NFL Playoffs scenarios for AFC: How Bills, Texans, Colts, Jaguars, Steelers clinch berths

The final week of the NFL regular season is here and two division titles and three berths in the NFL Playoffs are still up for grabs in the AFC.

How can the Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers earn AFC playoff berths?

How can the Bills and Miami Dolphins win the AFC East? How can the Texans, Colts and Jaguars win the AFC South?

Take a look at the AFC postseason clinching scenarios entering the NFL Week 18 schedule.

The Bills face the Dolphins, the Texans face the Colts, the Jaguars face the Titans and the Steelers face in Baltimore Ravens in the key games in the AFC NFL playoff picture this week.

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Buffalo Bills NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Bills clinch the AFC East with a win over the Dolphins.

• Buffalo clinches a wild card berth with a tie OR a Steelers loss or tie to the Ravens OR a Jaguars loss or tie to the Titans OR a tie between the Texans and Colts.

Houston Texans NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Texans clinch the AFC South with a win AND a Jaguars loss or tie.

• Houston gets a playoff berth with a win OR a tie and a Jacksonville loss and a Pittsburgh loss or tie.

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Indianapolis Colts NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Colts would secure the AFC South with a win AND a Jaguars loss or tie OR a tie and a Jacksonville loss.

• Indianapolis gets in the playoffs with a win OR a tie and a Steelers loss or tie.

Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Jaguars win the AFC South with a win OR a tie between the Colts and Texans.

• Jacksonville earns a playoff spot with a tie AND a Pittsburgh loss or tie OR a Pittsburgh loss and a Denver loss or tie to the Las Vegas Raiders provided the Texans vs. Colts game doesn't end in a tie.

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Miami Dolphins NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Dolphins win the AFC East with a win or tie against the Bills.

Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Playoffs scenarios

• The Steelers clinch a berth with a win AND a loss by Buffalo OR a win and a Jacksonville loss or tie OR a win and a Houston-Indianapolis tie, OR Pittsburgh could also get in if it ties Baltimore and the Jaguars lose and the Texans-Colts game doesn't end in a tie. Pittsburgh would also get in with a loss if the Colts and Texans game doesn't end in a tie and Jacksonville loses and Denver wins.

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