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Playoff Tiebreaker NFL Rules - Who should be the 3rd AFC wild card team
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To Break A Tie For The Wild-Card Team
If it is necessary to break ties to determine the three Wild-Card clubs from each conference, the following steps will be taken.
1. If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tiebreaker.
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The AFC has 3 teams finishing at 8 - 8 (Buf, Sea, and SF). Seeing that Sea and SF are in the same division, step 1 above says to apply the division tiebreaker.
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Two Clubs same Division Tiebreaker
1. Head-to-head, if applicable.
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Seattle swept SF meaning they win the Divisional tiebreaker and SF is eliminated.
We need to break the tie between Buffalo and Seattle.
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Wild Card Two Clubs Tiebreakers
1. Head-to-head, if applicable.
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
For 1 above - Buffalo and Seattle did not play each other
For 2 above - Both teams were 6 – 6 in conference games
For 3 above - Buffalo was 4 – 2 in common games while Seattle was 3 – 3. The common opponents were Cleveland, Miami, Los Vegas, San Francisco
Buffalo should be the wild card team.
Makes you wonder about this game when it doesn't get the simple things correct.
Feel free to check my work
Details can be found here - https://www.nfl.com/standings/tie-breaking-procedures
Posted on 26 Apr 2022 by Bears
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