The NFL schedule is set, and each team has to play 16 games. A team can secure a spot in the playoffs before the end of the season based on their record and the records of the other teams in their conference.
At the end of the season, after all the games are played, the NFL seeds the playoffs. This means the teams with the best records get the 1 and 2 seed. The way the playoffs are set, the 1 and 2 seeds get a bye in the first round of the playoffs.
The Seahawks clinched a playoff berth, but the seeding in the playoffs was not set. Therefore they had to finish out the season schedule despite already qualifying for the playoffs.
An NFL team let's say the 49ers play their division rivals 2 times a year so they have 6 division games 2 against the Seahawks, 2 against the Rams and 2 against the Cardinals. The other games are decided by the schedule makers and can be any game besides the division games.
Res judicata is the custom of following already decided cases.
Already decided
The final score of the game that was held on Sunday, January 18th, 2015 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington, was Seattle Seahawks (28) Green Bay Packers (22). The game was decided in overtime.
Division at the 17th parallel.
The size of your penis is already decided in your genes.
Only if it's already decided in your genes.
you cannot, as your rank is already decided once you are born.
No, your rank is already decided once you are born.
civil law
They have already decided that Jennifer Lawrence will play Katniss.
Precedent:)