Week 12 Playoff Picture

[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]

Happy thanksgiving to all!!!

We enter thanksgiving this year with it kicking off a huge final week of ten regular season in the DFL in deciding the playoffs. We have a lot of tied teams, divisions undecided, seeds needing to be set & who will earn their Wild Card births. Here’s the rundown going into finish line:

AFC DIVISION LEADERS:
AFCC Bengals 9-2 (clinched division, bye; 1489 PF)
AFCE Rams 8-3* (clinched division; 1311 PF)
AFCW Cowboys 7-4 (3-3 Div Rec; 1095 PF)

WC:
AFCC Broncos 6-5 (1451 PF)
AFCW Panthers 6-5 (1321 PF; 3-3 Div Rec)
AFCC Falcons 6-5 (1264 PF)
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AFCW Titans 6-5 (1228 PF; 4-2 Div Rec)
AFCE Colts 6-5 (1218 PF)
AFCC Steelers 5-6 (1321 PF)

Tiebreakers::
BYES:
CIN clinched division & bye;
-clinches #1 seed with Win or LAR loss
LAR clinched division & bye;
-clinches #1 seed with win & CIN loss (with 179 point differential)
DAL clinches AFCW & #3 seed with win

TEN clinches AFCW with win & DAL loss
-if 2-way tie: via 2-0 vs DAL
-if 3-way with DAL, CAR: via better division record

All teams listed in Wild Card race are mathematically in it, win permitting
If 2 teams tied: goes H2H, then Points For
If 3+ teams tied: Points For

NFC DIVISION LEADERS:
NFCE Vikings 9-2 (clinched division; 1341 PF)
NFCW Redskins 8-3 (clinched division; 1556 PF)
NFCC Browns 8-3* (clinched division; 1484 PF)

WC:
NFCE Lions 7-4 (clinched WC; 1232 PF)
NFCC Patriots 6-5 (1342 PF)
NFCC Saints 6-5 (1299 PF)
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NFCC Jets 5-6 (1278 PF)
NFCW Chiefs 5-6 (1198 PF)

Tiebreakers
BYES:
MIN clinched division;
-clinches #1 seed with Win
WSH clinched division;
-clinches bye with win
-clinches #1 seed with & MIN loss
CLE clinched division;
-clinches bye with win, loss by WSH OR MIN
-clinches #1 seed with win, loss by WSH & MIN

Wild Card;
DET clinched Wild Card;
-clinches #4 seed with win
NEP
-clinches WC with win
NOS
-clinches WC with win
NYJ
-clinches WC with win, loss by NOS/NEP & finish with more PF