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Playoff Tiebreakers

Home field priority—AFC: Miami (10-6) and Buffalo (10-6) each earned wild card berths, but Miami was awarded home field advantage in their game because they had more net points in division games than Buffalo. This was the fifth possible tiebreaker. The teams were still even after the first four.


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