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2019 NFL playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 13

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Here are the playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 13 of the 2019 NFL season:

AFC

CLINCHED: None.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (10-1) (at Houston (7-4), Sunday, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

New England clinches playoff berth with:

  1. NE win + OAK loss or tie OR
  2. NE win + PIT loss or tie OR
  3. NE tie + OAK loss + PIT loss OR
  4. NE tie + OAK loss + IND loss OR
  5. NE tie + PIT loss + IND loss

NFC

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (9-2) (at Atlanta (3-8), Thursday, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

New Orleans clinches NFC South division title with:

  1. NO win OR
  2. NO tie + CAR loss or tie

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (10-1) (at Baltimore (9-2), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

San Francisco clinches playoff berth with:

  1. SF win + LAR loss or tie OR
  2. SF tie + LAR loss