The Miami Dolphins improved to 7-8 with a 29-17 win against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 16 that kept their playoff hopes alive for another week. While it's still an uphill climb with a small chance of coming to fruition,

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are the playoff -clinching scenarios for Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (13-1) vs. Houston Texans (9-5); Saturday, 1 p.m. ET, NBC Kansas City clinches AFC's No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

Week 16 playoff scenarios going into Sunday’s games are drastically different in the AFC than they are in the NFC. Though each conference has three teams looking to clinch something, the AFC teams all played earlier in the week.