The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs can turn out to be the primary workforce within the NFL to clinch a 2024 playoff spot whereas the Buffalo Payments might be the primary workforce to clinch their division this weekend. Each of them will want a win and a few assist, however these situations will not be far-fetched.
How the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs can clinch a playoff spot in Week 13
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are 10-1 and in first place within the AFC standings. In the event that they had been to one way or the other falter and be handed by the Los Angeles Chargers or Denver Broncos within the AFC West, they’d find yourself within the Wild Card combine.
With 10 wins, the worst document KC may find yourself with is 10-7. The eighth-place Miami Dolphins have six losses, to allow them to end 11-6 at greatest. The Chiefs must get to 11 wins and have the Dolphins at seven losses to be able to clinch a greater total document, so listed below are the outcomes Kansas Metropolis must clinch a playoff spot:
- Chiefs win AND Dolphins loss/tie
Because the Dolphins play on Thanksgiving night time and the Chiefs play on Black Friday, Kansas Metropolis may have their playoff spot sewn up by the top of November!
Kansas Metropolis has one other path, as nicely. In the event that they win on Sunday to get to 11 wins and the Denver Broncos lose to get to six losses, they might end with the identical 11-6 document and Kansas Metropolis would win the frequent video games document tiebreaker.
- Chiefs win and Broncos loss
- Chiefs win and Chargers loss and Broncos tie
How the Buffalo Payments can clinch the AFC East in Week 13
The Payments aren’t going to accept only a playoff spot. They will clinch the AFC East in Week 13. Buffalo has 9 wins to the Miami Dolphins’ 5, however the Payments have the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Dolphins thanks to 2 wins. If each groups end 9-7, Buffalo wins the tiebreaker.
Meaning there are two outcomes that must occur for the Payments to clinch the AFC East this weekend:
- Dolphins loss AND Payments win
If Miami loses, the most effective they’ll end is 10-7. The Payments win any tiebreaker at 10-7, so Buffalo attending to 10 wins by successful on Sunday will get them over the end line to a house playoff recreation and their fifth straight AFC East title.
The Detroit Lions playoff clinching situations in Week 13 are extra intensive
With the Detroit Lions at 10-1, you would possibly count on simple clinching situations like within the AFC, however that’s not the case. The second-place Minnesota Vikings are just one recreation behind the Lions within the NFC North, to allow them to’t win the division for some time.
Within the Wild Card race, the Cardinals are 6-5 and three groups sit at 5-6. A catastrophe for the Lions may see them fall to 10-7, so that they want a number of video games to go their solution to clear hurdles.
All of those situations contain a Lions win and a 49ers loss or tie. (Detroit has overwhelmed San Francisco, so that they’d win head-to-head tiebreakers with them.) In addition they contain a unfavourable end result for the Cardinals and another assist to create multi-team situations.
Lions win + 49ers tie or loss PLUS:
- Cardinals loss/tie + Seahawks loss + Buccaneers loss or tie
- Cardinals loss + Seahawks tie + Buccaneers loss or tie
- Cardinals loss/tie + Seahawks loss + Commanders loss or tie + Falcons loss
- Cardinals loss/tie + Seahawks loss + Commanders loss + Falcons tie
- Cardinals loss + Seahawks tie + Commanders loss or tie + Falcons loss
- Cardinals loss + Seahawks tie + Commanders loss + Falcons tie
I do know it’s sophisticated, however with a number of video games between the potential Wild Card groups, there are a number of paths to the clinch.
NFL Playoff Image and story strains heading into Week 13
All of the storylines you want heading out of Week 12 and into Week 13 are actually plentiful.
The New England Patriots, Las Vegas Raiders, and New York Giants have been eradicated from their divisional races. No workforce has been mathematically eradicated from the playoffs but.
Listed below are the standings:
AFC standings after Week 12
1. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (10-1)
2. Buffalo Payments (9-2)
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3)
4. Houston Texans (7-5)
5. Baltimore Ravens (8-4)
6. Los Angeles Chargers (7-4)
7. Denver Broncos (7-5)
8. Miami Dolphins (5-6)
9. Indianapolis Colts (5-7)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-7)
11. Cleveland Browns (3-8, 3-3 AFC)
12. New York Jets (3-8, 3-5 AFC, win over TEN)
13. Tennessee Titans (3-8, 3-4 AFC, loss to NYJ)
14. New England Patriots (3-9)*
15. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9, 2-4 AFC)
16. Las Vegas Raiders (2-9, 2-7 AFC)*
NFC standings heading into Week 13
1. Detroit Lions (10-1)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (9-2)
3. Seattle Seahawks (6-5, win over ARI, win over ATL)
4. Atlanta Falcons (6-5. loss to SEA)
5. Minnesota Vikings (9-2)
6. Inexperienced Bay Packers (8-3)
7. Washington Commanders (7-5)
8. Arizona Cardinals (6-5, loss to SEA)
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-6, 5-3 NFC)
10. Los Angeles Rams (5-6, win over SF, 3-5 NFC)
11. San Francisco 49ers (5-6, loss to LAR)
12. New Orleans Saints (4-7, 3-4 NFC)
13. Chicago Bears (4-7, 2-4 NFC)
14. Dallas Cowboys (4-7, 2-5 NFC)
15. Carolina Panthers (3-8)
16. New York Giants (2-9)*
