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NFL Week 18 Preview & Playoff Scenarios 2022 | The Update with Santiago Leon & Ryan Christa

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Santiago Leon
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  • NFL Playoff Scenarios
  • NFL Week 18 Preview

Contributors
Santiago Leon – @sleon
Ryan Christa – @maddawgreport

NFL Playoff Scenarios

AFC
Baltimore Ravens (8-8) (vs. Pittsburgh (8-7-1), Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS)

Baltimore clinches playoff berth with:

BAL win + LAC loss + IND loss + MIA loss or tie

Buffalo clinches AFC East division title with:

BUF win OR
NE loss OR
BUF tie + NE tie

Cincinnati Bengals (10-6) (at Cleveland (7-9), Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX)

Cincinnati clinches AFC’s No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

CIN win + TEN loss + KC loss + NE loss or tie OR
CIN win + TEN loss + KC loss + BUF win

Indianapolis Colts (9-7) (at Jacksonville (2-14), Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS)

Indianapolis clinches playoff berth with:

IND win or tie OR
LAC loss + BAL-PIT tie OR
LAC loss + PIT loss + MIA win

Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) (at Denver (7-9), Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC)

Kansas City clinches AFC’s No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

KC win + TEN loss or tie OR
KC tie + TEN loss

Las Vegas Raiders (9-7) (vs. Los Angeles Chargers (9-7), Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC)

Las Vegas clinches playoff berth with:

LV win OR
LV tie + IND loss OR
IND loss + PIT loss or tie

Los Angeles Chargers (9-7) (at Las Vegas (9-7), Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

Los Angeles Chargers clinch playoff berth with:

  1. LAC win or tie

New England Patriots (10-6) (at Miami (8-8), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)

New England clinches AFC’s No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

NE win + BUF loss or tie + KC loss + TEN loss
New England clinches AFC East division title with:

NE win + BUF loss or tie OR
NE tie + BUF loss

Pittsburgh Steelers (8-7-1) (at Baltimore (8-8), Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS)

Pittsburgh clinches playoff berth with:

PIT win + IND loss + LV-LAC game does not end in a tie

Tennessee Titans (11-5) (at Houston (4-12), Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS)

Tennessee clinches AFC’s No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

TEN win OR
TEN tie + KC loss or tie OR
KC loss + CIN loss or tie + NE loss or tie OR
KC loss + CIN loss or tie + BUF win

NFC
CLINCHED:

Green Bay Packers — NFC North division title, No. 1 seed, only first-round bye and home-field advantage

Dallas Cowboys — NFC East division title

Tampa Bay Buccaneers — NFC South division title

Arizona Cardinals — playoff berth

Los Angeles Rams — playoff berth

Philadelphia Eagles — playoff berth

Arizona Cardinals (11-5) (vs. Seattle (6-10), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

Arizona clinches NFC West division title with:

ARI win + LAR loss

Los Angeles Rams (12-4) (vs. San Francisco (9-7), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

Los Angeles Rams clinch NFC West division title with:

LAR win or tie OR
ARI loss or tie

New Orleans Saints (8-8) (at Atlanta (7-9), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

New Orleans clinches playoff berth with:

NO win + SF loss

Los Angeles Rams — playoff berth

Philadelphia Eagles — playoff berth

San Francisco 49ers (9-7) (at Los Angeles Rams (12-4), Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX)

San Francisco clinches playoff berth with:

SF win or tie OR
NO loss or tie

Predictions
Saturday
KC-DEN
RC: KC

DAL-PHI
RC: PHI

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WAS-NYG
RC: WAS

CIN-CLE
RC: CLE

PIT-BAL
RC: PIT

GB-DET
RC: DET

IND-JAX
RC: IND

CHI-MIN
RC: MIN

TEN-HOU
RC: TEN

NO-ATL
RC: NO

SEA-AZ
RC: AZ

NYJ-BUF
RC: BUF

CAR-TB
RC: TB

NE-MIA
RC: NE

SF-LAR
RC: SF

LAC-LV
RC: LV

Santiago Leon
Santiago Leon

Santiago Leon is the Founder and CEO of the Sports Cast. He covers almost every sport: NFL, NBA, and world soccer. He’s also founder of sleon productions, which he specializes in technology and serves clients with solutions to make their business grow.

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