Everything is on Sunday this week - and then it's a wrap for the regular season.
Here's the slate. Games with significant playoff implications in bold:
Sun 1:00 ET - NE @ MIA - Patriots clinch home field with a win or a tie. Could also get home field with a DEN loss or a tie.
Sun 1:00 ET - NYJ @ BUF - Jets make the playoffs with win or a tie. Could also get in with a PIT loss or a tie.
Sun 1:00 ET - BAL @ CIN - Bengals get a bye with a win + a DEN loss or tie, a tie + a DEN loss, or a DEN loss + a KC win. They'll be watching the 4:25 games closely.
Sun 1:00 ET - PIT @ CLE - Steelers make the playoffs with a win + a NYJ loss.
Sun 1:00 ET - JAC @ HOU - Texans clinch the AFC South with a win or tie, an IND loss or tie, or if IND fails to draw the crazy inside straight that everyone's talking about. Too many to list here, but if NE wins (for example) BOB is in.
Sun 1:00 ET - TEN @ IND - The inverse of the above.
Sun 1:00 ET - NO @ ATL
Sun 1:00 ET - DET @ CHI
Sun 1:00 ET - WAS @ DAL - Washington is locked in as the #4 seed.
Sun 1:00 ET - PHI @ NYG
Sun 4:25 ET - SD @ DEN - Denver clinches AFC West with a win or tie (or a KC loss or tie), clinches home field with a win + a NE loss
Sun 4:25 ET - OAK @ KC - Chiefs steal AFC West with a win and a DEN loss.
Sun 4:25 ET - TB @ CAR - Panthers clinch home field with a win or an ARI loss or tie.
Sun 4:25 ET - SEA @ ARI - Cardinals steal home field with a win & CAR loss. SEA battles for seeding.
Sun 4:25 ET - STL @ SF
Sun 8:30 ET - MIN @ GB - Winner takes the NFC North and the #3 seed. GB also clinches with a tie. With a loss, GB would be the #5 seed and MIN could be the #5 or #6, depending on the Seattle game.
As with last week, this is a quick-and-dirty viewing guide and I excluded the crazy scenarios noted above.
Here's the slate. Games with significant playoff implications in bold:
Sun 1:00 ET - NE @ MIA - Patriots clinch home field with a win or a tie. Could also get home field with a DEN loss or a tie.
Sun 1:00 ET - NYJ @ BUF - Jets make the playoffs with win or a tie. Could also get in with a PIT loss or a tie.
Sun 1:00 ET - BAL @ CIN - Bengals get a bye with a win + a DEN loss or tie, a tie + a DEN loss, or a DEN loss + a KC win. They'll be watching the 4:25 games closely.
Sun 1:00 ET - PIT @ CLE - Steelers make the playoffs with a win + a NYJ loss.
Sun 1:00 ET - JAC @ HOU - Texans clinch the AFC South with a win or tie, an IND loss or tie, or if IND fails to draw the crazy inside straight that everyone's talking about. Too many to list here, but if NE wins (for example) BOB is in.
Sun 1:00 ET - TEN @ IND - The inverse of the above.
Sun 1:00 ET - NO @ ATL
Sun 1:00 ET - DET @ CHI
Sun 1:00 ET - WAS @ DAL - Washington is locked in as the #4 seed.
Sun 1:00 ET - PHI @ NYG
Sun 4:25 ET - SD @ DEN - Denver clinches AFC West with a win or tie (or a KC loss or tie), clinches home field with a win + a NE loss
Sun 4:25 ET - OAK @ KC - Chiefs steal AFC West with a win and a DEN loss.
Sun 4:25 ET - TB @ CAR - Panthers clinch home field with a win or an ARI loss or tie.
Sun 4:25 ET - SEA @ ARI - Cardinals steal home field with a win & CAR loss. SEA battles for seeding.
Sun 4:25 ET - STL @ SF
Sun 8:30 ET - MIN @ GB - Winner takes the NFC North and the #3 seed. GB also clinches with a tie. With a loss, GB would be the #5 seed and MIN could be the #5 or #6, depending on the Seattle game.
As with last week, this is a quick-and-dirty viewing guide and I excluded the crazy scenarios noted above.