Yeah, I know, we aren't there yet, but let's take a look at where we stand right now:
AFC East:New England clinched playoff spot
N.Y. Jets can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie OR
2. A Cincinnati loss or tie and a Jacksonville loss or tie OR
3. A Cincinnati loss or tie and a Tennessee win OR
4. A Denver loss and a Jacksonville loss
AFC North:
Baltimore clinched division title and can earn homefield advantage with a win and a San Diego loss.
They can clinch a first round bye with a win or a tie OR an loss or tie by the Colts.
Cincinnati can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss OR
2. A win and a Denver loss and a Kansas City win
AFC South:
Indianapolis clinched the division title.
Cincinnati can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss OR
2. A win and a Denver loss and a Kansas City win
Tennessee can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Denver loss and a Kansas City win
Jacksonville can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Tennessee loss or tie
AFC West
San Diego has clinched division a first-round bye and can clinch home-field advantage with:
1. A win or tie OR
2. Baltimore loss or tie
Denver can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie OR
2. A Kansas City loss or tie
Kansas City can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Denver loss and a Tennessee loss or tie
NFC East
Dallas and
Philadelphia have clinched playoff berths.
Philadelphia can clinch division with:
1. A win OR
2. Dallas loss OR
3. A tie with a Dallas tie
Dallas can clinch division with:
1. A win with a Philadelphia loss or tie OR
2. A tie with a Philadelphia loss
N.Y. Giants can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Green Bay OR
2. A win with a Green Bay loss or tie OR
3. A tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie plus a St. Louis loss or tie plus an Atlanta loss or tie and a Carolina loss or tie OR
4. A Green Bay loss plus a St. Louis loss plus an Atlanta loss and a Carolina loss
N.Y. Giants clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Green Bay
if:
1. Detroit or Minnesota lose
2. Any two of the following results occur: Arizona loss, Miami
loss, San Francisco loss, Carloina win, Houston win, Tampa Bay win.
NFC North
Chicago has clinched the division and home-field advantage in the NFC.
Green Bay can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a NY Giants win + GB clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over NYG OR
2. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a St. Louis loss or tie OR
3. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a Carolina win OR
4. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus an Atlanta win OR
5. A tie plus a NY Giants loss plus a St. Louis loss plus an Atlanta loss or tie plus a Carolina loss or tie
Green Bay clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over N.Y.
Giants if: Arizona, Detroit, Miami, Minnesota and San Francisco all win and
Carolina, Houston and Tampa Bay all lose.
NFC South
New Orleans has clinched division and a first-round bye.
Carolina can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie OR
2. A tie plus a NY Giants loss plus a Green Bay loss plus a St. Louis loss or tie plus an Atlanta loss or tie
Atlanta can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a Carolina loss or tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie plus a NY Giants loss or tie OR
2. A tie plus a Carolina loss plus a Green Bay loss plus a NY Giants loss plus a St. Louis loss
NFC West
Seattle has clinched the division.
St. Louis can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and N.Y. Giants, Carolina and Atlanta all lose or tie OR
2. A tie and N.Y. Giants, Carolina, Atlanta and Green Bay all
lose.
ELIMINATED:
Arizona, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Oakland, Miami, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and
Washington are eliminated from playoff
contention.
The Giants/Green Bay situation is unreal. I don't think I've heard anything quite approaching If, Then, Else logic quite like this before!
My team is in there, though I don't know how long they'll last. What about yours? Are they in? Eliminated? Have a chance?
(Thanks to NFL.com, SI and ESPN.com for data assistance!)