NFL Playoff Scenarios

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AFC

CLINCHED: Indianapolis-AFC South and homefield advantage; San Diego-AFC West and first-round bye; Cincinnati-AFC North; New England-AFC East

ELIMINATED: Cleveland, Kansas City, Oakland, Buffalo, Tennessee

Baltimore

- Clinches a playoff spot with a win

N.Y. Jets

- Clinches a playoff spot with a win

Denver

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

2) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

3) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Houston win OR

4) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

5) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Houston win OR

6) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss OR

7) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

8) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Jacksonville loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

9) Pittsburgh loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

10) Miami loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss or tie

Pittsburgh

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and Houston loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) Win and Houston loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

3) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie and Denver loss or tie

Houston

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

2) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Denver loss or tie OR

3) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Denver loss or tie

Jacksonville

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Denver loss and Houston loss OR

2) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Denver loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

3) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

4) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Denver loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

5) Win and N.Y. Jets loss and Denver loss and Houston loss and Baltimore loss

Miami

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss or tie

Baltimore, N.Y. Jets, Denver, Pittsburgh and Houston can also make the playoffs if they tie this week in combination with various other results.

Jacksonville and Miami cannot make the playoffs with a tie.

NFC

CLINCHED: New Orleans-NFC South and first-round bye; Minnesota-NFC North; Arizona-NFC West; Philadelphia, Green Bay and Dallas-playoff spot

ELIMINATED: Detroit, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Washington, Chicago, Seattle, Carolina, Atlanta, San Francisco, N.Y. Giants

New Orleans

- Clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:

If Minnesota beats Chicago (Monday night)

1) Win or tie OR

2) Minnesota loss or tie

If Chicago beats Minnesota (Monday night)

Clinches homefield advantage

Minnesota

- Clinches homefield advantage with:

If Minnesota beats Chicago (Monday night)

Win and New Orleans loss

- Clinches a first-round bye with:

If Minnesota beats Chicago (Monday night)

1) Minnesota win or tie OR

2) Philadelphia loss or tie

If Chicago beats Minnesota (Monday night)

1) Minnesota win and Philadelphia loss or tie OR

2) Minnesota tie and Philadelphia loss

Arizona

- Clinches a first-round bye with:

If Chicago beats Minnesota (Monday night)

Win and Minnesota loss and Philadelphia loss

Philadelphia

- Clinches NFC East with:

Win or tie

- Clinches first-round bye with:

If Minnesota beats Chicago (Monday night)

Win and Minnesota loss

If Chicago beats Minnesota (Monday night)

1) Win OR

2) Tie and Minnesota loss or tie

Dallas

- Clinches NFC East with:

Win

- Clinches a first-round bye with:

If Chicago beats Minnesota (Monday night)

Win and Minnesota loss and Arizona loss or tie

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

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