The Patriots could claim their seventh straight AFC East title tonight - and just by sitting at home.
A Dolphins loss to the Giants on Monday Night Football would hand the division title to the Patriots.
New England (11-2) can simply clinch the division with one more win, of course, because the Jets (8-5) wouldn't be able to catch them.
But a Dolphins' loss offers a confusing path to a quicker clinching. Here's how it would work, as confirmed by the NFL today:
The Miami loss would clinch at least a tie in the Pats' strength-of-victory tiebreaker with the Jets.