playoffs...?

Question

what does it mean to clinch the division and are the ravens going to do it when they beat the browens this sunday,and what other team are in the playoffs and who have clinch the division

Answer 1

San Diego has clinched their division. Indy can clinch if they win. The bears have clinched theirs and are on the brink of homefield advantage. The Saints can clinch with a win and Atl, Panther loss. Seattle almost clinched but they lost. There rest of the divisions have to play out to the end.

Answer 2

clinching a division means you have elliminated all mathematical posibilties and therefore you win you Clinch your division.

But as you will see mathematical posibilities can get somewhat confusing.

AFC East
• New England can clinch division title with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie.
Or
2. A tie and a N.Y. Jets loss.




AFC North
Baltimore can clinch division title with:
1. A win and a Cincinnati loss or tie.
Or
2. A tie and a Cincinnati loss.
• Baltimore can clinch playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie.
Or
2. A Cincinnati loss or tie and Ravens clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over N.Y. Jets.
Or
3. A Denver loss or tie and Ravens clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over N.Y. Jets.
Or
4. N.Y. Jets and Cincinnati lose or tie.
Or
5. N.Y. Jets and Denver lose or tie.
Or
6. New England and Jacksonville lose and Cincinnati loses or ties.
Or
7. New England and Jacksonville lose and Denver loses or ties.



AFC South
• Indianapolis can clinch division title with:
1. A Jacksonville loss.
Or
2. A win or tie and a Jacksonville tie.
• Indianapolis can clinch playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie.
Or
2. A Denver loss or tie.




AFC West
• San Diego has clinched division. San Diego can clinch a first-round bye with a win and an Indianapolis loss.





NFC East
• Dallas can clinch playoff berth with:
1. A win, Minnesota loses or ties and New Orleans wins or ties.
Or
2. A win, Minnesota and Carolina lose or tie.



NFC North
• Chicago has clinched the division and a first-round bye.
• Chicago can clinch homefield advantage with:
1. A win and a New Orleans loss or tie.
Or
2. A tie and a New Orleans loss.




NFC South
• New Orleans can clinch division title with:
1. A win.
Or
2. A tie and an Atlanta loss or tie.
Or
3. An Atlanta loss and Carolina loss or tie.
• New Orleans can clinch a first-round bye with a win, Dallas and Seattle lose and N.Y. Giants loses or ties.

• New Orleans can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A tie.
Or
2. A Minnesota loss or tie and a Philadelphia loss.
Or
3. Minnesota and Carolina both lose or tie.
Or
4. Minnesota loss or tie and Dallas loss and Eagles/Giants tie.



• Arizona, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Oakland, Tampa Bay and Washington have been eliminated from playoff contention.

Answer 3

Clinching the division means a team has secured first place for that season. The Ravens can secure first place in the AFC North with a win on Sunday against the Browns and a Cincinatti loss to Indy. The only other team to have clinched so far this season is Chicago.

Answer 4

to clich the division means no other team in your division can have a better record than you and can get a week off between the end of the regular season and the start of the play offs
afc has the colts the chargers the ravens the patriots
nfc has the bears the saints the seahawks the cowboys
both afc and nfc have several in contention for wildcard spots

Answer 5

Its going to be tough for the Ravens to clinch their division with Cincy breathing down their necks. Right now Cincy is playing better ball and if they end up in a tie, Cincy wins the tie breakers.

Answer 6

also yes to all other answers. And its also what the Eagles are gonna do in 3 games. They will salvage the season and win the division... you watch!!!

Answer 7

yes to the rest of the answers


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