NFL playoff picture after Week 15: NFC's six teams could lock in this weekend
NFL playoff picture after Week 15: NFC's six teams could lock in this weekend
SportsPulse: Nick Foles did it again, the Bears did something they haven't done in awhile and the Steelers look like they will get it done in the end. Trysta Krick breaks down the top storylines in Week 15.
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Here's how the NFL playoff picture looks after Week 15's games.
AFC
x — 1. Kansas City Chiefs (11-3): AFC West leader. Does collapse against Chargers portend a bigger one? Chiefs retain inside track to home-field advantage because their division record (4-1) is better than Bolts' (3-2). But one more slip-up opens door for Chargers to move into No. 1 spot while dropping Kansas City to fifth. However if Chiefs oust Seattle and Chargers lose, top seed goes to K.C.
2. Houston Texans (10-4): AFC South leader. Look who's suddenly in line for a week off in postseason. Will wrap up division with one more win and would upgrade to a bye by combining victory with another New England loss.
3. New England Patriots (9-5): AFC East leader. They'll wrap up division for 10th straight time by beating Buffalo but need help from Houston or Kansas City to get back into bye mix.
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5-1): AFC North leader. Need to beat Saints and hope Ravens lose to secure division. A win in New Orleans combined with defeats suffered by Colts and Titans would ensure Steelers a wild card.
x — 5. Los Angeles Chargers (11-3): Wild card No. 1. Back in playoffs for the first time since 2013. They need Kansas City to lose one more time to get a crack at home field.
6. Baltimore Ravens (8-6): Wild card No. 2. They keep this spot because their record in AFC games (6-4) is a shade better than Indianapolis' (6-5). Baltimore could move into division lead this weekend ... or drop from field entirely.
7. Indianapolis Colts (8-6): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
8. Tennessee Titans (8-6): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
9. Miami Dolphins (7-7): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
10. Cleveland Browns (6-7-1): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
NFC
y — 1. New Orleans Saints (12-2): NFC South champions. Need one more win to claim home-field advantage. They'd also get it if the Rams and Bears both lose.
y — 2. Los Angeles Rams (11-3): NFC West champions. They're now 3-3 after that 8-0 start. But a win over Arizona combined with a Chicago loss would give L.A. a first-round bye.
y — 3. Chicago Bears (10-4): NFC North champions. Division champs and playoff bound for first time since 2010. Bears' turnaround means for 15th time in past 16 NFL seasons, at least one team has gone from worst to first after a last-place finish in previous year. Earlier victory over Rams gives them decent shot of getting a bye. Win this week would guarantee they can't finish with seed worse than No. 3.
4. Dallas Cowboys (8-6): NFC East leader. Division is theirs with one more win. Losses by both the Eagles and Redskins would also clinch it.
5. Seattle Seahawks (8-6): Wild card No. 1. They need to beat Chiefs on Sunday night and hope either Redskins or Vikings lose in order to make wild-card berth official.
6. Minnesota Vikings (7-6-1): Wild card No. 2. If they topple Detroit, and both Philly and Washington suffer defeats, then Minnesota clinches a wild card.
7. Philadelphia Eagles (7-7): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
8. Washington Redskins (7-7): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
9. Carolina Panthers (6-8): Don't qualify for postseason at this point.
x — clinched playoff berth
y — clinched division
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