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Playoff chances

64%

Week 3 scenarios

No accolade can be clinched or eliminated by week 3's games alone.

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 playoffs64%59%
Win the division6%18%
Wild card berth58%42%
No. 1 seed and bye0.2%3%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round22%32%
Reach the Conference Championship7%16%
Reach the Super Bowl2%8%
Win the Super Bowl1%4%
Final seed
#1 seed0.2%3%
#2 seed1%4%
#3 seed1%4%
#4 seed4%7%
#5 seed9%11%
#6 seed17%15%
#7 seed32%15%
Miss the playoffs36%41%

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.