The Dolphins might not need outside help the remainder of the regular season, but outside results also ultimately affect their playoff scenario We’re down to two weeks left in the regular season and the AFC playoff picture is pretty clear for the Miami Dolphins.

The Dolphins will enter Week 17 in second place in the AFC standings, but will secure the No. 1 seed in the conference playoffs with wins in their final two games — at Baltimore on Sunday and against Buffalo at Hard Rock Stadium the following week.

The Dolphins can’t get the top seed if they lose against Baltimore, but they still could get that top seed even if they lost against Buffalo with a Baltimore loss against Pittsburgh in Week 18 and one Cleveland loss in the Browns’ final two games.

If the Dolphins split their final two games, they can do no worse than the No. 2 seed.

The other, obviously worst-case, scenario is for Miami to lose its final two games, which would make the Dolphins a wild-card team unless the New England Patriots upset the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Dolphins can’t finish lower than the sixth seed, but the only way they can get the fifth seed if they don’t win the AFC East title is if the Browns lose against the Jets on Thursday night or against Cincinnati in Week 18.