Week 17 is here and by the night's end the NFL playoff seedings will be set. Our player pool will be updated shortly thereafter.

Courtesy of NFL communications, here are the various playoff scenarios.  

 

2016 NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS FOR WEEK 17

AFC  

CLINCHED: New England – AFC East division title and first-round bye     

                        Pittsburgh – AFC North division title

                        Houston – AFC South division title

                        Oakland – playoff berth

                        Kansas City – playoff berth

                        Miami – playoff berth

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (13-2) (at Miami (10-5), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET)

New England clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:

1. NE win or tie OR
2. OAK loss or tie
   
    

OAKLAND RAIDERS (12-3) (at Denver (8-7), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET) 

Oakland clinches AFC West division title and a first-round bye with: 

1. OAK win or tie OR 
2. KC loss or tie 

Oakland clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: 

1. OAK win + NE loss

 

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) (at San Diego (5-10), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET) 

Kansas City clinches AFC West division title and a first-round bye with: 

1. KC win + OAK loss

NFC

CLINCHED: Dallas – NFC East division title and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs

                        Atlanta – NFC South division title

                        Seattle – NFC West division title

                        New York Giants – playoff berth

 

ATLANTA FALCONS (10-5) (vs. New Orleans (7-8), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET) 

Atlanta clinches a first-round bye with: 

1. ATL win OR
2. ATL tie + SEA loss or tie OR
3. SEA loss + DET loss or tie OR
4. SEA tie + DET loss

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (9-5-1) (at San Francisco (2-13), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET) 

Seattle clinches a first-round bye with: 

1. SEA win + ATL loss or tie OR
2. SEA tie + ATL loss + GB/DET tie
   
    

DETROIT LIONS (9-6) (vs. Green Bay (9-6), Sunday night, 8:30 PM ET) 

Detroit clinches NFC North division title with: 

1. DET win

Detroit clinches a first-round bye with: 

1. DET win + SEA loss or tie + ATL loss

Detroit clinches a playoff berth with:

1. DET tie OR
2. WAS loss or tie

 

GREEN BAY PACKERS (9-6) (at Detroit (9-6), Sunday night, 8:30 PM ET) 

Green Bay clinches NFC North division title with: 

1. GB win or tie
    

Green Bay clinches a playoff berth with: 

1. WAS loss OR
2. WAS tie + TB win + GB clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over TB

(Note: GB clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over TB if one of the following teams win or tie: SEA, HOU, JAX, PHI. GB has already clinched strength of schedule tiebreaker over TB in this scenario.)

 

WASHINGTON REDSKINS (8-6-1) (vs. New York Giants (10-5), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET) 

Washington clinches a playoff berth with: 

1. WAS win + GB-DET game does not end in a tie OR
2. WAS tie + GB loss + TB loss or tie

 

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8-7) (vs. Carolina (6-9), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET) 

Tampa Bay clinches a playoff berth with: 

1. TB win + WAS tie + GB loss + TB clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over GB

(Note: TB clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over GB if all of the following teams win: TEN, IND, DAL and SF)