**PLAYOFF ROUND-UP!**
AFC seeding + remaining games:
1. Patriots (12-2) - @ Jets, Vs. Bills
2. Titans (11-3) - @ Jags, Vs. Colts
3. Steelers (11-3) - Vs. Chiefs, Vs. Bengals
4. Chiefs (10-4) - @ steelers, vs. chargers
5. Ravens (8-6) - @ Texans, Vs. Browns
6. Chargers (8-6) - @49ers, @chiefs
7. Browns (8-6) - @ Panthers, @ Ravens
8. Texans (7-6) - @ Colts, Vs. Ravens, Vs. Jags
9. Raiders (7-7) - Vs. Bills, @ Broncos
Kind of jumbled in here, but here's what I see:
* Patriots are the only team to have officially clinched a playoff berth. Could potentially finish with #1 seed or possibly #3
* Ravens have beaten the browns, chargers already. They win out and they have a guaranteed playoff spot
* Browns also control their own destiny (since they play the ravens in the final week). they win out and THEY have a guaranteed playoff spot
* Chargers control their own destiny too! Due to the fact that either the ravens or browns are guaranteed to have 7 losses, the chargers just need to win out to secure a playoff spot.
* Texans will need help but they can help themselves by winning out and then hoping the browns also beat the Ravens
* Raiders need a lot of help. I don't think they're mathematically eliminated but they need to win out and have some weird combination of losses between the other teams happen. Unlikely but like my boy dave G said, stranger things have happened!
NFC Seeding + remaining games:
1. Seahawks (11-3) - @ Cardinals, Vs. Rams
2. Buccaneers (10-3) - @ Panthers, Vs. Packers, Vs. Saints
3. Redskins (9-5) - Vs. Eagles, Vs. Cowboys
4. Bears (9-5) - Vs. Lions, @ Vikings
5. Rams (10-4) - Vs. Giants, @ Seahawks
6. Eagles (9-5) - @ redskins, @ giants
7. 49ers (9-5) - vs. chargers, vs. cardinals
8. Packers (8-5) - @ Bills, @ Bucs, Vs. Lions
9. Lions (8-6) - @ Bears, @ Packers
10. Saints (7-7) - Vs. Falcons, @ Bucs
NFC is even less straight forward than the AFC!
* No one has clinched a playoff spot
* If the bucs win out, they have homefield advantage on account of having a better conference record
* The seahawks can clinch the division, and a first round bye, by beating the rams
* The rams can clinch a guaranteed playoff spot by winning out. If the rams were to lose one of their final 2 games, they should still be in the playoffs but the tiebreakers could come into play. Still, it appears they would have a spot even with only 1 more win.
* The packers control their own destiny: Win out and they are division champs
* The lions need to win out and need the packers to lose one of their other 2 games
* The bears need to win out AND have the packers lose somewhere to win the division
* The lions, bears and packers could potentially be in line for a wildcard but i think it's unlikely
* The eagles and redskins control their own division destiny: they play each other and that will likely determine the winner of the division although it is possible that the loser could grab a wildcard spot
* If the 49ers win out, they would secure a wildcard spot on account of either the eagles or redskins having at least 1 more loss
* The saints would need a lot of help to get in. They would need to win out and then just everyone else ahead of them to shit the bed. Like the raiders, it's possible!
