Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games. (The only way the entire NFC East could tie is at 7-8-1.)Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now. (Example: DAL and PHI can only be tied if PHI beats DAL.)Tiebreakers
Author: Jeremy Snyder
Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, Divisions Only, After Week 13
We’ll Kick To The Clock
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Blogging the NFL Rule Book: 2011 Changes
The NFL made many changes to its rulebook in the offseason, ranging from the truly irrelevant (a reference to the "Rules Committee" was changed to "Competition Committee") to the clarifying (the entire chapter pertaining to plays from scrimmage was rewritten) to the game-changing (kickoffs have been moved forward from the
Another fair-catch kick found
Sam Baker, Philadelphia vs. San Francisco, December 21, 1969. Wide from 46 yards near the end of the first half. (Baker's day also included an aborted extra point and two other missed field goals, including a potential game-winning 19-yarder with 59 seconds left. It turned out to be the last game of
Simple NFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2010, After Week 16
Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games.Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Divisional ties are broken first.If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.Strength-of-victory
Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2010, After Week 16
Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games.Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Divisional ties are broken first.If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.Strength-of-victory