NFL Week 15 clinching scenarios: Buccaneers, Packers, Cardinals can reach playoffs with wins
after the New England Patriots fell to the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday. The Colts’ win also means that the Tennessee Titans can’t wrap up the AFC South.
NFC (clinched: none)
Arizona Cardinals (10-3) [at Detroit (1-11-1), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX]
Cardinals clinch playoff berth with:
1. Cardinals win or tie OR
2. Saints loss or tie + Vikings loss or tie OR
3. Saints loss or tie + Eagles/Washington tie OR
4. Saints loss or tie + Eagles loss + Falcons loss or tie + Packers win or tie OR
5. Saints loss or tie + 49ers tie + Rams loss OR
6. Vikings loss or tie + Eagles/Washington tie OR
7. Vikings loss or tie + 49ers loss OR
8. 49ers loss + Eagles-Washington tie OR
9. 49ers tie + Rams loss + Eagles-Washington tie
Dallas Cowboys (9-4) [at N.Y. Giants (4-9), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX]
Cowboys clinch NFC East division title with:
1. Cowboys win + Washington/Eagles tie OR
2. Cowboys win + Washington loss + Cowboys clinche strength-of-victory tiebreaker over PHI
Cowboys clinch playoff berth with:
1. Cowboys win + Saints loss or tie OR
2. Cowboys win + 49ers loss OR
3. Cowboys tie + Vikings loss or tie + Saints loss or tie + Falcons loss or tie OR