NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 17 of 2020 season

Editor's note: Below are the following playoff scenarios for Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season.

AFC

CLINCHED:

Buffalo Bills – AFC East division title

Kansas City Chiefs – AFC West division title and first-round bye

Pittsburgh Steelers – AFC North division title

BALTIMORE RAVENS (10-5) (at Cincinnati (4-10-1), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS)

Baltimore clinches playoff berth with:

1. BAL win OR
2. CLE loss OR
3. IND loss OR
4. BAL tie + MIA loss OR
5. BAL tie + TEN loss OR
6. BAL tie + CLE tie OR
7. BAL tie + IND tie

CLEVELAND BROWNS (10-5) (vs. Pittsburgh (12-3), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS)

Cleveland clinches playoff berth with:

1. CLE win OR
2. IND loss OR
3. TEN loss + MIA win or tie + BAL win or tie OR
4. CLE tie + BAL loss OR
5. CLE tie + MIA loss OR
6. CLE tie + TEN loss OR
7. CLE tie + IND tie OR
8. CLE tie + TEN tie + BAL win + MIA win

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (10-5) (vs. Jacksonville (1-14), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)

Indianapolis clinches AFC South division title with:

1. IND win + TEN loss or tie OR
2. IND tie + TEN loss

Indianapolis clinches playoff berth with:

1. IND win + BAL loss or tie OR
2. IND win + CLE loss or tie OR
3. IND win + MIA loss or tie OR
4. IND tie + BAL loss OR
5. IND tie + CLE loss OR
6. IND tie + MIA loss

MIAMI DOLPHINS (10-5) (at Buffalo (11-3), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS)

Miami clinches playoff berth with:

1. MIA win OR
2. BAL loss OR
3. CLE loss OR
4. IND loss OR
5. MIA tie + BAL tie OR
6. MIA tie + CLE tie OR
7. MIA tie + IND tie OR
8. MIA tie + TEN loss

TENNESSEE TITANS (10-5) (at Houston (4-11), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)

Tennessee clinches AFC South division title with:

1. TEN win OR
2. IND loss OR
3. TEN tie + IND tie

Tennessee clinches playoff berth with:

1. BAL loss OR
2. MIA loss OR
3. TEN tie + CLE loss OR
4. TEN tie + MIA tie OR
5. TEN tie + BAL tie

NFC

CLINCHED:

Green Bay Packers – NFC North division title

New Orleans Saints – NFC South division title

Seattle Seahawks – NFC West division title

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – playoff berth

ARIZONA CARDINALS (8-7) (at L.A. Rams (9-6), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)

Arizona clinches playoff berth with:

1. ARI win OR
2. ARI tie + CHI loss

CHICAGO BEARS (8-7) (vs. Green Bay (12-3), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, FOX)

Chicago clinches playoff berth with:

1. CHI win OR
2. ARI loss OR
3. CHI tie + ARI tie

DALLAS COWBOYS (6-9) (at N.Y. Giants (5-10), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX)

Dallas clinches NFC East division title with:

1. DAL win + WAS loss or tie OR
2. DAL tie + WAS loss

GREEN BAY PACKERS (12-3) (at Chicago (8-7), Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS)

Green Bay clinches the first-round bye with:

1. GB win or tie OR
2. SEA loss or tie

LOS ANGELES RAMS (9-6) (vs. Arizona (8-7), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)

Los Angeles clinches playoff berth with:

1. LAR win or tie OR
2. CHI loss or tie

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (11-4) (at Carolina (5-10), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

New Orleans clinches the first-round bye with:

1. NO win + GB loss + SEA win

NEW YORK GIANTS (5-10) (vs. Dallas (6-9), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX)

New York clinches NFC East division title with:

1. NYG win + WAS loss

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (11-4) (at San Francisco* (6-9), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

Seattle clinches the first-round bye with:

1. SEA win + GB loss + NO loss or tie

WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM (6-9) (at Philadelphia (4-10-1), Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC)

Washington clinches NFC East division title with:

1. WAS win OR
2. WAS tie + DAL loss or tie