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The Los Angeles Chargers are one step nearer to the postseason after defeating their AFC West rivals, the Denver Broncos, by a 34-27 margin on Thursday evening.
Under, we’ll check out the up to date standings and a glance ahead on the stakes for the upcoming weekend of video games, as groups battle for seeding and playoff berths.
AFC Standings
1. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs: 13-1
2. Buffalo Payments: 11-3
3. Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-4
4. Houston Texans: 9-5
5. Baltimore Ravens: 9-5
6. Los Angeles Chargers: 9-6
Wins tie break over Denver based mostly on head-to-head win share.
7. Denver Broncos: 9-6
8. Indianapolis Colts: 6-8
Wins tie break over Miami based mostly on head-to-head win share. Wins tie break over Cincinnati based mostly on finest win share in convention video games.
9. Miami Dolphins: 6-8
Wins tie break over Cincinnati based mostly on finest win share in convention video games.
10. Cincinnati Bengals: 6-8
11. New York Jets: 4-10
12. Cleveland Browns: 3-11
Wins tie break over Jacksonville based mostly on head-to-head win share. Wins tie break over New England based mostly on finest win share in convention video games. Division tie break was initially used to eradicate Tennessee (Jacksonville wins tie break over Tennessee based mostly on head-to-head win share).
13. Jacksonville Jaguars: 3-11
Wins tie break over New England based mostly on head-to-head win share. Division tie break was initially used to eradicate Tennessee (Jacksonville wins tie break over Tennessee based mostly on head-to-head win share).
14. Tennessee Titans: 3-11
Wins tie break over New England based mostly on head-to-head win share.
15. New England Patriots: 3-11
16. Las Vegas Raiders: 2-12
Notes: The Chiefs, Payments, Steelers and Texans have clinched playoff berths. The Chiefs and Texans have gained their respective divisions. The Jets, Browns, Jaguars, Titans, Patriots and Raiders have been eradicated from playoff rivalry.
NFC Standings
1. Detroit Lions: 12-2
Wins tie break over Philadelphia based mostly on finest win share in convention video games.
2. Philadelphia Eagle: 12-2
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 8-6
Wins tie break over LA Rams based mostly on finest win share in convention video games.
4. Los Angeles Rams: 8-6
5. Minnesota Vikings: 12-2
6. Inexperienced Bay Packers: 10-4
7. Washington Commanders: 9-5
8. Seattle Seahawks: 8-6
9. Atlanta Falcons: 7-7
Wins tie break over Arizona based mostly on finest win share in convention video games.
10. Arizona Cardinals: 7-7
11. San Francisco 49ers: 6-8
Wins tie break over Dallas based mostly on head-to-head win share.
12. Dallas Cowboys: 6-8
13. New Orleans Saints: 5-9
14. Chicago Bears: 4-10
15. Carolina Panthers: 3-11
16. New York Giants: 2-12
Notes: The Lions, Eagles and Vikings have clinched playoff berths. The Bears, Panthers and Giants have been eradicated from playoff rivalry.
Thursday’s end result did not technically eradicate the Colts, Dolphins or Bengals from playoff rivalry, nevertheless it made it extraordinarily unlikely that any of these groups will make the postseason. And whereas the Broncos misplaced the possibility to clinch a playoff berth this week, they want solely to tied or win another recreation to achieve the postseason. The Chargers, in the meantime, are a win away from a playoff berth.
In different upcoming video games across the NFL, playoff seeding and postseason berths will be on the line.
On Saturday, the Chiefs might be seeking to maintain onto their two-game lead over the Payments for the highest seed within the AFC in opposition to the Texans, who in flip are combating to maneuver greater than the No. 4 seed. A Kansas Metropolis win, coupled with a Buffalo loss, would assure the Chiefs the highest total seed and homefield benefit.
Within the second Saturday recreation, the Ravens may clinch a playoff berth and pull even with the Steelers from a report standpoint with a win, although Pittsburgh’s superior convention report would nonetheless maintain them atop the AFC North (the groups would have cut up the season collection and have an similar 3-2 divisional report in that state of affairs).
A Steelers win, in the meantime, would clinch them the AFC North title.
The Bengals, Colts and Dolphins all might be combating to maintain their slim playoff hopes alive, in the meantime, with a loss now formally extinguishing these hopes.
Within the NFC, the Eagles can clinch the NFC East title with a win over the Commanders, whereas Washington can clinch a playoff berth with a win and both losses by the Falcons and Rams or losses by the Falcons and Seahawks.
The Packers will clinch a playoff berth with a win, however may also get in with a loss if both the Falcons and Rams lose or the Falcons and Seahawks lose.
The matchup between the Vikings and Seahawks is big for each groups, as every is combating for the possibility to win their division and Seattle is combating to stay within the playoff image. And the NFC Wild Card image stays extensive open, particularly if the Commanders lose on Sunday, with the Seahawks, Falcons and Cardinals all nipping at their heels and the Cowboys and Niners remaining lengthy photographs to safe a playoff berth as nicely.
