NFL Week 17 stakes, clinching scenarios for teams with division titles and playoff berths on the line

There’s still plenty to be decided the last two weeks of the NFL season. If your team has a chance to clinch the division or a playoff berth in Week 17, here’s what they need.

Already clinched a playoff spot: Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers; Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers.

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AFC East: New England Patriots

AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South: Jacksonville Jaguars | Houston Texans

AFC West: Denver Broncos

NFC North: Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers

NFC South: Carolina Panthers

NFC West: Seattle Seahawks

New England Patriots

What’s at stake

AFC East title

How it could happen

Patriots win + Bills loss or tie, OR
Patriots tie + Bills loss

Pittsburgh Steelers

What’s at stake

AFC North title

How it could happen

Steelers win or tie, OR
Ravens loss or tie

Jacksonville Jaguars

What’s at stake

AFC South title

How it could happen

Jaguars win + Texans loss or tie, OR
Jaguars tie + Texans loss

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Houston Texans

What’s at stake

Playoff berth

How it could happen

Texans win or tie, OR
Colts loss or tie, OR
Texans clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Colts (Ravens win + Bills win + Chiefs win + 49er win + Falcons loss + Dolphins loss

Denver Broncos

What’s at stake

AFC West title, AFC No. 1 seed

How it could happen

AFC West

Broncos win + Chargers loss or tie, OR
Broncos tie + Chargers loss

AFC No. 1 seed

Broncos win + Chargers loss or tie + Patriots loss + Bills loss or tie + Jaguars loss or tie

Chicago Bears

What’s at stake

NFC North title

How it could happen

Bears win, OR
Packers loss, OR
Bears tie + Packers tie

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Green Bay Packers

What’s at stake

Playoff berth

How it could happen

Packers win or tie, OR
Lions loss or tie

Carolina Panthers

What’s at stake

NFC South title

How it could happen

Panthers win + Buccaneers loss or tie, OR
Panthers tie + Buccaneers loss

Seattle Seahawks

What’s at stake

NFC West title, NFC No. 1 seed

How it could happen

NFC West

Seahawks win + Rams loss or tie + 49ers loss or tie, OR
Seahawks tie + Rams loss + 49ers loss

NFC No. 1 seed

Seahawks win + Rams loss or tie + 49ers-Bears tie

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