


It was a good Sunday for the Broncos, who moved within a win of clinching an AFC Wild Card playoff berth and also saw potential roadblocks Miami and Los Angeles both lose. Miami is now one of three 6-8 teams in the AFC with a worse than 10% chance of reaching the postseason, according to NFL.com’s playoff picture. That leaves four teams likely jostling for Wild Card seeds 5-7 with one of Pittsburgh or Baltimore winning the AFC North. Both hold a head-to-head tiebreaker over Denver. A look at the stretch run:
Team
Sunday
Rec.
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Playoff %*
Note
Pittsburgh
Lost at Philadelphia, 27-13
10-4
at Baltimore (9-5)
Kansas City (13-1)
Cincinnati (6-8)
100%
Steelers clinched spot, but AFC North up for grabs.
Baltimore
Won at N.Y. Giants, 35-14
9-5
Pittsburgh (10-4)
at Houston (9-5)
Cleveland (3-11)
99%
Ravens likely playing for AFC North next week.
Denver
Won vs. Indianapolis, 31-13
9-5
at L.A. Chargers (8-6)
at Cincinnati (6-8)
Kansas City (13-1)
91%
Need one win to break 8-season playoff drought.
L.A. Chargers
Lost vs. Tampa Bay, 40-17
8-6
Denver (9-5)
at New England (3-11)
at Las Vegas (2-11)
87%
Three 6-8 teams lurk behind Chargers.
* Per NFL.com