The New England Patriots are still alive for the number one seed in the AFC and they could end up with home field advantage and a first round bye with a win against the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium on Sunday in Week 17 and to start the score has been tight and the game is online from the NFL.com league website and Tom Brady is looking to get his team into the number one spot in the conference.
The Broncos have the chance to clinch the number one seed with a win and the Pats could end up in a tougher position depending on how things shake out if they don't win and they come into the game after defeating the Baltimore Ravens by nearly 40 points and now the Super Bowl champions are out of the playoffs after being eliminated. The Pats have the chance to lock up another great season and they have the division title and the team is 11-4 on the season and they come in 8-3 on the season in the AFC and Brady has over 4,000 yards on the season and Julian Edelman has been the leader with all the injuries like to Rob Gronkowski and he should have a 1,000 yard season and the one main spot left open in the AFC is for the Steelers or Chargers and now comes down to whether San Diego can win against the Chiefs or not.
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Here is a look back on the games last week and the teams clinching spots heading into the finals matchups in Week 17 and the Patriots are still alive for the number one seed and here is a report from Reuters.com: The Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals all clinched playoff spots as the National Football League playoff picture came into sharper focus on Sunday.
In the AFC, the post-season puzzle is nearly complete with the Patriots, Bengals, Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts all confirmed as division champions and the Kansas City Chiefs having also secured a playoff berth.
With just one week remaining on the regular season schedule, the Miami Dolphins (8-7), Baltimore Ravens (8-7), San Diego Chargers (8-7) and Pittsburgh Steelers (7-8) will battle for the AFC's final wildcard spot.
Things are not as clear in the NFC, where all four division crowns were still up for grabs and only the Seahawks and Panthers had locked up playoff positions.
Before the day is over, however, the NFC could yet crown one unlikely division champion. The Chicago Bears (8-6) were in position to clinch the North title with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the nightcap after the playoff hopes of the Detroit Lions (7-8) disappeared in a 23-20 overtime loss to the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers (7-7-1) fell 38-31 to the Steelers on the Frozen Tundra at snowy Lambeau Field.
The Seahawks entered Sunday with the NFL's best record and unbeaten at home for two seasons but fell to 12-3 after being upset by the surprising Arizona Cardinals (10-5), who kept their own playoff dreams alive with a gritty 17-10 victory.
Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer threw four interceptions but the Arizona defense could not be breached as Seattle failed to secure the NFC West division crown and home field advantage throughout the playoffs after suffering their first home defeat since December 24, 2011.
Three more teams confirmed their invitations to the post-season party on a pulsating penultimate Sunday that dripped with of high drama and nail-biting action.
Nowhere were tensions running higher than in Charlotte, North Carolina where Carolina quarterback Cam Newton engineered a last gasp touchdown drive to cap a thrilling 17-13 win over the New Orleans Saints (10-5) and give the Panthers (11-4) their first trip to the post-season since 2008.
After Drew Brees had marched New Orleans 97 yards, hitting Jimmy Graham for a go ahead touchdown, Newton went right to work, preventing the Saints from clinching the NFC South division crown and a first round playoff bye.
With 55 seconds left on the clock and no timeouts, Newton took the Panthers 65 yards on five plays hitting Domenik Hixon with a 14-yard touchdown strike to stun the Saints and send the sellout Charlotte crowd into wild celebration.
"Man it was so close," said Newton. "We have to win games like this, it wasn't pretty but this is the definition of a playoff team, a playoff game, real close.
"We depended on the defense at times but when we needed to score we did."
(Reuters)
