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Playoff chances

99.7%

Week 9 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 9's games alone.

Control of their destiny

Weeks 9–18 · after Sunday night's game, week 9

Where they stand

Playoff berth

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

AFC East title

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

No. 1 seed

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

Key dates

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Playoff berth

AFC East title

No. 1 seed

Nothing before it is ruled out yet.

Each bar starts at the first window it can happen in. Dashed: not ruled out yet.

Seed builder

Pin seats or set a club’s goal to see which AFC seedings fit and which are still possible.

Playoff odds

A Monte Carlo run of every remaining game and the postseason after it, twice over.

Chance ofStrengthCoin flip
Make the playoffs99.7%95%
Win the division94%82%
Wild card berth5%13%
No. 1 seed and bye34%30%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round74%62%
Reach the Conference Championship38%31%
Reach the Super Bowl19%16%
Win the Super Bowl10%8%
Final seed
#1 seed34%30%
#2 seed22%22%
#3 seed19%18%
#4 seed19%13%
#5 seed1%5%
#6 seed2%4%
#7 seed2%4%
Miss the playoffs0.3%5%

Strength of schedule plays out each remaining game weighted by both clubs' scoring and the schedule they have faced; coin flip gives every game an even chance. Each run then plays the bracket its own season set up — series lengths, home games and byes included. Percentages are simulated, never a clinch.