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NFL - Week 16 of 18

AFC Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

AFC Losing Magic Numbers
Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L T GPi
Games Played
17 game season
1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7 8
Broncos West 12 2 0 14 MW MW MW X MW MW MW ^
Patriots East 11 3 0 14 2 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Jaguars South 10 4 0 14 2 3 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Steelers North 8 6 0 14 X 1 2 3 3 3 3 MW
Chargers West 10 4 0 14 2 2 2 X MW MW MW MW
Bills East 10 4 0 14 2 3 3 3 3 MW MW MW
Texans South 9 5 0 14 1 2 3 3 3 3 MW MW
 
Colts South 8 6 0 14 X 1 2 2 2 2 2 MW
Ravens North 7 7 0 14 X X X 3 X X 3 MW
Chiefs West 6 8 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Dolphins East 6 8 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Bengals North 4 10 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Jets East 3 11 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Browns North 3 11 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Raiders West 2 12 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
Titans South 2 12 0 14 X X X X X X X MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs