{"id":4712,"date":"2023-01-05T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/gameplans-for-nfl-week-18s-8-must-win-matchups-keys-to-victory\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:00:20","slug":"gameplans-for-nfl-week-18s-8-must-win-matchups-keys-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/gameplans-for-nfl-week-18s-8-must-win-matchups-keys-to-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Gameplans for NFL Week 18&#8217;s 8 Must-Win Matchups: Keys to Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As we enter Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season, eight teams are vying for one of the remaining three playoff spots. The Jaguars and Titans will face off in a win-or-loss situation on Saturday as he bets on the AFC South title. The Jaguars could slip into the wild card spot even with a loss if they can get help. The Packers and Patriots also have win-loss scenarios, but only the Patriots have a chance to succeed even if they lose. And he has four teams, the Seahawks, Lions, Dolphins and Steelers, who need a win to survive and have a chance, but their fate depends on other matchups.<\/p>\n<p>So how can each of these teams, who need to win this weekend, pull it off? Let&#8217;s take a look at the one big game plan that&#8217;s key to victory for all eight franchises. We&#8217;ll focus on personnel matchups, scheme benefits, coaching trends, and what we see on game tapes. Plus, most to worst likely to make the playoffs via ESPN&#8217;s Football Power Index (FPI) Below are the details of each team&#8217;s clinch scenario, listed in order of importance.<\/p>\n<p>The game planning focus for the eight teams still in playoff contention, including the Jaguars, are:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Jump to playoff contenders:<br \/>Jax | GB | Mia | NE<br \/>Sea | Sea | Pit | Ten | DET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/i\/infographics\/20170710_nfl_fpr\/charts\/_end_rule.png\" width=\"100%\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/teamlogos\/nfl\/500\/jax.png&amp;h=110&amp;w=110\" width=\"31\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>What the Jacksonville Jaguars Need to Beat the Titans<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"espn-plus-container-wrapper\" data-behavior=\"espnplus_login\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__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?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As we enter Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season, eight teams are vying for one of the remaining three playoff spots. The Jaguars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/r1113698_1296x729_16-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}