The season ends with plenty of drama. The best game of the week was the Oilers/Giants with the Oilers prevailing 30-24 in overtime and to go along with the Steelers getting crushed by the Browns, the Oilers win the AFC Central. Steelers though ended up beating out the Browns for the final playoffs spot by tiebreak, or at least that's what the game says as I'm not sure it properly does tiebreaks. In the AFC West, the Raiders beat the Chiefs while the Chargers lost to the Broncos thus handing the division to the Raiders. Over in the NFC, the Eagles could have taken the East with the Giants dropping their third straight but the Eagles lost to the Redskins and those two will now meet again in the Wild Card round. For the final spot in playoffs the Rams took care of business by slaughtering the Seahawks but the Bears couldn't beat the red hot 49ers so the Rams clinched the final playoff spot.

 

Here are the playoff match-ups:

 

 

 

Week 17 Scores

 

Phoenix 26, New Orleans 14

PHX: 5-11, NO: 7-9

-Ricky Proehl: 99 yards receiving

 

Tampa Bay 24, Indianapolis 21

TB: 7-9, IND: 6-10

-Gary Anderson: 197 total yards

 

L.A. Rams 44, Seattle 17

RAM: 9-7, SEA: 6-10

-Henry Ellard: 5 rec, 172 yards

 

Cincinnati 31, New England 14

CIN: 6-10, NE: 4-12

-Tim McGee: 4 rec, 100 yards

 

Miami 16, N.Y. Jets 7

MIA: 11-5, NYJ: 3-13

-Mark Clayton: 6 rec, 152 yards

 

Houston 30, N.Y. Giants 24 OT

HOU: 10-6, NYG: 11-5

-Warren Moon: 230 yards passing

 

Denver 27, San Diego 21

DEN: 8-8, SD: 10-6

-Bobby Humphrey: 104 yards rushing

 

Buffalo 33, Detroit 20

BUF: 13-3, DET: 4-12

-Thurman Thomas: 194 yards rushing

 

Minnesota 29, Green Bay 27

MIN: 13-3, GB: 5-11

-Wade Wilson: 219 yards passing

 

Cleveland 41, Pittsburgh 14

CLE: 9-7, PIT: 9-7

-Eric Metcalf: 4 rec, 148 yards

 

San Francisco 21, Chicago 10

SF: 13-3, CHI: 8-8

-Joe Montana: 177 yards passing

 

Dallas 26, Atlanta 10

DAL: 6-10, ATL: 2-14

-Jay Novacek: 5 rec, 138 yards

 

L.A. Raiders 35, Kansas City 24

RAI: 11-5, KC: 8-8

-Jay Schroeder: 253 yards passing

 

Washington 28, Philadelphia 17

WAS: 10-6, PHI: 10-6

-Earnest Byner: 136 yard rushing

 

NFL Team Leaders

 

Total Offense

1. Buffalo 5298

2. San Francisco 5163

3. Houston 4961

 

Passing Offense

1. Houston 3959

2. San Francisco 3810

3. L.A. Rams 3716

 

Rushing Offense

1. L.A. Raiders 2420

2. Kansas City 2180

3. Buffalo 2162

 

Team Defense

1. Pittsburgh 3669

2. Buffalo 3959

3. Chicago 4015

 

Passing Defense

1. Pittsburgh 2219

2. Cleveland 2537

3. Buffalo 2565

 

Rushing Defense

1. Green Bay 1299

2. New Orleans 1321

3. San Francisco 1322

 

AFC Individual Leaders

 

Passing Leaders

 

Rating: Dan Marino, 168.7

Comp %: Warren Moon, 67.6

Attempts: Bernie Kosar, 269

Comp: Moon, 153

Yards: Moon, 3959

Yards/Att: Moon, 17.5

TD: Marino, 40

Lst Int %: Marino, 5.3

 

Receiving Leaders

 

Receptions: Anthony Miller, 53

Yards: Stephone Paige, 1228

Yards/Rct: Mark Jackson, 33.4

TD: Miller, 15

 

Rushing Leaders

 

Yards: Thurman Thomas, 1733

Attempts: Marion Butts, 172

Yards/Att: Bo Jackson, 11.9

TD: Butts; Thomas, 15

 

Scoring Leaders

 

Points: Thurman Thomas, 132

TD: Thomas, 22

Extra Pts: Scott Norwood, 58

FG: Jeff Jaeger, 17

 

Punting Leaders

 

Average: Rohn Stark, 51.0

Punts: Joe Prokop, 27

 

Interception Leaders

 

INT: Kevin Ross; Erik McMillan, 10

Yards: McMillan, 127

TD: Many with 1

 

Sack Leader: Derrick Thomas; Simon Fletcher, 18

 

Punt Return Leaders

 

Average: Reggie Langhorne, 10.6

Yards: Langhorne, 159

Returns: Tony Martin, 22

TD: None

 

Kick Return Leaders

 

Average: Tim Brown, 21.1

Yards: Terrance Mathis, 1542

Returns: Mathis, 84

TD: None

 

NFC Individual Leaders

 

Passing Leaders

 

Rating: Phil Simms, 186.7

Comp %: Randall Cunnigham, 73.0

Attempts: Don Majkowski, 243

Comp: Joe Montana, 150

Yards: Montana, 3810

Yards/Att: Cunnigham; Simms, 17.5

TD: Montana, 41

Lst Int %: Wade Wilson, 3.7

 

Receiving Leaders

 

Receptions: Jerry Rice, 75

Yards: Rice, 1955

Yards/Rct: Mark Ingram, 29.0

TD: Rice, 21

 

Rushing Leaders

 

Yards: Neal Anderson, 1508

Attempts: Anderson, 177

Yards/Att: Barry Sanders, 10.2

TD: Tom Rathman, 16

 

Scoring Leaders

 

Points: Keith Byars, 138

TD: Byars, 23

Extra Pts: Mike Cofer, 58

FG: Morten Andersen; Steve Christie, 16

 

Punting Leaders

 

Average: Rich Camarillo, 48.9

Punts: Mike Saxson, 25

 

Interception Leaders

 

INT: Mark Carrier, 9

Yards: Wes Hopkins, 154

TD: Many with 1

 

Sack Leader: Lawrence Taylor, 21

 

Punt Return Leaders

 

Average: Henry Ellard, 12.8

Yards: Leo Lewis, 246

Returns: Lewis, 22

TD: None

 

Kick Return Leaders

 

Average: David Meggett, 20.9

Yards: Meggett, 1381

Returns: Charles Wilson, 78

TD: None