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Playoff chances

<0.1%

Week 7 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 7's games alone.

Control of their destiny

Weeks 7–18 · after Sunday night's game, week 7

Where they stand

Playoff berth

Needs help

Winning out alone is not enough; what else would do it is not settled yet.

AFC West title

Needs help

Winning out alone is not enough; what else would do it is not settled yet.

No. 1 seed

Needs help

Winning out alone is not enough; what else would do it is not settled yet.

Key dates

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Playoff berth

The clinch date is still narrowing.

AFC West title

No. 1 seed

Nothing before it is ruled out yet. The clinch date is still narrowing.

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 playoffs<0.1%0.2%
Win the division<0.1%<0.1%
Wild card berth<0.1%0.2%
No. 1 seed and bye<0.1%<0.1%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round<0.1%<0.1%
Reach the Conference Championship<0.1%<0.1%
Reach the Super Bowl<0.1%<0.1%
Win the Super Bowl<0.1%<0.1%
Final seed
#1 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#2 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#3 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#4 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#5 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#6 seed<0.1%<0.1%
#7 seed<0.1%0.1%
Miss the playoffs>99.9%99.8%

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.