The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker? Notes and assumptions: No possibility of future tie games. Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the teams were tied at the end of the season,
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2025 NFC tiebreakers after Week 17
2025 AFC tiebreakers after Week 15
2025 NFC tiebreakers after Week 15 (plus LAR-SEA)
The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker? Notes and assumptions: No possibility of future tie games (DAL and GB only appear in tiebreakers between themselves). Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the
How the 2025 Draft order is determined
The NFL Draft order is determined by a combination of regular season records, postseason performance, and the strength of schedule in the 2024 season. The Super Bowl winner is ranked 32; their opponents are 31. Next, the remaining teams are assigned to 4 groups based on their playoff performance: losers of the
2024 NFC tiebreakers after Week 17
2024 AFC tiebreakers after Week 17
Punts for negative yards
Sometimes punts don't even make it back to the line of scrimmage. Negative-yard punts, 1978-present Boxscore link to Pro Football Reference. Video. Home team in italics. Date Kicking Receiving Yds Punter Punt 9/3/1978 Seattle Seahawks San Diego Chargers -1 Jeff West kicked high, OOB 9/17/1978 Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins -24 Rusty Jackson snap over head, hastily punted ball went OOB 9/23/1984 Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions -9 Greg Coleman snap over head, hastily punted ball
How the 2024 Draft order is determined
The NFL Draft order is determined by a combination of regular season records, postseason performance, and the strength of schedule in the 2023 season. The Super Bowl winner is ranked 32; their opponents are 31. Next, the remaining teams are assigned to 4 groups based on their playoff performance: losers of the