WEEK 16
AFC
CLINCHED Denver - AFC West; Indianapolis - AFC South; New England - AFC East
NEW ENGLAND (at NY Jets)
Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
— Win and Denver loss
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win, OR
— Tie and Indianapolis loss or tie, OR
— Loss and Cincinnati loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie
DENVER (at Cincinnati)
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win, OR
— Tie and Indianapolis loss, OR tie
CINCINNATI (vs. Denver)
Clinches AFC North with:
— Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss or tie
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win, OR
— Tie and Baltimore loss, OR
— Tie and Kansas City loss or tie and San Diego loss or tie, OR
— Kansas City loss and San Diego loss and Buffalo loss or tie
PITTSBURGH (vs. Kansas City)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win
BALTIMORE (at Houston)
Clinches a playoff spot with:
— Win and Pittsburgh loss and Cincinnati loss, OR
— Win and Kansas City loss or tie and San Diego loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Kansas City loss and San Diego loss and Buffalo loss or tie
NFC
CLINCHED Arizona - playoff spot; Detroit - playoff spot
ARIZONA (vs. Seattle)
Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
— Win
DETROIT (at Chicago)
Clinches NFC North with:
— Win and Green Bay loss
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win and Green Bay loss and Dallas loss
DALLAS (vs. Indianapolis)
Clinches NFC East with:
— Win, OR
— Tie
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Green Bay loss or tie and Detroit loss or tie as long as both don’t tie
SEATTLE (at Arizona)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Philadelphia loss or tie, OR
— Win and Detroit loss or tie, OR
— Win and Green Bay loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Philadelphia loss, OR
— Tie and Detroit loss and Green Bay loss, OR
— Philadelphia loss and Dallas win or tie
GREEN BAY (at Tampa Bay)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Philadelphia loss or tie, OR
— Win and Dallas win or tie, OR
— Tie and Philadelphia loss, OR
— Tie and Philadelphia tie and Dallas win or tie, OR
— Philadelphia loss and Dallas win or tie
NEW ORLEANS (vs. Atlanta)
Clinches NFC South with:
— Win and Carolina loss