With two divisions now having 4-0 and 0-4 teams, both leaders, pats and chiefs can mathematically clinch as early as week 12 at this pace?!
I am trying to find what is the earliest a team ever clinched before… like the pats maybe when they went 16-0
Since the NFL went to a sixteen-game regular season schedule in 1978…
Bears (1985)
49ers (1997)
Eagles (2004)
Patriots (2007)
All clinched their division on the weekend of the 11th game of the season
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Pat’s division sucks. Bills may contend, but i don’t see them winning more then 9. So I say 12.
Thanks!
So, if anyone clinched in the tenth week… that’s a record early clinch!’
Each combined win for the pay and a loss for thier divisional foes moves them quicker to clinching…
Miami and jets keep losing and the pats stay undefeated … the sooner they clinch. They could become a division title winner before clinching a WC stop at this point! Normally you first clinch aWC and then division… as noted, thier sucks so bad right now… pats can win it first!