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NFL Playoff Scenarios

Published Dec. 31, 2010 3:44 p.m. ET

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CLINCHED: New England, AFC East and homefield advantage; Kansas City, AFC West; Baltimore, playoff spot; N.Y. Jets, playoff spot; Pittsburgh, playoff spot.

ELIMINATED: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, Houston, Miami, Oakland, San Diego, Tennessee.

- Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with:

1) Win OR

2) Tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

3) Baltimore loss

- Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with:

1) Win and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

2) Tie and Pittsburgh loss

- Clinches AFC South with:

1) Win or tie OR

2) Jacksonvile loss or tie

- Clinches AFC South with:

1) Win and Indianapolis loss

NFC

CLINCHED: Chicago, NFC North and a first-round bye; Philadelphia, NFC East; Atlanta, playoff spot; New Orleans, playoff spot.

ELIMINATED: Arizona, Carolina, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, San Francisco, Washington.

- Clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with:

1) Win or tie OR

2) New Orleans loss or tie

- Clinches homefield advantage with:

1) Win or tie OR

2) New Orleans loss or tie and Chicago loss or tie

- Clinched the NFC North and a first-round bye and clinches homefield advantage with:

1) Win and Atlanta loss and New Orleans loss or tie

- Clinches the NFC South and homefield advantage with:

1) Win and Atlanta loss

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win OR

2) Tie and N.Y. Giants loss or tie and Tampa Bay loss or tie OR

3) N.Y. Giants loss and Tampa Bay loss

- Clinch a playoff spot with:

1) Win and Green Bay loss or tie OR

3) Tie and Green Bay loss and Tampa Bay loss or tie

- Clinches a playoff spot with:

3) Win and N.Y. Giants loss or tie and Green Bay loss or tie OR

4) Tie and N.Y. Giants loss and Green Bay loss

- Clinches NFC West with:

1) Win or tie

- Clinches NFC West with:

1) Win

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