NFL Week 17 Playoff Picture

with Clinching and Elimination Scenarios

While many of the top NFL teams such as New England, Seattle, Carolina and Green Bay lost in Week 16, nobody was more negatively affected than Pittsburgh. A shockingly flat performance against an injury-riddled Baltimore team that was forced to turn to a recently out-of-work Ryan Mallett as their fourth starting quarterback this season, will most likely keep the Steelers out of post-season play. Losses by the Patriots and Panthers prevented those teams from securing home field advantage throughout the playoffs, but did not drop them in the playoff standings.