First off, here are the scores and immediate effects from Saturday:
Houston 23, Tampa Bay 20 New England 24, Buffalo 17 San Francisco 34, LA Rams 31
New England Patriots win the AFC East (11th-consecutive year)Houston Texans win the AFC South (4th time in six years)Minnesota Vikings clinch playoff berth with Rams lossLos Angeles Rams are eliminated from playoff contention
The Sunday games and one Monday game could perhaps determine the playoff scenario for both the AFC and NFC, should outcomes work accordingly. But, it’s the NFL, and things don’t always go as planned. Here is the schedule for Sunday and Monday with times and networks.
Sunday, December 22 Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., FOX Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., FOX Carolina Panthers at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., FOX Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS New York Giants at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., FOX Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS Oakland Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., CBS Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 p.m., FOX Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., FOX Kansas City Chiefs at Chicago Bears, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, December 23 Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings, 8:15 p.m. ESPN
Here are the Week 17 games:
Sunday, December 29 New York Jets at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., FOX Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., FOX Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., FOX Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants, 1 p.m., FOX Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., FOX New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., FOX Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., FOX San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., FOX
The NFL Wild Card Playoff games will be January 4 and 5 with the third and fourth seeds in each conference hosting games against wild ards.
The full NFL playoff schedule will be released once the full slate of teams qualify for the playoffs.
