NFL Playoff Brackets

[Kizarvexis]

Well the AFC has pretty much determined who will go to the playoffs - now it is mostly a matter of seeding.

1. 13-2 New England Patriots (East Champ & bye)

2. 12-3 Kansas City Chiefs (West Champ & bye)

3. 11-4 Indianapolis Colts (HtH over Titans for Division title)

4. 9-6 Baltimore Ravens (1 game up on Bengals for Division title)

5. 11-4 Tennessee Titans

6. 10-5 Denver Broncos (cliched 6th seed and can be 5th seed if they win and either the Titans or Colts lose)

The 8-7 Cincinnati Bengals can take the AFC North away from the Ravens if Baltimore loses to Pittsburgh and the Bengals beat the Browns.

If KC beats Chicago and NE loses to Buffalo, KC gets HFA. Otherwise, NE gets HFA.

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The NFC is much murkier because of tonights Green Bay at Oakland MNF matchup.

1. 12-3 St. Louis Rams (West Champ & bye)

2. 11-4 Philadelphia Eagles (clinched playoff spot)

3. 10-5 Carolina Panthers (South Champ)

4. 9-6 Minnesota Vikings

5. 10-5 Dallas Cowboys

6. 9-6 Seattle Seahawks

7. 8-6 Green Bay Packers

Seattle needs to stay 1 game ahead of Green Bay/Minnesota to get a wild card spot. Failing that, Seattle has the SOV tiebreaker over Dallas to get a wild card spot if Dallas loses to New Orleans and Seattle beats San Francisco.

If the Packers lose at Oakland tonight, they will need Seattle to lose at San Francisco and they will need to beat Denver to get the 6th seed.

If the Packers beat Oakland, then they be the 6th seed because of the head-to-head tie breaker over Seattle and will need to stay tied with Seattle to get a wild card if Minnesota wins the division.

The NFC North will not be decided until next week no matter what happens tonight. The Packers and Vikings split their meetings and both have 4-2 division records. If the Packers and Vikings end up tied after next week, they will go to the common games or strength of victory tie breaker to decide the NFC North.

If Philadelphia loses at Washington and Dallas wins at New Orleans, then Dallas wins the NFC East and gets a bye (StL gets HFA). Otherwise, the Eagles win the East and clich a bye and possibly HFA if St. Louis loses to Detroit.

If Philadelphia beats Washington and St. Louis loses to Detroit, then Philadelphia has HFA. Otherwise, St. Louis has HFA.

I think that covers the NFC, but I may have missed something in all the scenarios.  

Kizarvexis

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