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NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 16: Chiefs, Dolphins, Lions can secure berths
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Date:2025-04-15 20:06:58
The Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions can all clinch playoff spots during NFL Week 16.
The Chiefs, Lions, Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins also can secure division titles this weekend. The Browns can clinch just their third playoff berth since coming off hiatus in 1999 by defeating the Houston Texans — another team in the AFC playoff race — on Sunday and getting help in some of this weekend's other matchups.
The Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers have already secured qualification for the playoffs.
NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 16
AFC
The Ravens have clinched a playoff berth.
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➤ Ravens clinch AFC North division title with:
- Win, Browns loss or tie
- Tie, Browns loss
➤ Browns clinch playoff berth with:
- Win, Bengals loss, Broncos loss or tie, Bills loss, Dolphins win or tie, Colts loss or tie
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Bills loss, Dolphins win or tie, Broncos loss or tie
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Bills loss, Dolphins win or tie, Jaguars loss, Colts win
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Broncos loss or tie, Jaguars loss, Colts win
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Bills loss, Chiefs win, Colts win, Jaguars loss
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Broncos loss or tie, Dolphins win or tie, Colts loss
- Win, Steelers loss or tie, Broncos loss or tie, Dolphins win or tie, Jaguars loss
- Win, Bengals-Steelers tie, Bills loss, Colts win, Jaguars loss
➤ Chiefs clinch playoff berth and AFC West division title with:
- Win
- Tie, Broncos loss
➤ Dolphins clinch playoff berth with:
- Win
- Tie, Jaguars loss
- Tie, Colts loss, Texans loss
- Tie, Colts loss or tie, Browns loss
- Tie, Texans loss or tie, Bengals loss or tie
- Tie, Bengals loss or tie, Colts loss or tie
➤ Dolphins clinch AFC East division title with:
- Win, Bills loss or tie
- Tie, Bills loss
NFC
The Cowboys, Eagles and 49ers have clinched playoff berths. The 49ers also have clinched the NFC West division title.
➤ Lions clinch playoff berth with:
- Rams loss
- Seahawks loss or tie
➤ Lions clinch NFC North division title with:
- Win or tie
➤ 49ers clinch NFC's No. 1 playoff seed, first-round bye and home-field advantage with:
- Win, Eagles loss, Cowboys loss, Lions loss
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