what are the afc playoff scenarios?
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['AFC (clinched: Ravens - home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs and AFC North, Chiefs - No. ... ', 'Packers (12-3, def. ... ', 'Saints (13-3, def. ... ', '49ers (12-3, at Seahawks [11-4], 8:20 PM ET) ... ', 'Seahawks (11-4, vs.']
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In the National Football League (NFL), since 2020, each of the two conferences sends three wild-card teams along with four division champions to its postseason.
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When are the AFC Wild Card Games? The two AFC Wild Card games are played the first weekend after the completion of the regular season. One of the games will be played on Saturday, and the other on Sunday. The decision of which game will be played on which day is made shortly after the playoff matchups are set.
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The Indianapolis Colts' road to the playoffs is quite simple: ... A win by Houston eliminates the Colts from the AFC South title. >> Two wins by Tennessee eliminates the Colts from the AFC South.
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AFC West. The American Football Conference – Western Division or AFC West is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division comprises the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers.
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If the Steelers defeat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium and the Tennessee Titans lose to the Houston Texans on the road, the Steelers will clinch the AFC 6th seed and be a Wild Card Playoff team.
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The NFL playoffs seeding system is simple: the division winner with the best record is given the top seed, the team with the second-best record is given the second seed, and so on. The wildcard teams are always seeded fifth and sixth, and the fifth seed goes to the wildcard team with the better record.
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In order for Oakland to make it to postseason play, an indiscriminate amount of things need to happen first. Basically, in addition to the Raiders obviously winning both of their final two games, the Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets Jets, New Orleans Saints, and Indianapolis Colts all must win in Week 16.
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New England will make its 11th straight playoff appearance. The Patriots have missed the postseason only twice (2002 and 2008) since Tom Brady became the starting quarterback during the 2001 campaign, and they've won nine conference championships and six Super Bowl titles over that span.
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Since the Browns have a better conference record than the Colts (8-4 vs. 6-6), Cleveland would get the final AFC playoff spot. ... Cleveland turned a 6-0 lead into a 31-15 loss to the Ravens in Week 16, eliminating them from postseason contention.
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The 2019–20 NFL playoffs, the playoff tournament for the 2019 season, began on January 4, 2020, and concluded with the Kansas City Chiefs becoming champions by defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on February 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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['Ryan Tannehill. Tennessee Titans · QB. vs. Houston Texans. ... ', 'Baker Mayfield. Cleveland Browns · QB. vs. Arizona Cardinals. ... ', 'Jared Goff. Los Angeles Rams · QB. vs. Dallas Cowboys. ... ', 'Kirk Cousins. Minnesota Vikings · QB. vs. Los Angeles Chargers. ... ', 'Josh Allen. Buffalo Bills · QB. vs. ... ', 'Drew Lock. Denver Broncos · QB. vs.']
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['Wild Card: Saturday, January 4, and Sunday, January 5.', 'Divisional Round: Saturday, January 11, and Sunday, January 12.', 'AFC Championship Game: Sunday, January 19, at 3:05 p.m. ET.', 'NFC Championship Game: Sunday, January 19, at 6:40 p.m. ET.']
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Six teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs, with the four division winners qualifying automatically. These winners are joined by two teams called wildcard teams, who qualify based on the win-loss records of the remaining teams in each conference that didn't finish first in their respective divisions.
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['Record: 14-2-0, 1st in AFC North Division (Schedule and Results)', 'Coach: John Harbaugh (14-2-0)', 'Points For: 531 (33.2/g) 1st of 32.', 'Points Against: 282 (17.6/g) 3rd of 32.', 'Expected W-L: 13.1-2.9.', 'Playoffs: ... ', 'Offensive Coordinator: Greg Roman.', 'Defensive Coordinator: Don Martindale.']
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The Steelers entered their game against the Bills on Sunday night with a 71% chance of making the playoffs. After losing, their chances decreased all the way to 41% despite currently holding the final spot in the AFC over the Titans due to the conference record tiebreaker.
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['AFC: Houston Texans 22, Buffalo Bills 19 (OT)', 'AFC: Tennessee Titans 20, New England Patriots 13.', 'NFC: Minnesota Vikings 26, New Orleans Saints 20 (OT)', 'NFC: Seattle Seahawks 17, Philadelphia Eagles 9.', 'NFC: San Francisco 49ers 27, Minnesota Vikings 10.']