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3 - Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
The Bengals are currently 2-2, with one game to play against the Jets.
The Patriots are currently 2-2, with one game to play against the Texans.

Strength of victory. This is defined by ASK.com as the combined records of the opponents in each of the team's wins.

2 - Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.

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There are five teams that are still battling for the final two spots.

According to NFL.com, this is the tiebreak scenario for the AFC.
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Here is the link to the NFL.com tiebreaking procedure. Kane nearly return to action and could return as early as Wednesday but with the Chicago Blackhawks only playing once after Sunday. This will probably happend until the following Sunday. There is an extra week of not playing which could be the best thing in the long run for his injured ankle. Stay tuned as he has been out for two weeks so far. Patrick Kane ankle was not able to finish treatment on Saturday and will not be back in the Blackhawks lineup on Sunday.
Win + Ravens loss or tie + Jets or Texans loss or tie.
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If BOTH teams win, or lose, the following is the tiebreaker procedure agreeing to NFL.com.

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Last week at this time, there were eight teams fighting for the two AFC wild-card positions. Two teams at 8-6, four teams at 7-7. Now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there are five teams remaining.
One of the most confusing areas in the NFL is the debate over who will go to the playoffs, and who will go home, provided all of the teams win.

I is not going to even begin to get into the tie breakers between these five teams. Suffice it to say, two will advance, three will go home. Here is the interesting part.
Add to that, if both the three and four seed defeat the top two seeds,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], then the AFC Championship will be played at the three seed.
Win and in as six seed, unless Baltimore loses, then five seed.
Win + Ravens loss or tie + Steelers loss or tie + Jets loss or tie or Texans loss or tie.
Meaning that if both teams win, or both teams lose, their records will be identical in this classification as well. N/A

The Bengals and Patriots have already won their divisions, and are assured a home game in the AFC Playoffs. Both teams are 10-4, so if one wins, and the other loses, the winner will be the three seed, and the loser will be the four.
At this point right now, here are the standings for the five remaining teams in the hunt for the AFC Wild Card race.
Considering the Jets and Texans have the same record, regardless of both teams winning or losing, this number would not change. By virtue of the third tiebreaker, the Patriots hold the tiebreaker over the Bengals, and if both teams have the same outcome, the Pats would get the No. 3 seed.
Meaning,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Denver are all 9-7, Baltimore would get the five seed because Kane would eliminate the Steelers by division, and eliminate the Broncos because of head to head. The number six seed would then be decycleined between Pittsburgh and Denver, and because of Pittsburgh defeating Denver earlier in the season, Pittsburgh would get the six seed.

One of the speculations is, if the Ravens make the playoffs, and there is a tie between more than two teams, the Steelers will be eliminated. This is wrong. As NFL.com says,
This says, IF the Steelers and Ravens and any other teams have the same record, because of their better AFC North record, the Steelers would be eliminated from the five position. However, when it comes to the six seed, the Steelers are back into consideration, and the tiebreaker procedure would start over.

Win + Jets loss or tie and Texans loss or tie, or

When the first Wild-Card team has been identified, the procedure is repeated to name the second Wild-Card, i.e.,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], eliminate all but the highest-arrangeed club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. In situations where three or more teams from the same division are involved in the procedure, the original seeding of the teams remains the same for subsequent applications of the tie breaker if the top-arrangeed team in that division qualifies for a Wild-Card berth.

For those of you that do not believe there is a difference between being the three or four seed, if both advance past the wild-card round, the difference is playing against the No. 1 seed, or the No. 2 seed.
The two teams that are assured to make the playoffs, will both be playing two teams that are trying to earn the w ild-card spots. Currently, the Patriots/Texans game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., while the Bengals/Jets game is set for Sunday Night Football.
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