Playoff scenarios

AFC CLINCHED Denver (AFC West and firstround bye), New England (AFC East), Cincinnati (AFC North), Indianapolis (AFC South), Kansas City (playoff spot). DENVER (AT OAKLAND) Clinches home field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with a victory or a tie, or with a New England loss or tie NEW ENGLAND (VS. BUFFALO) Clinches first-round bye with a victory or a tie, or with a Cincinnati loss or tie and an Indianapolis loss or tie. Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with a victory and a Denver loss.

CINCINNATI (VS. BALTIMORE) Clinches first-round bye with a victory and a New England loss.

INDIANAPOLIS (VS. JACKSONVILLE) Clinches first-round bye with a victory and a New England loss and a Cincinnati loss or tie.

MIAMI (VS. N.Y. JETS) Clinches playoff spot with a victory and a Baltimore loss or tie, or with a victory and a San Diego victory, or with a tie and a Baltimore loss and a San Diego loss or tie, or with a tie and a Baltimore tie and a San Diego tie. BALTIMORE (AT CINCINNATI) Clinches playoff spot with a victory and a San Diego loss or tie, or with a victory and a Miami loss or tie, or with a tie and a Miami loss and a San Diego loss or tie, or with a tie and a Miami tie and a San Diego loss, or with a Miami loss and a San Diego loss and a Pittsburgh loss or tie.

SAN DIEGO (VS. KANSAS CITY) Clinches playoff spot with a victory and a Miami loss or tie and a Baltimore loss or tie, or with a tie and a Miami loss and a Baltimore loss.

PITTSBURGH (VS. CLEVELAND) Clinches playoff spot with a victory and a Miami loss and a Baltimore loss and a San Diego loss.

NFC CLINCHED Seattle (playoff spot), Carolina (playoff spot) San Francisco (playoff spot) SEATTLE (VS. ST. LOUIS) Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with a victory or tie, or with a San Francisco loss or tie.

CAROLINA (AT ATLANTA) Clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with a victory or tie, or with a New Orleans loss or tie. Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with a victory and a Seattle loss and a San Francisco victory. PHILADELPHIA (AT DALLAS) Clinches NFC East division with a victory or a tie. CHICAGO (VS. GREEN BAY) Clinches NFC North with a victory or a tie.

SAN FRANCISCO (AT ARIZONA) Clinches NFC West and first-round bye with a victory and a Seattle loss. Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with a victory and a Seattle loss and a Carolina loss or tie.

NEW ORLEANS (VS. TAMPA BAY) Clinches NFC South and first-round bye with a victory and a Carolina loss. Clinches playoff spot with a victory, or with a tie and an Arizona tie, or with and Arizona loss. ARIZONA (VS. SAN FRANCISCO) Clinches playoff spot with a victory and a New Orleans loss or tie, or with a tie and a New Orleans loss.

DALLAS (VS. PHILADELPHIA) Clinches NFC East with a victory.