PlayoffRace
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Playoff chances

3%

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

Controls destiny

Win out and it's theirs.

AFC North title

Needs help

Winning out is not enough · 1 way back

No. 1 seed

Needs help

Winning out is not enough · 1 way back

Key dates

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Playoff berth

AFC North title

The clinch date is still narrowing.

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.

Ways back to control

AFC North title

  1. 1)BAL 1 win + CLE 1 loss

No. 1 seed

  1. 1)BAL 8 wins + KC 3 losses + CLE loss to PIT (wk 8) + NE loss to MIA (wk 8) + BUF loss to MIN (wk 9) + DEN loss to PIT (wk 12)

The playoff berth needs none: winning out is enough. Losses are to clubs other than the Ravens.

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 playoffs3%19%
Win the division0.1%4%
Wild card berth3%15%
No. 1 seed and bye<0.1%0.1%
Postseason
Reach the Divisional Round1%10%
Reach the Conference Championship0.2%5%
Reach the Super Bowl<0.1%2%
Win the Super Bowl<0.1%2%
Final seed
#1 seed<0.1%0.1%
#2 seed<0.1%0.4%
#3 seed<0.1%1%
#4 seed0.1%2%
#5 seed0.1%2%
#6 seed1%5%
#7 seed3%8%
Miss the playoffs97%81%

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.