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John McClain breaks down Texans' playoff scenarios

The Texans play the Tennessee Titans in a meaningless regular season finale on Sunday afternoon. Win or lose, the Texans are locked into the No. 4 seed in the AFC and will host a first-round playoff game.

The most likely playoff scenario has the Raiders coming to Houston for that first-round playoff game. The Raiders would need to lose to the Broncos on Sunday for that to happen.

If the Raiders win, then the Texans most likely would face the Chiefs in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year.

  • Here is a look at the 14 NFL teams that already have clinched a playoff berth or still could do so with one week left in the regular season.AFCNew England Patriots (13-2)Assured of a bye for the seventh year in a row, they will clinch the No. 1 seed and home field throughout the AFC playoffs with a win on Sunday or a Raiders loss. [Last game: at Miami] Photo: Charles Krupa, STF / AP

There's a small chance the Texans would face the Dolphins, but the Dolphins would have to beat New England and Kansas City would have to lose to San Diego.