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NFL - Week 15 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
Patriots East 11 2 0 13 4 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Bills East 9 4 0 13 3 3 3 3 MW MW MW MW
Dolphins East 6 7 0 13 X X X X 2 2 2 MW
Jets East 3 10 0 13 X X X X X X X MW
 
Steelers North 7 6 0 13 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 MW
Ravens North 6 7 0 13 X X 1 4 4 4 4 MW
Bengals North 4 9 0 13 X X X 2 X X X MW
Browns North 3 10 0 13 X X X X X X X MW
 
Jaguars South 9 4 0 13 3 3 4 4 MW MW MW MW
Texans South 8 5 0 13 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 MW
Colts South 8 5 0 13 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 MW
Titans South 2 11 0 13 X X X X X X X MW
 
Broncos West 11 2 0 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Chargers West 9 4 0 13 3 3 3 3 MW MW MW MW
Chiefs West 6 7 0 13 X X X X 2 2 2 MW
Raiders West 2 11 0 13 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