At 10-6, the different scenarios:
- By beating both New England and Miami, the Bills would get in the playoffs at 10-6 if:
- wins one game,
- OR, either or loses one game
- If neither of these happen, the Bills will not make the playoffs at 10-6
At 9-7, the different scenarios:
- If , , , and are all 9-7, the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- beats New England, rather than Miami
- AND loses to the LA Rams, rather than to Jacksonville
- If , , and are all 9-7, the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- beats New England, rather than Miami
- AND loses to the LA Rams, rather than to Jacksonville
- If , , and are all 9-7, the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- loses to the LA Rams, rather than to Jacksonville
- Regardless of going either 8-8 or 10-6
- loses to the LA Rams, rather than to Jacksonville
- If , , and are all 9-7, the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- beats New England, rather than Miami
- Regardless of going either 8-8 or 10-6
- beats New England, rather than Miami
- If and are 9-7 ( lose once, wins twice), the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- loses to the LA Rams, rather than to Jacksonville
- If and are 9-7 ( lose once, wins twice), the Bills get in, EXCEPT IF:
- beats New England, rather than Miami
- If and are 9-7 ( or loses twice, while the other wins twice):
- The Bills will NOT make the playoffs at 9-7
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**All playoff scenarios were done using the ESPN Playoff Machine