Well than it would go to when the teams played each other. Lets say the eagles and the giants tie. It would go to the team that won to other both times in the regular season. If there is a tie in that and they both beat each other once, than it goes to division records which is how many times they beat the other teams in there division. That means that if the eagles beat the redskins and cowboys twice, and the giants lost to the redskins once, than the eagles would go to the playoff. And if there is a tie in that than I don't know what happens after that. But it is not too often that some one ties three times in a row.
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TO BREAK A TIE WITHIN A DIVISIONIf, at the end of the regular season, two or more clubs in the same division finish with identical won-lost-tied percentages, the following steps will be taken until a champion is determined.
Two ClubsThe 2010 Raiders won all 6 of their division games. Not only did they miss the playoffs, they still managed to finish 3rd in their own division. The 9-7 Chargers finished 2nd and also missed the playoffs.
Eight. Two wild cards and the two lower ranking division champions in each conference.
When 2 teams have a record not quite good enough to make it into the playoffs, they must face each other in a wildcard game. The winner makes it into the playoffs, and the losers season is over.
With the Houston Texans making the playoffs this year every team will have been to the playoffs.
1970, the first year of play after the AFL-NFL merger. Each conference had three divisions and each division winner made the playoffs along with one wildcard team. The first teams to make the playoffs as a wildcard were the Detroit Lions in the NFC and the Miami Dolphins in the AFC.
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The 2010 Raiders won all 6 of their division games. Not only did they miss the playoffs, they still managed to finish 3rd in their own division. The 9-7 Chargers finished 2nd and also missed the playoffs.
Only in MLB can the teams from the same division not play each other, and that's only in the first round of playoffs. In the NFL, I think it's called the Divisional round because in theory, only divisional champs will be remaining in the playoffs after Wildcard Weekend.
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They must either win their division, or have the most sacks scored in the third quarter.
The NFL playoffs start Sunday, January 1st in 2012. Every year the playoffs for the NFL start at the same time. Then the playoffs continue even up to and past January 8th 2012.
In the NFL, when a team clinches the division, this means the team will finish with the best record in the division and will make the playoffs as a 1, 2, 3 or 4 seed( depending on the records of the other division winners). Clinching a playoff birth means that a team will make the playoffs but have not won the division yet (pending on their chances to win the division). If a team clinches a playoff berth but not division, they will get either the 5 or 6 seed in the playoffs.
The NFL playoffs are determined by a combination of regular season records and tiebreakers. The top teams from each division, as well as a few wild card teams with the best records, qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of single-elimination games leading up to the Super Bowl, where the conference champions face off for the championship title.
Yes, a losing team in the NFL has made the playoffs. The most notable example is the 2010 Seattle Seahawks, who finished the regular season with a 7-9 record but won the NFC West division. They went on to host a playoff game, becoming the first team in NFL history to qualify for the playoffs with a losing record.
In the NFL, yes. The wildcard round is the first round of the NFL Playoffs.
No.
No, there are usually tie breakers.