 With none of those three teams playing each other in the last week, a three-way tie seemed likely until the Colts lost their final game, leaving the Lions and 49ers to contest the playoff between themselves; the Lions went on to win the NFL championship, their last as of 2018.A somewhat similar situation occurred in 1950, when there was a tie in both divisions, requiring two playoffs.While there are no one-game playoffs in the NFL today, current scheduling practices (which include exclusively intradivisional matchups at the end of the season), combined with the NFL's short schedule, make it possible that the last week of the regular season will include a winner-take-all game between two teams, which has the effect and feel of a one-game playoff.