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Live standings

                                                                         
        NFC    Record    Conf. Rec.   Explanation 
1 SEAx 12-3 7-3  
2 CHIx 11-4 7-3  
3 PHIxy 10-5 8-3  
4 CAR 8-7 6-4  
5 SFx 11-4 8-2 SF wins the tiebreak over LAR on Division Record (4-1 vs 3-2).
6 LARx 11-4 6-4  
7 GB 9-5-1 7-3-1  
8 DETk 8-7 5-5  
9 DALke 7-8-1 4-6-1  
10 MINke 7-8 5-5 MIN wins the tiebreak over TB on Conference Record (5-5 vs 5-6).
11 TB 7-8 5-6  
12 ATLke 6-9 5-5  
13 NOke 5-10 4-7  
14 WASke 4-12 2-9  
15 ARIke 3-12 3-8  
16 NYGke 2-13 1-10  
         
        AFC    Record    Conf. Rec.   Explanation 
1 DENx 12-3 7-3 DEN wins the tiebreak over NE on Common Games (6-0 vs 4-1).
2 NEx 12-3 7-3  
3 JAXx 11-4 8-2  
4 PIT 9-6 7-3  
5 LACx 11-4 8-2 LAC wins the tiebreak over BUF on Conference Record (8-2 vs 8-3).
6 BUFx 11-4 8-3  
7 HOU 10-5 8-2  
8 INDk 8-7 6-4  
9 BAL 7-8 5-6  
10 KCke 6-9 3-7 KC wins the tiebreak over MIA on Conference Record (3-7 vs 3-8).
11 MIAke 6-9 3-8  
12 CINke 5-10 5-6  
13 NYJke 3-12 2-8 CLE drops out of the tiebreak with NYJ/TEN on Head-to-Head Sweep. NYJ wins the tiebreak over TEN on Conference Record (2-8 vs 2-9).
14 TENke 3-12 2-9 TEN wins the tiebreak over CLE on Head-to-Head.
15 CLEke 3-12 2-8  
16 LVke 2-13 2-9  
                                                                   
NFC  East   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 PHIxy 10-5 3-2  
2 DALke 7-8-1 4-1  
3 WASke 4-12 2-3  
4 NYGke 2-13 1-4  
         
NFC  North   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 CHIx 11-4 2-3  
2 GB 9-5-1 4-1  
3 DETk 8-7 1-3  
4 MINke 7-8 2-2  
         
NFC  South   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 CAR 8-7 3-2  
2 TB 7-8 2-3  
3 ATLke 6-9 2-3  
4 NOke 5-10 3-2  
         
NFC  West   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 SEAx 12-3 3-2  
2 SFx 11-4 4-1 SF wins the tiebreak over LAR on Division Record (4-1 vs 3-2).
3 LARx 11-4 3-2  
4 ARIke 3-12 0-5  
         
AFC  East   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 NEx 12-3 3-1  
2 BUFx 11-4 3-2  
3 MIAke 6-9 3-2  
4 NYJke 3-12 0-4  
         
AFC  North   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 PIT 9-6 3-1  
2 BAL 7-8 3-2  
3 CINke 5-10 3-2  
4 CLEke 3-12 0-4  
         
AFC  South   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 JAXx 11-4 3-1  
2 HOU 10-5 4-1  
3 INDk 8-7 2-2  
4 TENke 3-12 0-5  
         
AFC  West   Record   Div. Rec  Explanation 
1 DENx 12-3 3-1  
2 LACx 11-4 5-0  
3 KCke 6-9 1-3  
4 LVke 2-13 0-5  

x Team has clinched a playoff berth.
y Team has clinched their division title.
e Team has been eliminated from playoff contention.
k Team has been knocked out of division title contention.
NFC Teams knocked out of 1 seed contention: NYG, ARI, WAS, NO, ATL, TB, MIN, DAL, DET, GB, CAR, PHI
AFC Teams knocked out of 1 seed contention: LV, CLE, TEN, NYJ, CIN, MIA, KC, BAL, IND, PIT


Posts from Week 17

- Playoff Picture Entering Week 17

- Notes on the Week 17 Playoff Picture

- Every Team’s Simplest Path to the Playoffs


Live Scenarios:

NFC Clinching Scenarios

SEA clinches a first-round bye and home-field advantage with:
         1) SEA win + LAR loss/tie + SF tie

 

SEA clinches the NFC West division title with:
         1) SEA win + LAR loss/tie + SF loss/tie
OR 2) SEA tie + LAR loss + SF loss

 

CHI clinches the NFC North division title with:
         1) CHI win
OR 2) CHI tie + GB tie
OR 3) GB loss

 

CAR clinches the NFC South division title with:
         1) CAR win + TB loss/tie
OR 2) CAR tie + TB loss

 

GB clinches a playoff berth with:
         1) GB win/tie
OR 2) DET loss/tie

 

AFC Clinching Scenarios

DEN clinches a first-round bye and home-field advantage with:
         1) DEN win + NE loss + LAC loss/tie + JAX loss/tie + BUF loss/tie

 

DEN clinches the AFC West division title with:
         1) DEN win + LAC loss/tie
OR 2) DEN tie + LAC loss

 

NE clinches the AFC East division title with:
         1) NE win + BUF loss/tie
OR 2) NE tie + BUF loss

 

JAX clinches the AFC South division title with:
         1) JAX win + HOU loss/tie
OR 2) JAX tie + HOU loss

 

PIT clinches the AFC North division title with:
         1) PIT win/tie
OR 2) BAL loss/tie

 

HOU clinches a playoff berth with:
         1) HOU win/tie
OR 2) IND loss/tie
OR 3) TB win + SF win + LAR win + BUF win + BAL win + KC win

 

NFC Elimination Scenarios

DET is eliminated from playoff contention with:
         1) DET loss/tie
OR 2) GB win/tie

 

TB is eliminated from NFC South title contention AND playoff contention with:
         1) TB loss + CAR win/tie
OR 2) TB tie + CAR win

 

GB is knocked out of NFC North title contention with:
         1) GB loss
OR 2) GB tie + CHI tie
OR 3) CHI win

 

LAR is knocked out of division title (and 1 seed) contention with:
         1) LAR loss
OR 2) LAR tie + SEA win
OR 3) LAR tie + SEA tie + SF tie
OR 4) LAR tie + SF win
OR 5) SEA win + SF win

 

SF is knocked out of NFC West title contention with:
         1) SF loss + SEA win/tie
OR 2) SF tie + SEA win

 

SF is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) SF loss
OR 2) SF tie + SEA win

 

CHI is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) CHI loss
OR 2) CHI tie + SEA win/tie

 

AFC Elimination Scenarios

BAL is eliminated from AFC North title contention AND playoff contention with:
         1) BAL loss/tie
OR 2) PIT win/tie

 

IND is eliminated from playoff contention with:
         1) IND loss/tie
OR 2) HOU win/tie
OR 3) TB win + SF win + LAR win + BUF win + BAL win + KC win

 

BUF is knocked out of AFC East title contention with:
         1) BUF loss + NE win/tie
OR 2) BUF tie + NE win

 

BUF is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) BUF loss + NE win/tie
OR 2) BUF loss + DEN win/tie
OR 3) BUF loss + LAC win/tie
OR 4) BUF loss + JAX win/tie
OR 5) BUF loss + TEN win/tie
OR 6) BUF loss + ARI win
OR 7) BUF loss + ARI tie + 0.5 or more combined wins from (GB, SF, LV)
OR 8) BUF loss + ARI tie
OR 9) BUF loss + LV win
OR 10) BUF loss + LV tie
OR 11) BUF loss + LV tie + SF win
OR 12) BUF loss + GB win
OR 13) BUF loss + GB tie + SF win
OR 14) BUF loss + GB tie
OR 15) BUF loss + 0.5 or more combined wins from (MIN, SEA, MIA, PIT)
OR 16) BUF tie + DEN win
OR 17) BUF tie + NE win
OR 18) BUF tie + DEN tie + LAC tie
OR 19) BUF tie + LAC win
OR 20) DEN win + LAC win

 

HOU is knocked out of AFC South title contention with:
         1) HOU loss + JAX win/tie
OR 2) HOU tie + JAX win

 

HOU is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) HOU loss/tie
OR 2) DEN win/tie
OR 3) NE win/tie

 

LAC is knocked out of AFC West title contention with:
         1) LAC loss + DEN win/tie
OR 2) LAC tie + DEN win

 

LAC is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) LAC loss + DEN win/tie
OR 2) LAC loss + NE win/tie
OR 3) LAC loss + JAX win + BUF win/tie
OR 4) LAC loss + JAX win + 5 or more combined wins from (NYG, DET, CAR, TB, ARI, SF, CLE)
OR 5) LAC tie + DEN win
OR 6) LAC tie + NE win

 

NE is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) NE loss + DEN win
OR 2) NE loss + DEN tie + LAC win

 

JAX is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:
         1) JAX loss + DEN win/tie
OR 2) JAX loss + NE win/tie
OR 3) JAX loss + LAC win/tie
OR 4) JAX tie + NE win
OR 5) JAX tie + DEN win
OR 6) JAX tie + DEN tie + LAC win

 


Updates from results in week 17

Clinches

None yet

 

Failures to Clinch

None yet

 

Eliminations

None yet

 

Avoided Eliminations

None yet

 


Playoff status going into week 17

Division status

Already clinched division title:
PHI

Can clinch division title this week:
SEA, CHI, CAR, DEN, NE, JAX, PIT

Can be knocked out of division title contention this week:
TB, GB, LAR, SF, BAL, BUF, HOU, LAC

Already knocked out of division title contention:
NYG, ARI, WAS, NO, ATL, DAL, MIN, DET, LV, CLE, TEN, NYJ, CIN, MIA, KC, IND

Playoff Status

Already clinched a playoff berth:
SEA, CHI, LAR, SF, PHI, DEN, NE, JAX, LAC, BUF

Can clinch a playoff berth this week:
CAR, GB, PIT, HOU

Can be eliminated from playoff contention this week:
DET, TB, BAL, IND

Already eliminated from playoff contention:
NYG, ARI, WAS, NO, ATL, DAL, MIN, LV, CLE, TEN, NYJ, CIN, MIA, KC

 


Update 1 (Thurs.Early): Updated for DAL/WAS


1st Overall Pick Scenarios

NYG clinches the 1st overall draft pick with:
         1) NYG loss + NYJ win/tie + CLE win
OR 2) NYG loss + NYJ win/tie + CLE tie + 0.5 or more combined losses from (PHI, GB, NO, SF)
OR 3) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI loss + GB loss
OR 4) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI loss + GB tie + 0.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 5) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI loss + 1.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 6) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI tie + GB loss + 1.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 7) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI tie + GB tie + 2.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 8) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + PHI tie + 3.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 9) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + GB loss + 3.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 10) NYG loss + CLE win/tie + GB tie + 4.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 11) NYG loss + CLE win + 5.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC)
OR 12) NYG loss + CLE tie + 5.5 or more combined losses from (TB, ARI, SEA, LAR, IND, KC, LAC) + 0.5 or more combined losses from (NO, SF)

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