{"id":7934,"date":"2013-12-27T18:08:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T23:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2013-12-27T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T23:08:34","slug":"nfl-playoff-scenarios-for-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/12\/27\/nfl-playoff-scenarios-for-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Playoff scenarios for Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"broncoscheers\"<\/p>\n

With one week left the playoff picture is no clearer then it was a week ago. There is no shortage of teams who have a chance to make the playoffs but the number of spots left are few.<\/p>\n

DENVER BRONCOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denver clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

1) DEN win OR
\n2) NE loss<\/p>\n

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

New England clinches a first-round bye with:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

1) NE win OR
\n2) CIN loss + IND loss<\/p>\n

New England clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) NE win + DEN loss<\/p>\n

CINCINNATI BENGALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cincinnati clinches first-round bye with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) CIN win + NE loss<\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indianapolis clinches first-round bye with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) IND win + NE loss + CIN loss<\/p>\n

BALTIMORE RAVENS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baltimore clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) BAL win + SD loss OR
\n2) BAL win + MIA loss OR
\n3) PIT loss + SD loss + MIA loss<\/p>\n

MIAMI DOLPHINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miami clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) MIA win + BAL loss OR
\n2) MIA win + SD win<\/p>\n

PITTSBURGH STEELERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pittsburgh clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) PIT win + BAL loss + MIA loss + SD loss<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) SD win + BAL loss + MIA loss
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

NFC<\/strong>
\nCLINCHED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seattle — playoff spot
\nCarolina — playoff spot
\nSan Francisco — playoff spot<\/p>\n

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seattle clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) SEA win OR
\n2) SF loss<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Orleans clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) NO win OR
\n2) ARI loss<\/p>\n

New Orleans clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) NO win + CAR loss<\/p>\n

CAROLINA PANTHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolina clinches NFC South and first-round bye with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) CAR win OR
\n2) NO loss<\/p>\n

Carolina clinches NFC South and home-field advantage with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) CAR win + SEA loss + SF win<\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Francisco clinches NFC West and first-round bye with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) SF win + SEA loss<\/p>\n

San Francisco clinches NFC West and home-field advantage with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) SF win + SEA loss + CAR loss<\/p>\n

ARIZONA CARDINALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona clinches a playoff spot with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) ARI win + NO loss<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philadelphia clinches NFC East with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) PHI win\/tie<\/p>\n

DALLAS COWBOYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dallas clinches NFC East with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) DAL win<\/p>\n

CHICAGO BEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicago clinches NFC North with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) CHI win\/tie<\/p>\n

GREEN BAY PACKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green Bay clinches NFC North with:<\/em><\/p>\n

1) GB win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With one week left the playoff picture is no clearer then it was a week ago. There is no shortage of teams who have a chance to make the playoffs but the number of spots left are few. DENVER BRONCOS Denver clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:\u00a0 1) DEN win OR 2) NE loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-7934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934","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=7934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7934"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}