A rematch of last season's AFC Divisional Round is scheduled for Christmas Day in Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season. houston texans serve as a host for baltimore ravens.
Oh, and there's also Beyoncé's performance at halftime, so there's that too.
The Ravens and Texans are both playoff berths, and Houston is in the AFC South, but this game also has postseason implications. Let's break them down.
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Baltimore enters Week 17 with a 10-5 record. pittsburgh steelers Standing at the top of the AFC North. However, the tiebreaker currently favors the Steelers. The teams split the season series, but Pittsburgh holds the advantage in the next tiebreaker (an AFC record).
The Steelers are currently 7-3 in the conference, while the Ravens are 6-4.
Still, Baltimore has a chance to win the division if it wins its final two games against Houston on Wednesday and the season finale against Houston. cleveland browns — and the Steelers lose at least one of their final two games. Pittsburgh is hosting kansas city chiefs On Christmas Day, they try: cincinnati bengals In week 18.
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As for Houston, they have already qualified for the playoffs and are playing against the AFC South.
What remains to be determined for the Texans is their postseason seeding. They currently sit in 4th place with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, one place behind Pittsburgh, which has 10 wins and 5 losses.
Houston is locked into either the 3rd or 4th seed. Neither Kansas City nor Buffalo have a shot at finishing in the top two spots in their conference. However, if Baltimore and Pittsburgh win and lose their final two games, they could finish in third place. That would put Houston at 11-6 on the season, but in this scenario both the Ravens and Steelers would finish tied at 10-7.
Thanks to the tiebreaker above, Pittsburgh will win the division.
However, there are some other tiebreakers to consider.
Impact on tiebreak
There is a scenario in which Wednesday's game between the Ravens and Texans will help determine who will be the No. 3 seed and who will be the No. 4 seed.
If the Texans win, they will finish with 11 wins and 6 losses. And if Baltimore wins the final game of the season, and in this scenario the Steelers lose their final two games, the Ravens would also finish 11-6.
However, with Houston defeating Baltimore on Christmas Day, the Texans will be the third seed and the Ravens will be the fourth seed.
