2018 NFL Week 16 -- So how useless can we make Week 17?

The normal pre-Christmas Saturday games have started (and no word on additional fines for Week 15 yet).

So let's see how useless we can make Week 17:

NFC first:

New Orleans, the Rams, and Chicago have clinched divisions.

New Orleans clinches everything through the NFC title game with a win over Pittsburgh (or various LA loss scenarios)

The Rams must win (@ Arizona) and have Chicago lose to get a bye.

Dallas clinches their division with a win over Tampa.

If Seattle beats KC, they're in the playoffs if either Minnesota or Washington lose.

If Minnesota beats Detroit, then a Washington loss and a Philadelphia loss puts them in.

So, if:

• New Orleans wins
• The Rams win
• Dallas wins
• Seattle wins
• Minnesota wins
• Philadelphia loses to Houston
• and Washington loses (they're playing the first of the two Saturday games as I write this)

Then:

• New Orleans is the 1 seed
• Dallas wins the NFC East, meaning all four divisions are clinched
• The two wild-cards are clinched (Minnesota and Seattle), so all six teams are clinched and slotted 1-4 and 5-6.

AFC:

Only the Chiefs and Chargers have clinched, and that's only playoffs.

Chiefs win the 1 seed with a win and an LA loss and a HOU loss.  (However, the Houston scenario cannot happen if the Minnesota-clinching scenario occurs.  So either the second NFC wild-card is in play or the #1 in the AFC is in play with somebody.)

Houston wins, they win the division -- if New England also loses, they're at least the #2.

Pittsburgh wins the North with a win over New Orleans and a Baltimore loss.  (So either the AFC North is in play or the #1 seed in the NFC is in play.)

So there are a FEW things which can make Week 17.  We'll see where we are in about 32 hours.  (Monday night is Denver and Oakland, two eliminated teams.)