It gets rolling in Oakland tomorrow night, as the Chargers face the Raiders on Christmas Eve. Saturday night game this week too.
Here's the full slate. Games with significant playoff implications in bold:
Thu 8:25 ET - SD @ OAK
Sat 8:25 ET - WAS @ PHI - WAS win clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - NE @ NYJ - NE win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - HOU @ TEN - HOU win + help clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - CLE @ KC - KC win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 1:00 ET - IND @ MIA - IND must win unless HOU loses
Sun 1:00 ET - SF @ DET
Sun 1:00 ET - DAL @ BUF
Sun 1:00 ET - CHI @ TB
Sun 1:00 ET - CAR @ ATL - CAR win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - PIT @ BAL - PIT win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 4:05 ET - JAC @ NO
Sun 4:25 ET - STL @ SEA - SEA battles for WC seeding
Sun 4:25 ET - GB @ ARI - ARI win clinches bye, GB win + help clinches div
Sun 8:30 ET - NYG @ MIN - MIN win or tie clinches playoff spot
Mon 8:30 ET - CIN @ DEN - CIN win clinches div & bye, DEN win + help clinches div
Of course, the list of scenarios above is nowhere near complete. Think of it as a quick-and-dirty viewing guide.
I excluded ways teams can back in and obviously didn't get into what "help" each team needs. I'll leave those details for a future post!
Here's the full slate. Games with significant playoff implications in bold:
Thu 8:25 ET - SD @ OAK
Sat 8:25 ET - WAS @ PHI - WAS win clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - NE @ NYJ - NE win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - HOU @ TEN - HOU win + help clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - CLE @ KC - KC win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 1:00 ET - IND @ MIA - IND must win unless HOU loses
Sun 1:00 ET - SF @ DET
Sun 1:00 ET - DAL @ BUF
Sun 1:00 ET - CHI @ TB
Sun 1:00 ET - CAR @ ATL - CAR win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - PIT @ BAL - PIT win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 4:05 ET - JAC @ NO
Sun 4:25 ET - STL @ SEA - SEA battles for WC seeding
Sun 4:25 ET - GB @ ARI - ARI win clinches bye, GB win + help clinches div
Sun 8:30 ET - NYG @ MIN - MIN win or tie clinches playoff spot
Mon 8:30 ET - CIN @ DEN - CIN win clinches div & bye, DEN win + help clinches div
Of course, the list of scenarios above is nowhere near complete. Think of it as a quick-and-dirty viewing guide.
I excluded ways teams can back in and obviously didn't get into what "help" each team needs. I'll leave those details for a future post!