There Are 384 Potential Playoff Seeding Scenarios Going Into Week 17!

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Your annual Week 17 cheat sheets on playoff seeding possibilities, 64 AFC seeding scenarios and 64 in the NFC too. Share with and print out for the fellow NFL wonk in your life.

A post shared by Rich Eisen (@richeisen) on Dec 29, 2019 at 7:47am PST

All those different color combos are sooo visually pleasing. I fucking LOVE all those patterns and possibilities. 

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​Okay, so in reality, there's really only 128 possible seeding scenarios, but I feel like I could've said any number under 500 and it would've been believable. Even 128 seems insane this late in the year. There definitely have been years passed when most things were wrapped up by week 17.

While the Ravens, Bills, and Vikings are currently locked in; there is a lot to still be determined. One playoff spot (AFC 6 seed) is still up for grabs. The Raiders are barely breathing, people! â€‹

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Four teams are still alive for home field throughout the playoffs in the NFC. The outcome of Sunday Night Football could end up being the difference of four seeds. There is a chance the 49ers are in a win=1 seed; loss=5 seed scenario.

While some week 17 outcomes seem like a formality; Pats over Dolphins, Saints over Panthers, Packers over Lions, Chiefs over Chargers just to name a few..... like Herm Edwards refuses to say again "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME".  Anything can happen (Ellie Goulding, 2012)

With guys playing for their next contract, incentives, opportunity elsewhere, or just trying to stay healthy going into the off-season; week 17 can be a bigger crap shoot than most weeks. There are truly meaningless games like Browns-Bengals. Then all-time pregame hype match-ups for all the marbles like SNF between the 49ers and Seahawks. 

I still haven't decided what I am going to take today and these predictions could totally not make sense or contradict what I have a financial interest in, but this is how I think the seeds end up playing out after it's all said and done tonight around 11:38 pm Eastern Standard Time.


AFC:
1. Ravens
2. Patriots
3. Chiefs
4. Texans
5. Bills
6. Titans

NFC:
1. Packers
2. Saints
3. Seahwks
4. Cowboys (I think the Gmen win today!)
5. 49ers
6. Vikings

​One thing I can guarantee is Freddie Kitchens won't have a job on Tuesday.

s/o Rich Eisen's IG and Rich Eisen in general