The Steelers schedule looks pretty inviting (Colts at home, Rams at home, 2 v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Arizona, Buffalo at home, Jets and Ravens) and the Bills are looking at a 4 game stretch including @Dallas on Thanksgiving, Baltimore, @Pittsburgh, @ New England.
Let's say for the sake of argument the Bills lose all of those games because any one of those game would represent the first time McClappy won any game like that. That gives them 6 losses and no tie breaker v. either Baltimore or Pittsburgh. They'd need win every other game on the schedule in that scenario to avoid 9-7. 9-7 puts you in bad situations with Pittsburgh or Baltimore or both. No hiccups, no bad days, no squandered opportunities. Nothing. You feel good about a week 17 game v. the Jets on a 4 game losing streak knowing that if you lose the loser of the Ravens/Steelers game that day has the tiebreaker over you and will probably knock you out? Yeah I didn't think so.