Check out the NFL playoff picture

12/23/2006

•New England can clinch division title with:

1) A win or tie.

2) A N.Y. Jets loss or tie.

•New England can clinch playoff berth if Cincinnati-Denver tie.

•Baltimore has clinched the division.

•Cincinnati can clinch playoff berth with:

1) A win, a Buffalo loss or tie and a N.Y. Jets loss.

2) A win, a Buffalo loss or tie and a Jacksonville loss.

AFC SOUTH DIVISION

•Indianapolis has clinched division.

•Indianapolis can clinch a first-round bye with a win and a Baltimore loss.

AFC WEST DIVISION

•San Diego has clinched the division.

•San Diego can clinch first-round bye with

1) A win.

2) An Indianapolis loss.

3) A tie and a Baltimore loss.

4) A tie and an Indianapolis tie.

•San Diego can clinch homefield advantage with:

1) A win and a Baltimore loss or tie.

2) A tie, Baltimore loss and an Indianapolis loss or tie.

•Denver can clinch playoff berth with:

1) A win, a Kansas City loss or tie and a N.Y. Jets loss.

2) A win, a Kansas City loss or tie and a Jacksonville loss.

NFC EAST DIVISION

•Dallas has clinched a playoff berth and can clinch the division with a win.

•Philadelphia can clinch playoff berth with:

1) A win.

2) A tie and a N.Y. Giants loss or tie.

3) A tie and an Atlanta loss.

•New York Giants can clinch playoff berth with:

1) A win, an Atlanta loss, a Philadelphia win or tie and a Seattle win or tie.

2) A win, an Atlanta loss, a Philadelphia win or tie and a San Francisco win or tie.

NFC NORTH DIVISION

•Chicago has clinched homefield advantage.

NFC SOUTH DIVISION

•New Orleans has clinched the division.

•New Orleans can clinch a first-round bye with a win and a Dallas loss.

NFC WEST DIVISION

•Seattle can clinch division with:

1) A win or tie.

2) A San Francisco loss or tie.