Updated Playoff Scenarios -- Week 16.
by Kirkendall on Dec 21, 2006 11:38 AM EST
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With two weeks left in the season, 24 teams are still eligible to make the playoffs. That's the second most ever since the NFL went to a 16 game schedule -- 26 teams in 2004.
Here's the NFL playoff landscape, provided by NFL Media.
| CATEGORY | TEAM(S) |
| Homefield Won | Chicago |
| First-round Bye Won | -- |
| Division Titles Won | Baltimore, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Diego |
| Playoff Berth Won | Dallas |
| Homefield Can Be Won This Week | San Diego |
| First-round Bye Can be Won This Week | Indianapolis, New Orleans |
| Division Can Be Won This Week With Win/Tie | Dallas, New England, Seattle |
| Playoff Berth Can Be Won This Week with a Win | Philadelphia |
| Playoff Berth Can Be Won This Week with a Win Plus Help | Cincinnati, Denver, NY Giants |
| Still alive, but can't clinch | Atlanta, Buffalo, Carolina, Green Bay, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Minnesota, NY Jets, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, Tennessee |
| AFC NORTH | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| Baltimore | Division | --- | --- |
| Cincinnati | --- | Playoff Berth | 1. Win + Buffalo loss + Jets loss OR |
| 2. Win + Buffalo loss + Jags loss. |
| AFC EAST | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| New England | --- | Division | 1. Win. |
| 2. Jets loss. | |||
| Playoff Berth | Cincinnati/Denver tie. |
| AFC SOUTH | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| Indianapolis | Division | First-round bye | 1. Win + Baltimore loss |
| AFC WEST | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| San Diego | Division | Homefield | 1. Win + Baltimore loss OR |
| 2. Tie + Baltimore and Indy loss. | |||
| First-round bye | 1. Win OR | ||
| 2. Indy loss OR | |||
| 3. SD and Indy tie OR | |||
| 4. SD tie and Balt loss. | |||
| Denver | --- | Playoff berth | 1. Win + KC loss + Jets loss OR |
| 2. Win + KC loss + Jets loss |
| NFC EAST | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| Dallas | Playoff Berth | Division | 1. Win |
| Philadelphia | --- | Playoff Berth | 1. Win OR |
| 2. Tie + Giants loss OR | |||
| 3. Tie + Falcons loss | |||
| New York | --- | Playoff Berth | 1. Win + Minn loss or tie + Atlanta loss + Philly win or tie + Seattle win or tie OR |
| 2. Win + Minn loss or tie + Atlanta loss + Philly win or tie + 49ers loss or tie. |
| NFC NORTH | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| Chicago | Homefield | --- | --- |
| NFC SOUTH | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| New Orleans | Division | First-round Bye | 1. Win + Dallas loss |
| NFC WEST | HAS CLINCHED | CAN CLINCH | WITH |
| Seattle | --- | Division | 1. Win |
| 2. SF loss |
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