dave mcbride Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Because the division tiebreaker is first. Baltimore wins over Pittsburgh. We win over Baltimore. Need to go 10-6 to get in, IMO. No it's not. For the wild card, conference record comes first. Divisional record comes first when deciding who wins the division (after head to head, of course).
dascottbills28 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 No it's not. For the wild card, conference record comes first. Divisional record comes first when deciding who wins the division (after head to head, of course). Yea i thought conference record comes first as well but what about when there are 3 or more teams?
Big C Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 No it's not. For the wild card, conference record comes first. Divisional record comes first when deciding who wins the division (after head to head, of course). Division record comes first for wild card spots within the division. Then conference. Pittsburgh's conference record is better than Baltimore's and ours, but Baltimore beat Pittsburgh and therefore have the tiebreaker currently, but then we have the tiebreaker over Baltimore which at this point I believe is strength of victory.
CJallDAY Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Best bet to win 5 more is beating the Dolphins, Jets, Browns, Raiders, and Packers. That would be 10-6. this.. I would say KC and GB are similar odds but we have a whole week of prep for KC, so one of those two games plus the other must wins shud be enough.. if 10 wins doesnt do it then we are destined to never make the playoffs again Edited October 27, 2014 by CJallDAY
Koufax Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Please disregard ALL current tie breakers. They will change so heavily in the second half of the season that us winning them now is completely irrelevant, and we could very easily lose tie breakers to these exact same teams at 10-6. I don't think 9-7 has much of a shot, but I think our chances are really good at 10-6. Here are some of my takeaways as we hit the halfway mark and bye in good playoff position: 1) YEA COLTS AND BRONCOS Indy and Denver are going to be in, we can root for them to knock off all potential rivals 2) BOO CHARGERS! We lose head to head with San Diego. (Although if KC is tied as well they could knock SD out.) 3) BOO TEXANS! We also lose head to head with the Texans, so we want to root against them because there is no plausible divisional knock out. 4) CRAZY CENTRAL: We need to root for a division leader to emerge in the central and root against the other teams. We don't play any of those three teams (just Browns), and that is the most dangerous chance of us not making the playoffs at 10-6. To early to tell who, but all three have manageable schedules and a lot of head to heads. The more loses show up among those three, the better. We most likely have to beat the Fish and the Browns and the Chief's to get to 10-6, so don't really have to worry about those teams that much except on game day. Mostly we have to take care of our business, but hoping the Chargers, Texans, and the Central teams drop some games in the meantime is a little fun. Let's hope we can keep winning and keep this going until we clinch a spot in week 16 or 17.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 CBS Sports: Updated playoff picture
GunnerBill Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 arians! COY. No. Started 2. Logan Thomas came on from the bench in the 1 loss. 4) CRAZY CENTRAL It's called the AFC North now....
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 CBS Sports: Updated playoff picture perfect match up scenario let the bolts and colts beat each other up / knock the other one out ....
Prickly Pete Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Wow, the Pats have a brutal schedule for the rest of the season. I don't think the Bills will make it as a wild card, they gotta win the division.
GunnerBill Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Winning the division is not out of the question... but I think we still need 10 wins to do that or we need to be 9-7 having beaten the Pats in New England. If we have 10 wins I believe we would make the wildcard regardless.
FLFan Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Winning the division is not out of the question... but I think we still need 10 wins to do that or we need to be 9-7 having beaten the Pats in New England. If we have 10 wins I believe we would make the wildcard regardless. I agree. I think it is going to come down to week 17 with NE for the Bills.
machine gun kelly Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 And then...in true Buffalo fashion, we lose to Denver and Green Bay...We lay an egg in Oakland...and then all we need to do is beat the Patriots 3rd string...and we finish 9-7. The script is written... Dude, your a buzz kill. Can't you let us ride the wave for now? I do see us in one scenario hitting 9-3, and beating the Raiders. We finish 10-6, or maybe 11-5 if we can beat one of the three in an upset (Denver, Green Bay, or NE). My preference is NE as I'd love for us going in as the AFC East champs as look at 5 of NE's opponents.
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Wow, the Pats have a brutal schedule for the rest of the season. I don't think the Bills will make it as a wild card, they gotta win the division. brutal IF the refs play it fair Broncs are @ NE so I kind of expect the usual favoritism from the refs towards the Putz @ SD and @ GB and maybe the Fish will hang another L on them too
machine gun kelly Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 The next five games for NE are the Broncos, Colts, Lions, Chargers, and Packers. They'll finish with the Dolphins, Jets, and Us. I see some losses here for the Patriots.
GunnerBill Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Even if New England go 2-3 in that run (losses at the Chargers and Packers and home to Denver) that will leave them 8-5. That closing stretch looks like 11-5 or 10-6 depending on that final day result.
xsoldier54 Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 And then...in true Buffalo fashion, we lose to Denver and Green Bay...We lay an egg in Oakland...and then all we need to do is beat the Patriots 3rd string...and we finish 9-7. The script is written... C'mon man. Oakland? Really? C'mon man.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Bills positioned well for second half run By Chris Brown Examine the games that lie in the second half of Buffalo’s season and the significance tied to each.
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 where do they play the Colts and Lions again? maybe the Bills can clone Carpenter for the Lions that day
prissythecat Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 where do they play the Colts and Lions again? maybe the Bills can clone Carpenter for the Lions that day I think you just need to make a post template that says "I love EJ" . Will save you the typing effort.
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