NFL playoff scenarios ahead of Week 18: How each potential postseason contender can clinch a spot

Here are the scenarios ahead of Week 18, updated after Bills-Bengals was canceled.

The NFL playoff picture completely changed with the cancellation of last Monday’s Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals game.

At least that’s the case in the AFC.

With Week 18 starting on Saturday, it’s time to look at the updated playoff scenarios as the postseason is set to begin after that.

There are some seeds — the top one in the NFC, for one — and the final Wild Card berths in both conferences that have yet to be decided. So we’ve got to break down what each of these teams needs to do to stay in their respective spots, or move up, or move into a playoff spot entirely.

So here are the playoff scenarios for Week 18: