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NFL playoff picture, clinching scenarios ahead of Week 16: Chiefs can take AFC's No. 1 seed with help Nate Davis, USA TODAY Updated December 17, 2024 at 3:11 PM
The tie-breaking rules have changed over the years, with the most recent changes being made in 2002 to accommodate the league's realignment into eight four-team divisions; record vs. common opponents and most of the other criteria involving wins and losses were moved up higher in the tie-breaking list, while those involving compiled stats such ...
The No. 1 seed in the playoffs is the NFL’s equivalent of unlocking Star World in Super Mario World on the old Super Nintendo. When you get the top playoff seed in a conference thanks to a ...
That’s because the No. 1 seed has two imposing contenders in the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, both of whom are 13-2. Here are the winners and losers from Sunday of Week 16. WINNERS
One-game playoffs were used in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2021 season. When two or more MLB teams were tied for a division championship or the wild card playoff berth (1995–2011, or starting in 2012, the second only) at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the winner.
[1] [2] Ties have counted as a half-win and half-loss in league standings since 1972; before that, ties were not counted in the standings at all. [3] Tie games were once frequent in the NFL, but have become increasingly uncommon due to a rule change in 1974 that extended the existing sudden-death overtime for post-season games into the regular ...
And yet, with two games remaining in the regular season, at Baltimore (12-3) and at home against Buffalo (9-6) the Dolphins could enter the NFL Playoffs anywhere between a No. 1 seed and a No. 6 ...
Resting the starters is the substitution of regular players on a sports team with backup players, and it occurs when a team has clinched at least a playoff berth, often its division, and in many cases, home advantage, and no further regular season losses would hurt the team in the standings (or, inversely, if the team has been eliminated from playoff contention and has nothing further to gain ...