{"id":462833,"date":"2025-12-21T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462833\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:03:12","slug":"jaguars-playoff-picture-what-week-16-vs-broncos-means-for-afc-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462833\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars playoff picture: What Week 16 vs. Broncos means for AFC standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Jaguars will face off against the top team in the AFC on Sunday when they take on the top AFC team, the Broncos, in Denver. Jacksonville\u2019s sitting at the top of the AFC South heading into Sunday\u2019s games \u2026 but depending on the outcomes, we could see some shakeups in the AFC playoff picture in Week 16. And that could include the Jags clinching the AFC South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Broncos are also in position to clinch the AFC West with a win over the Jags, and a Chargers loss to the Cowboys, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/dallas-cowboys-nfl-playoffs\/192139\/eliminated-nfl-playoff-picture-nfc-east-standings-philadelphia-eagles-wild-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who were eliminated from NFC playoff contention with the Eagles\u2019 win over the Commanders on Saturday<\/a>. Jacksonville could be one of the obstacles standing in the Broncos\u2019 path to the No. 1 seed in the AFC, which would require the Broncos to beat the Jaguars today, the aforementioned Chargers loss, plus a Patriots loss to the Ravens (which seems possible at least) and a Bills loss to the Browns (yikes).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the Jaguars to clinch the AFC South, they\u2019ve also got two potential paths to that destination on Sunday: A Texans loss to the Raiders (which would snap an 8-game losing streak for Las Vegas and I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath) OR a Colts loss to the 49ers on Monday Night Football will solidify the Jags as the division winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here\u2019s where things stand heading into Sunday\u2019s games.<\/p>\n<p>Updated AFC playoff picture<\/p>\n<p>Eliminated from AFC playoff contention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jaguars will face off against the top team in the AFC on Sunday when they take on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":462834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,210987,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-462833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-playoffs","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115759350060749706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}