NFL Playoff Picture: Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Patriots in AFC East tussle

Nick Gray, Nashville Tennessean
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Thanksgiving is next week, so be prepared to be bludgeoned by the NFL playoff picture before and after every meaningful game over the next two months.

The AFC East has all four teams in playoff positioning after 10 weeks, but there are seven intra-divisional matchups inside the AFC East that will shape who is in and who is out of the playoffs. That starts with the Jets' trip to New England on Sunday.

Elsewhere in the AFC, the divisional leaders are all within a game of each other. The No. 1 seed is still very much in doubt, though Kansas City is the leader by a half-game over Miami. The Chiefs have the head-to-head advantage over the Titans in any top-seed tiebreaker. KC can also secure a three-game lead and a series sweep of the Chargers with a win in LA on Sunday Night Football.

In the NFC, the Eagles' first loss allows the Vikings to continue their push for the top seed. Watch out for Green Bay and Washington in the wild card race.

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Here's the full playoff picture.

AFC Playoff Picture

Division leaders

1. Kansas City Chiefs (7-2) AFC West leaders

This week: at LA Chargers, 7:20 p.m. CT Sunday on NBC

Remaining schedule: vs. LA Rams, at Cincinnati, at Denver, at Houston, vs. Seattle, vs. Denver, at Las Vegas

2. Miami Dolphins (7-3) AFC East leaders

This week: OFF

Remaining schedule: vs. Houston, at San Francisco, at LA Chargers, at Buffalo, vs. Green Bay, at New England, vs. NY Jets

3. Tennessee Titans (7-3) AFC South leaders

This week: Won 27-17 at Green Bay

Remaining schedule: vs. Cincinnati, at Philadelphia, vs. Jacksonville, at LA Chargers, vs. Houston, vs. Dallas, at Jacksonville

4. Baltimore Ravens (6-3) AFC North leaders

This week: vs. Carolina, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Jacksonville, vs. Denver, at Pittsburgh, at Cleveland, vs. Atlanta, vs. Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati

Wild cards

5. New York Jets (6-3)

This week: at New England, 12 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS

Remaining schedule: vs. Chicago, at Minnesota, at Buffalo, vs. Detroit, vs. Jacksonville, at Seattle, at Miami

6. Buffalo Bills (6-3)

This week: vs. Cleveland in Detroit, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Detroit, at New England, vs. NY Jets, vs. Miami, at Chicago, at Cincinnati, vs. New England

7. New England Patriots (5-4)

This week: vs. NY Jets, 12 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS

Remaining schedule: at Minnesota, vs. Buffalo, at Arizona, at Las Vegas, vs. Cincinnati, vs. Miami, at Buffalo

Outside looking in

8. Los Angeles Chargers (5-4)

This week: vs. Kansas City, 7:20 p.m. CT Sunday on NBC

Remaining schedule: at Arizona, at Las Vegas, vs. Miami, vs. Tennessee, at Indianapolis, vs. LA Rams, at Denver

9. Cincinnati Bengals (5-4)

This week: at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Tennessee, vs. Kansas City, vs. Cleveland, at Tampa Bay, at New England, vs. Buffalo, vs. Baltimore

10. Indianapolis Colts (4-5-1)

This week: vs. Philadelphia, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: vs. Pittsburgh, at Dallas, OFF, at Minnesota, vs. LA Chargers, at NY Giants, vs. Houston

11. Cleveland Browns (3-6)

This week: vs. Buffalo in Detroit, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: vs. Tampa Bay, at Houston, at Cincinnati, vs. Baltimore, vs. New Orleans, at Washington, at Pittsburgh

12. Denver Broncos (3-6)

This week: vs. Las Vegas, 3:05 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Carolina, at Baltimore, vs. Kansas City, vs. Arizona, at LA Rams, at Kansas City, vs. LA Chargers

13. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-6)

This week: vs. Cincinnati, 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Indianapolis, at Atlanta, vs. Baltimore, at Carolina, vs. Las Vegas, at Baltimore, vs. Cleveland

14. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-7)

This week: OFF

Remaining schedule: vs. Baltimore, at Detroit, at Tennessee, vs. Dallas, at NY Jets, at Houston, vs. Tennessee

15. Las Vegas Raiders (2-7)

This week: at Denver, 3:05 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Seattle, vs. LA Chargers, at LA Rams, vs. New England, at Pittsburgh, vs. San Francisco, vs. Kansas City

16. Houston Texans (1-7-1)

This week: vs. Washington, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Miami, vs. Cleveland, at Dallas, vs. Kansas City, at Tennessee, vs. Jacksonville, at Indianapolis

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NFC playoff picture

Division leaders

1. Philadelphia Eagles (8-1)

This week: at Indianapolis, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: vs. Green Bay, vs. Tennessee, at NY Giants, at Chicago, at Dallas, vs. New Orleans, vs. NY Giants

2. Minnesota Vikings (8-1)

This week: vs. Dallas, 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS

Remaining schedule: vs. New England, vs. NY Jets, at Detroit, vs. Indianapolis, vs. NY Giants, at Green Bay, at Chicago

3. Seattle Seahawks (6-4)

This week: OFF

Remaining schedule: vs. Las Vegas, at LA Rams, vs. Carolina, vs. San Francisco, at Kansas City, at NY Jets, at LA Rams

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5)

This week: OFF

Remaining schedule: at Cleveland, vs. New Orleans, at San Francisco, vs. Cincinnati, at Arizona, vs. Carolina, at Atlanta

Wild cards

5. New York Giants (7-2)

This week: vs. Detroit, 12 p.m. CT Sunday on FOX

Remaining schedule: at Dallas, vs. Washington, vs. Philadelphia, at Washington, at Minnesota, vs. Indianapolis, at Philadelphia

6. Dallas Cowboys (6-3)

This week: at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS

Remaining schedule: vs. NY Giants, vs. Indianapolis, vs. Houston, at Jacksonville, vs. Philadelphia, at Tennessee, at Washington

7. San Francisco 49ers (5-4)

This week: vs. Arizona in Mexico City, 7:15 p.m. CT on Monday on ESPN

Remaining schedule: vs. New Orleans, vs. Miami, vs. Tampa Bay, at Seattle, vs. Washington, at Las Vegas, vs. Arizona

Outside looking in

8. Washington Commanders (5-5)

This week: at Houston, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: vs. Atlanta, at NY Giants, OFF, vs. NY Giants, at San Francisco, vs. Cleveland, vs. Dallas

9. Atlanta Falcons (4-6)

This week: vs. Chicago, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Washington, vs. Pittsburgh, OFF, at New Orleans, at Baltimore, vs. Arizona, vs. Tampa Bay

10. Arizona Cardinals (4-6)

This week: vs. San Francisco in Mexico City, 7:15 p.m. CT on Monday on ESPN

Remaining schedule: vs. LA Chargers, OFF, vs. New England, at Denver, vs. Tampa Bay, at Atlanta, at San Francisco

11. Green Bay Packers (4-7)

This week: Lost 27-17 vs. Tennessee

Remaining schedule: at Philadelphia, at Chicago, OFF, vs. LA Rams, at Miami, vs. Minnesota, vs. Detroit

12. Detroit Lions (3-6)

This week: at NY Giants, 12 p.m. CT Sunday on FOX

Remaining schedule: vs. Buffalo, vs. Jacksonville, vs. Minnesota, at NY Jets, at Carolina, vs. Chicago, at Green Bay

13. Los Angeles Rams (3-6)

This week: at New Orleans, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at Kansas City, vs. Seattle, vs. Las Vegas, at Green Bay, vs. Denver, at LA Chargers, at Seattle

14. Carolina Panthers (3-7)

This week: at Baltimore, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: vs. Denver, OFF, at Seattle, vs. Pittsburgh, vs. Detroit, at Tampa Bay, at New Orleans

15. New Orleans Saints (3-7)

This week: vs. LA Rams, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at San Francisco, at Tampa Bay, OFF, vs. Atlanta, at Cleveland, at Philadelphia, vs. Carolina

16. Chicago Bears (3-7)

This week: at Atlanta, 12 p.m. CT Sunday

Remaining schedule: at NY Jets, vs. Green Bay, OFF, vs. Philadelphia, vs. Buffalo, at Detroit, vs. Minnesota

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NFL Playoff Picture: AFC East battle is 4-way tussle with Dolphins in front