UPDATED!!! Sunday Jan 5th Up to the minute NFL Playoff Picture and Scenarios

[Herc11]

1 hour ago, mannc said:

Agreed.  The Bengals’ defense is not nearly as bad as it’s made out to be.  People said the same thing about the Ravens’ D…

Outside of Hendrickson, their defense is a dumpster fire

[ganesh]

4 hours ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

Yeah.. same. That's why part of me thinks they're indifferent to even making the playoffs. I'm not sure what their plan is. They may be on the verge of blowing everything up.

I don't think Tua is going anywhere.  He is their Franchise QB.   The hatred for Tua and Lamar in this board is quite unbelievable.   Go Bills !!!

[No_Matter_What]

Is it ok to ask what happened in Bengals - Steelers thread that it was apparently deleted?

[Doc Brown]

5 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Is it ok to ask what happened in Bengals - Steelers thread that it was apparently deleted?

Too much PTSD from the 2023 Divisional game coming out in fans.

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, ganesh said:

I don't think Tua is going anywhere.  He is their Franchise QB.   The hatred for Tua and Lamar in this board is quite unbelievable.   Go Bills !!!

No.  I like Tua and fully support him playing as a Dolphin as long as he possibly can.  I like Lamar too.  Especially when his opponent shuts down their running game.

[The Red King]

Question.  Given that tie-breakers are really sketchy I have to ask.  Is Pitt locked into the 5th seed?  Are the Chargers locked into the 6th?  And then Denver/Miami/Cincy locked into the 7th?  Or can the Wild Card seeding still shift?  Honest question, as with a loss the Steelers and Chargers would both have identical records and conference records, and I'm not sure about some head-to-heads, as in if they happened and who won.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Steptide]

45 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Is it ok to ask what happened in Bengals - Steelers thread that it was apparently deleted?

If I had to guess, people were probably talking about the bills 

[richNjoisy]

Pittsburgh would be the 6th seed if chargers win today.   If Chargers lose, Pittsburgh moves back to 5. And, yes, 7th seed can only be Cinci/Denver/ or Miami

Edited Sunday at 11:37 AM by richNjoisy

[mannc]

5 hours ago, Herc11 said:

Outside of Hendrickson, their defense is a dumpster fire

Didn’t look like one last night, or during the last five games in a row that they’ve won.

[TH3]

8 hours ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

I don't think miami cares if they win.  What's their prize for making the playoffs ? A first round matchup in 10 degree orchard park NY. The team they can't beat in weather they can't win in

... the media narrative all off season would be even worse for the dolphins with another 1st rd exit. 

Interesting….I never thought that a team would prefer to just lose….that’s probably what they’ll shout in the tunnel running on to the field ….”Just lose because….the media”

[mannc]

1 minute ago, TH3 said:

Interesting….I never thought that a team would prefer to just lose….that’s probably what they’ll shout in the tunnel running on to the field ….”Just lose because….the media”

I think it’s entirely possible that Miami doesn’t care…it’s also entirely possible that McDaniel is fired if they lose and don’t make it.

[TH3]

8 minutes ago, mannc said:

I think it’s entirely possible that Miami doesn’t care…it’s also entirely possible that McDaniel is fired if they lose and don’t make it.

Where do people come up with these? A team of 100 professional players and staff who spend the entire lives and about one thing doesn’t care if they make the playoffs🤪
 

[mannc]

15 minutes ago, TH3 said:

Where do people come up with these? A team of 100 professional players and staff who spend the entire lives and about one thing doesn’t care if they make the playoffs🤪
 

Ross Tucker wrote a story about this, using as an example one of the Bills teams he played on.  He said there were multiple players who had no interest in playing another game after the end of the regular season.  I suspect that’s even more true now, when the playoff checks are pretty inconsequential for a lot of guys.  Fans are obsessed with their team making the post season, but players sometimes don’t feel the same way.

[Sierra Foothills]

As of this morning (Sunday January 5th) most of the playoff field has been set, but two playoff teams remain to be decided and the No. 1 seed in the NFC will go down to the final game of the season. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks after the Saturday games of Week 18:

 

AFC Playoff Picture 

 

DIVISION LEADERS

 

1. Kansas City Chiefs (15-1): Clinched the No. 1 seed, first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.

2. Buffalo Bills (13-3): Clinched the No. 2 seed.

3. Baltimore Ravens (12-5): Clinched the No. 3 seed.

4. Houston Texans (9-7): Clinched the No. 4 seed.

 

WILD CARDS

 

5. Los Angeles Chargers (10-6): Clinched a wild card, will be the 5 seed with a win on Sunday or the 6 seed with a loss on Sunday.

6. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7): Clinched a wild card, will be the 6 seed if the Chargers win on Sunday or the 5 seed if the Chargers lose on Sunday.

7. Denver Broncos (9-7): Need to win today to be the 7 seed.

 

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

 

Cincinnati Bengals (9-8): Would be the 7 seed if the Broncos and Dolphins both lose.

Miami Dolphins (8-8): Would be the 7 seed with a win and a Broncos loss.

 

NFC Playoff Picture

 

DIVISION LEADERS

 

1. Detroit Lions (14-2): Clinched a playoff berth, will clinch the No. 1 seed if they beat or tie the Vikings on Sunday night.

2. Philadelphia Eagles (13-3): Clinched the No. 2 seed.

3. Los Angeles Rams (10-6): Clinched the NFC West.

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7): One-game lead in the NFC South, but they would lose a tiebreaker to the Falcons.

 

WILD CARDS

 

5. Minnesota Vikings (14-2): Clinched a playoff berth, will clinch the No. 1 seed if they beat the Lions on Sunday night.

6. Washington Commanders (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth, own the NFC record tiebreaker over the Packers.

7. Green Bay Packers (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth.

 

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

 

Atlanta Falcons (8-8): Will win the NFC South if they win on Sunday and the Buccaneers lose.

 

Clinching Scenarios

Here are the full playoff scenarios released by the NFL:

 

AFC CLINCHED:

 

Kansas City Chiefs (15-1) – AFC West, No. 1 seed, first-round bye and home-field advantage

Buffalo Bills (13-3) – AFC East, No. 2 seed

Baltimore Ravens (12-5) – AFC North, No. 3 seed

Houston Texans (9-7) – AFC South, No. 4 seed

Los Angeles Chargers (10-6) – wild card

Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6) – wild card

Cincinnati Bengals (9-8) season over

Cincinnati clinches a playoff berth with:

DEN loss + MIA loss or tie

Denver Broncos (9-7) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (15-1); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS

Denver clinches a playoff berth with:

DEN win or tie

Miami Dolphins (8-8) at New York Jets (4-12); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX

Miami clinches a playoff berth with:

MIA win + DEN loss

 

NFC CLINCHED:

 

Philadelphia Eagles (13-3) – NFC East, No. 2 seed

Los Angeles Rams (10-6) – NFC West

Detroit Lions (14-2) – playoff berth

Green Bay Packers (11-5) – playoff berth

Minnesota Vikings (14-2) – playoff berth

Washington Commanders (11-5) – playoff berth

Detroit Lions (14-2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (14-2); Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Detroit clinches NFC North division title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

DET win or tie

Minnesota Vikings (14-2) at Detroit Lions (14-2); Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Minnesota clinches NFC North division title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

MIN win

Atlanta Falcons (8-8) vs. Carolina Panthers (4-12); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

Atlanta clinches NFC South division title with:

ATL win + TB loss

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) vs. New Orleans Saints (5-11); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX

Tampa Bay clinches NFC South division title with:

TB win or tie

ATL loss or tie

[JTown]

2 hours ago, Steptide said:

If I had to guess, people were probably talking about the bills 

Why would members of a Bills forum talk about the Bills on a Bills forum?

[Steptide]

29 minutes ago, JTown said:

Why would members of a Bills forum talk about the Bills on a Bills forum?

No idea 😅 but it'll get you banned. 

[YoloinOhio]

4 hours ago, No_Matter_What said:

Is it ok to ask what happened in Bengals - Steelers thread that it was apparently deleted?

I was looking for it last night and thought I was going crazy

[Doc]

4 hours ago, The Red King said:

Question.  Given that tie-breakers are really sketchy I have to ask.  Is Pitt locked into the 5th seed?  Are the Chargers locked into the 6th?  And then Denver/Miami/Cincy locked into the 7th?  Or can the Wild Card seeding still shift?  Honest question, as with a loss the Steelers and Chargers would both have identical records and conference records, and I'm not sure about some head-to-heads, as in if they happened and who won.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

If the Chargers win today, they are the 5th seed and Pitt is 6th seed.  Denver/Miami/Cincy are locked into the 7th seed.  Broncos win and they're in.  If they lose and Miami wins, Miami is in.  If they both lose, the Bengals are in.

[HOUSE]

This is why I drink, OFTEN.

Won't be at Mulligans though.

Having a fire sale, really cheap beer 🍺 

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, mannc said:

Didn’t look like one last night, or during the last five games in a row that they’ve won.

LOL Their last 5 opponents!🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Dallas

Tennessee 

Cleveland

Denver

Pittsburgh

They needed lucky breaks in 3 of these games to win.