NFL Playoff Schedule 2017: AFC, NFC Bracket Details and Latest Picks

Playoff spots and seeding will be up for grabs in the final week of the 2016 regular season.

Although only two of the 12 postseason slots remain open, there’s plenty of drama to come Sunday.

Only the Dallas Cowboys have secured home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers will meet to determine the NFC North champion, while the door is open for the Kansas City Chiefs to win the AFC West.

Below is a look at the current playoff standings:

The postseason will kick off with the Wild Card Round on Jan. 7 and conclude with Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5. 

The Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers sit outside the playoff picture but could claim a wild-card bid when the dust settles in Week 17.

Should the Bucs slide into the postseason, it will be a minor miracle. The Tampa Bay Times’ Greg Auman shared the numerous dominoes that will have to fall in place for Dirk Koetter’s team:

Here’s official NFL “how the Bucs can clinch a playoff berth” for Week 17: pic.twitter.com/VdVFbD3qGo

— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 27, 2016

The calculus is a little simpler for Washington, which will be in with a victory over the New York Giants and anything other than a tie in the Lions vs. Packers game.

The Giants could lend their division rivals a helping hand as well. However, New York head coach Ben McAdoo said Wednesday he plans to play all of his key players, despite the Giants being locked …

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