2002
256 regular-season games · 11 in the postseason · TB won the Super Bowl
The postseason
Wild cardDivisionalConference championshipSuper Bowl
The connectors are drawn from who actually appeared in each game, not from a fixed tree — the NFL reseeds after every round, so the winner of one wild-card game can land in either divisional game. Where two lines cross, that is the reseeding. The top two seeds in each conference had a bye in 2002 and enter at the divisional round.
Seed numbers withheld for American Football Conference — the season turned on a tiebreaker this project does not model, and a confident wrong number is worse than none.
American Football Conference
| AFC East | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | 378 | 301 | +77 | — |
 New England Patriots | 9-7 | 381 | 346 | +35 | — |
 New York Jets | 9-7 | 359 | 336 | +23 | — |
 Buffalo Bills | 8-8 | 379 | 397 | -18 | — |
| AFC North | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-5-1 | 390 | 345 | +45 | — |
 Cleveland Browns | 9-7 | 344 | 320 | +24 | — |
 Baltimore Ravens | 7-9 | 316 | 354 | -38 | — |
 Cincinnati Bengals | 2-14 | 279 | 456 | -177 | — |
| AFC South | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tennessee Titans | 11-5 | 367 | 324 | +43 | — |
 Indianapolis Colts | 10-6 | 349 | 313 | +36 | — |
 Jacksonville Jaguars | 6-10 | 328 | 315 | +13 | — |
 Houston Texans | 4-12 | 213 | 356 | -143 | — |
| AFC West | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Las Vegas Raiders | 11-5 | 450 | 304 | +146 | — |
 Denver Broncos | 9-7 | 392 | 344 | +48 | — |
 Kansas City Chiefs | 8-8 | 467 | 399 | +68 | — |
 Los Angeles Chargers | 8-8 | 333 | 367 | -34 | — |
National Football Conference
| NFC East | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Eagles | 12-4 | 415 | 241 | +174 | 1 |
 New York Giants | 10-6 | 320 | 279 | +41 | 5 |
 Washington Commanders | 7-9 | 307 | 365 | -58 | — |
 Dallas Cowboys | 5-11 | 217 | 329 | -112 | — |
| NFC North | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Green Bay Packers | 12-4 | 398 | 328 | +70 | 2 |
 Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | 390 | 442 | -52 | — |
 Chicago Bears | 4-12 | 281 | 379 | -98 | — |
 Detroit Lions | 3-13 | 306 | 451 | -145 | — |
| NFC South | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12-4 | 346 | 196 | +150 | 3 |
 Atlanta Falcons | 9-6-1 | 402 | 314 | +88 | 6 |
 New Orleans Saints | 9-7 | 432 | 388 | +44 | — |
 Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | 258 | 302 | -44 | — |
| NFC West | w-l | pf | pa | diff | seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Francisco 49ers | 10-6 | 367 | 351 | +16 | 4 |
 Seattle Seahawks | 7-9 | 355 | 369 | -14 | — |
 Los Angeles Rams | 7-9 | 316 | 369 | -53 | — |
 Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | 262 | 417 | -155 | — |