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NFL Playoff Picture 2017: AFC, NFC Brackets, Scenarios and Championship Odds
- Updated: January 7, 2017
After 256 games, the 2016 NFL season is down to its final 11.
Here is the NFL playoff bracket, the latest Super Bowl odds and three scenarios you might see play out this postseason.
NFL Playoff Bracket
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Odds via OddsShark.
Scenario 1: Patriots Coast to Super Bowl
Well, this one is a little too obvious, but look at the path the Patriots have going for them.
They are guaranteed to face the Houston Texans (Sports Illustrated recently pondered whether Houston is the worst playoff team in NFL history), the Oakland Raiders (who are starting a third-string quarterback) or the Miami Dolphins (who the Patriots just crushed by 21 points last Sunday).
Should the Patriots start Jimmy Garoppolo Sunday and rest Tom Brady for the AFC Championship Game?
I’m not serious (perhaps some sports-talk radio callers in New England may think this, however), …
