |
13 |
 DEN (2-6) |
| 14 |
 NYG (2-6) |
14 |
 NYJ (1-6) |
| 15 |
 ATL (1-7)4 |
15 |
 CIN (0-8)8 |
| 16 |
 WAS (1-7) |
16 |
 MIA (0-7) |
1 NO wins the tiebreak over GB on conference record (5-1 vs 4-1)
2 SEA wins the tiebreak over MIN on conference record (3-1 vs 5-2)
3 DET wins the tiebreak over PHI on head-to-head
4 ATL wins the tiebreak over WAS on conference record (1-4 vs 0-6)
5 IND wins the tiebreak over BAL on conference record (4-2 vs 3-2)
6 JAX wins the tiebreak over TEN on head-to-head (1-0)
7 PIT wins the tiebreak over OAK on conference record (3-2 vs 2-2)
8 CIN wins the tiebreak over MIA on Strength of Schedule (38-21-1 vs 29-23)
Elimination Scenarios
|
NYJ is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
NYJ loss +
NE win |
|
MIA is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
MIA loss |
|
| OR | 2) |
NE win |
| OR | 3) |
MIA tie +
NE tie |
Possible Seeds
All teams can still get all seeds, even
MIA,
NYJ,
CIN,
WAS, and
ATL.
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.
Teams that control the 1 seed:
SF
NE
Teams that control the 2 seed:
GB
NO
HOU
IND
Teams that control the 3 seed:
SEA
BAL
Teams that control the 4 seed:
DAL
CAR
JAX
KC
OAK
LAC
Teams that control the 5 seed:
MIN
BUF
Teams that control the 6 seed:
None
Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
PHI
NYG
WAS
CHI
DET
TB
ATL
LAR
ARI
NYJ
MIA
PIT
CLE
CIN
TEN
DEN
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