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The NFL uses strength of schedule as a secondary tie-breaker for divisional rankings and playoff qualification, and as a primary tie-breaker for the NFL Draft. While the NFL has 32 teams, each team plays only 17 games against 14 other teams. [5]
y – 2. Buffalo Bills (10-3), AFC East champions: That potentially pivotal tiebreaker against the Chiefs isn't worth a whole heckuva lot if the Bills can't keep up with the reigning champs ...
A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff, tiebreaker game or knockout game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament. Such a playoff is either a single game or a short series of games (such as ...
A win in a game against an NFC North opponent doesn't just help a team's overall record; it's also a major step toward winning a potential tiebreaker for the division title. NFL PLAYOFF PICTURE ...
The first-place teams in each conference met in the NFL Championship Game after the season. There was no tie-breaker system in place; any ties in the final standings of either conference resulted in playoff games in 1941, 1943, 1947, 1950 (2), 1952, 1957, 1958, and 1965. Since the venue and date of the championship game were often not known ...
The next tie breaker is division record and the Cowboys currently hold the edge with a 4-1 mark against NFC East opponent with a game against the Washington Commanders in the season final.
In games and sport, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is any method used to determine a winner or to rank participants when there is a tie - meaning two or more parties have achieved a same score or result. A tiebreaker provides the additional criterion or set of criteria to distinguish between the tied participants and establish a clear ranking or winner.
Here's what to know after the Week 13 slate of games: What are the Packers' odds of making the playoffs? The New York Times playoff simulator puts Green Bay's chances of making the playoffs at 99%.