{"id":16144,"date":"2019-12-27T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T02:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=16144"},"modified":"2019-12-27T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T02:30:49","slug":"week-17-nfl-playoff-clinching-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2019\/12\/27\/week-17-nfl-playoff-clinching-scenarios\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 17 NFL Playoff Clinching Scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16145\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-1024x912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-1024x912.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-768x684.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-696x620.jpg 696w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-1068x951.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball-471x420.jpg 471w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2019\/12\/nflfootball.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NFL regular season come to a close with one final weekend of action. Below you can find out all of the scenarios that are in play entering Sunday&#8217;s slate of games.<\/p>\n<h3>AFC<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLINCHED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baltimore Ravens\u00a0&#8211; AFC North division and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston Texans\u00a0&#8211; AFC South division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0&#8211; AFC West division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New England Patriots\u00a0&#8211; AFC East division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buffalo Bills\u00a0&#8211; playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) (vs. L.A.\u00a0Chargers\u00a0(5-10), 1:00 PM ET, CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas City clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. KC win + NE loss<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-3) (vs. Miami (4-11); 1:00 PM ET, CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New England clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. NE win or tie OR<br \/>\n2. KC loss or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>OAKLAND RAIDERS (7-8) (at Denver (6-9); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oakland clinches a playoff berth with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. OAK win + PIT loss + TEN loss + IND win + OAK clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PIT*<\/p>\n<p>*OAK clinches strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PIT if ONE of the following teams win or tie: CHI, DET, LAC OR NE<\/p>\n<p><strong>PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-7) (at Baltimore (13-2); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. PIT win + TEN loss or tie OR<br \/>\n2. PIT tie + TEN loss OR<br \/>\n3. TEN loss + IND win + OAK loss or tie OR<br \/>\n4. TEN loss + IND win + PIT ties OAK in strength-of-victory tiebreaker*<\/p>\n<p>*PIT ties OAK in strength-of-victory tiebreaker if ALL of the following teams win: MIN, GB, KC AND MIA<\/p>\n<p><strong>TENNESSEE TITANS (8-7) (at Houston (10-5); 4:25 PM ET, CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee clinches a playoff berth with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. TEN win OR<br \/>\n2. TEN tie + PIT loss or tie OR<br \/>\n3. PIT loss + IND loss or tie<\/p>\n<h3>NFC<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLINCHED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Saints\u00a0&#8211; NFC South division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Bay Packers\u00a0&#8211; playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minnesota Vikings\u00a0&#8212; playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco 49ers\u00a0&#8211; playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle Seahawks\u00a0&#8211; playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DALLAS COWBOYS (7-8) (vs. Washington (3-12); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dallas clinches NFC East division with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. DAL win + PHI loss<\/p>\n<p><strong>GREEN BAY PACKERS (12-3) (at Detroit (3-11-1); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Bay clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. GB win OR<br \/>\n2. NO loss OR<br \/>\n3. GB tie + SF loss OR<br \/>\n4. GB tie + NO tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Bay clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. GB win + SF loss or tie OR<br \/>\n2. GB tie + SF loss + NO loss or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (12-3) (at Carolina (5-10); 1:00 PM ET, FOX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. NO win + GB loss or tie OR<br \/>\n2. NO win + SF loss or tie OR<br \/>\n3. NO tie + GB loss OR<br \/>\n4. NO tie + SF loss OR<br \/>\n5. SF loss + GB win or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. NO win + GB loss or tie + SF loss or tie OR<br \/>\n2. NO tie + GB loss + SF loss<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8-7) (at N.Y.\u00a0Giants\u00a0(4-11); 4:25 PM ET, FOX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philadelphia clinches NFC East division with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. PHI win or tie OR<br \/>\n2. DAL loss or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (12-3) (at Seattle (11-4); 8:20 PM ET, NBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco clinches NFC West division title with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. SF win or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. SF win OR<br \/>\n2. SF tie + GB loss or tie OR<br \/>\n3. SF tie + NO loss or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. SF win OR<br \/>\n2. SF tie + GB loss or tie + NO loss or tie<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (11-4) (vs. San Francisco (12-3); 8:20 ET, NBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle clinches NFC West division with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. SEA win<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle clinches a first-round bye with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. SEA win + GB loss<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_10_3_1_1577500000281_411\">1. SEA win + GB loss + NO loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL regular season come to a close with one final weekend of action. Below you can find out all of the scenarios that are in play entering Sunday&#8217;s slate of games. AFC &nbsp; CLINCHED: Baltimore Ravens\u00a0&#8211; AFC North division and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs Houston Texans\u00a0&#8211; AFC South division Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0&#8211; AFC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-16144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16146,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144\/revisions\/16146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16144"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}