{"id":15159,"date":"2015-12-27T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=15159"},"modified":"2015-12-27T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T16:22:06","slug":"nfl-week-16-playoff-scenarios-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2015\/12\/27\/nfl-week-16-playoff-scenarios-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 playoff scenarios for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"teddybridgewater\"<\/p>\n

It is Week 16 in the NFL and a lot of stuff remains up for grabs including playoff spots and home field advantage in the 2015-16 NFL Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to NFL.com we have all of the playoff scenarios in play for Week 16 listed below.<\/p>\n

AFC<\/h3>\n

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CLINCHED:
\nNew England – AFC East and a first-round bye<\/strong>
\nCincinnati – playoff berth<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (at New York Jets, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1) NE win OR<\/p>\n

2) NE tie + CIN loss or tie<\/p>\n

CINCINNATI BENGALS (at Denver, Monday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cincinnati clinches AFC North division with:<\/p>\n

1) CIN win or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) PIT loss or tie<\/p>\n

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

1) CIN win or tie<\/p>\n

DENVER BRONCOS (vs. Cincinnati, Monday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denver clinches AFC West division with:<\/p>\n

1) DEN win + KC loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) DEN tie + KC loss<\/p>\n

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

1) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) DEN win + PIT loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

3) DEN tie + NYJ loss OR<\/p>\n

4) DEN tie + PIT loss<\/p>\n

HOUSTON TEXANS (at Tennessee, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Houston clinches AFC South division with:<\/p>\n

1) HOU win + HOU clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over IND OR<\/p>\n

2) HOU win + IND loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

3) HOU tie + IND loss<\/p>\n

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (vs. Cleveland, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kansas City clinches a playoff spot with:<\/p>\n

1) KC win + NYJ loss OR<\/p>\n

2) KC win + PIT loss<\/p>\n

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (at Baltimore, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1) PIT win + NYJ loss<\/p>\n

NFC<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

CLINCHED:
\nCarolina – NFC South and a first-round bye <\/strong>
\nArizona – NFC West<\/strong>
\nGreen Bay – playoff berth<\/strong>
\nSeattle – playoff berth <\/strong>
\nWashington – NFC East<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAROLINA PANTHERS (at Atlanta, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolina clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:<\/p>\n

1) CAR win or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) ARI loss or tie<\/p>\n

ARIZONA CARDINALS (vs. Green Bay, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona clinches a first-round bye with:<\/p>\n

1) ARI win or tie<\/p>\n

GREEN BAY PACKERS (at Arizona, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1) GB win + MIN loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) GB tie + MIN loss<\/p>\n

MINNESOTA VIKINGS (vs. New York Giants, Sunday night)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1) MIN win or tie OR<\/p>\n

2) ATL loss or tie OR<\/p>\n

3) SEA win or tie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is Week 16 in the NFL and a lot of stuff remains up for grabs including playoff spots and home field advantage in the 2015-16 NFL Playoffs. Thanks to NFL.com we have all of the playoff scenarios in play for Week 16 listed below. AFC   CLINCHED: New England – AFC East and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-15159","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":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15161,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159\/revisions\/15161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}