2021 NFL Week 16 Kayfabe Report

AFC:

East:  Buffalo (9-6), by division record tiebreaker over the Patriots (4-1 vs. 3-2), Miami 8-7

North:  Cincinnati (9-6), one over Baltimore, Pittsburgh 7-7-1, Cleveland 7-8

South:  Tennessee (10-5), one over Indianapolis

West:  Congratulations to the AFC West Champion Kansas City Chiefs, the first AFC team to clinch a playoff spot.  Chargers and Raiders 8-7, Broncos 7-8.

Tiebreakers:

BUF-CIN for the 3-4:  Do not play.  Conference record:  BUF 6-5, CIN 7-3.  CIN #3, BUF #4.

NE-IND for the 5-6:  IND won 27-17.  IND #5, NE #6

#7 tiebreaker at 8-7:  MIA, BAL, LAC, LV for one spot.

Break West divisional first:  Chargers first win over Raiders.

MIA-BAL-LAC for the #7:  No HTH sweep or swept.  Conf:  MIA 5-5. BAL 5-6, LAC 5-5

MIA-LAC:  No HTH.  Common:  NE (MIA 1-0, LAC 0-1), LV (MIA 0-1, LAC 1-0), HOU (MIA 1-0, LAC 0-1) NYG (MIA 1-0, LAC 1-0)  Total:  MIA 3-1, LAC 2-2  MIA #7

1. KC 11-4 (AFC West Champions)
2. TEN 10-5 (Lead AFC South (Magic number IND 1), have the HTH over KC if needed)
3. CIN 9-6 (Lead AFC North (One more win wins division), Wins Conf Tiebreaker over BUF)
4. BUF 9-6 (Lead AFC East, Loses Conf Tiebreaker to CIN)
5. IND 9-6 (Wins HTH Tiebreaker over NE)
6. NE 9-6 (Loses HTH Tiebreaker with IND
7. MIA 8-7 (Wins all relevant tiebreakers with all 8-7s (LV eliminated by LAC HTH))
8. LAC 8-7 (Wins HTH tiebreaker over LV, Wins Conf record tiebreaker over BAL, Loses Common Games Tiebreaker to MIA)
9. LV 8-7 (Loses HTH tiebreaker to LAC to fall out of WC tiebreaker.  Wins HTH tiebreaker over BAL)
10. BAL 8-7 (Loses Conf tiebreaker to MIA and LAC, then loses HTH with LV)
11. PIT 7-7-1
12. CIN 7-8 (Wins HTH tiebreaker with DEN)
13. DEN 7-8 (Loses HTH tiebreaker with CIN)

Eliminated:  Jets, Jaguars, Texans (no additions this week)

MIA @ TEN, NE @ CIN, IND @ BUF, KC Bye

NFC:

Three of the division champs and five of the seven playoff spots are done (lots of money into Tree's piggy bank this week!) -- who goes what seed is another question.

East:  Dallas (11-4) NFC East Chanpions.  Three over the Eagles

North:  Green Bay (12-3) clinched last week.  Five over the Vikings.

South:  Tampa Bay (11-4) NFC South Champions.  Four over the Falcons and Saints

West:  Los Angeles (11-4), one over Arizona, both have clinched playoff spots.  San Fran is 8-7

Tiebreakers:

DAL-TB-LAR for the 2-3-4:  No HTH sweep/swept.  Conf:  DAL 9-1, LAR 8-3, TB 7-4  DAL #2

TB-LAR for the #3, since only one team can advance or drop per step:  LAR beat TB anyway -- LAR #3, TB #4

SF-PHI for the 6-7:  SF won Wk 2.  SF #6, PHI #7

1. GB 12-3 (NFC North Champions -- clinches #1 seed with a win next week and a DAL loss)
2. DAL 11-4 (NFC East Champions, Wins Conf Tiebreaker with TB and LAR)
3. LAR 11-4 (NFC West Leaders, In Playoffs, Loses Conf Tiebreaker to DAL, wins HTH over TB)
4. TB 11-4 (NFC South Champions, Loses Conf Tiebreaker to DAL and HTH Tiebreaker to LAR)
5. ARI 10-5 (In playoffs)
6. SF 8-7 (Wins HTH Tiebreaker over PHI)
7. PHI 8-7 (Loses HTH Tiebreaker with SF)
8. MIN 7-8 (Wins Conf Tiebreaker (5-5 vs. 4-7 with ATL after ATL first win over NO eliminates the Saints)
9. ATL 7-8 (Wins HTH Tiebreaker with NO first, but loses Conf Tiebreaker to MIN)
10. NO 7-8 (Loses HTH Tiebreaker to NO)
11. WSH 6-9

Eliminated:  Giants, Lions, Bears, Panthers, Seahawks  (New additions:  Giants, Panthers, Seahawks)

PHI @ DAL, SF @ LAR, ARI @ TB, GB Bye