The NFL Draft order is determined by a combination of regular season records, postseason performance, and the strength of schedule in the 2018 season. The Super Bowl winner is 32, the Super Bowl loser is 31. Next, assign the remaining teams in 4 groups based on their playoff performance: losers of the
Month: December 2018
Untying the standings: the history of the NFL playoff tiebreaker systems
From 1920 to 1931, there was no championship game and the league championship was formalized by a vote of owners at their spring meetings. Unofficially at first, the tiebreaker for the championship favored the latest head-to-head meeting between the tied teams, and presumably working back to an earlier matchup if
Game 272: The history of the final flexed game of the season
AFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 17
NFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 17
NFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 16 (plus WAS-TEN)
AFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 16 (plus WAS-TEN, BAL-LAC)
NFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 15
The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker? Notes and assumptions: No possibility of future tie games (MIN and GB are only shown for tiebreakers against each other). Tiebreaker winners are as they would be
AFC tiebreaker scenarios entering Week 15 (plus KC-LAC, NYJ-HOU, DEN-CLE)
The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker? Notes and assumptions: No possibility of future tie games (PIT and CLE are shown only for tiebreakers against each other). Tiebreaker winners are as they would be
