Jets game more crucial than I thought

[Dr. K]

Playing with the online playoff calculators, it seems there are several scenarios where, even if the Bills beat the Falcons, if they lose their final game to the Jets, they are 100% going to miss the playoffs. 

 

Of course a number of other things must happen for that to occur, but they are not impossible. The Ravens and Chargers have to win both of their remaining games. and the Patriots have to beat the Dolphins. The Colts, Bengals, and Patriots need to at least split their last two, but as long as the Patriots beat the Dolphins, if the Bills lose to the Jets they are out. 

[Motorin']

Our playoffs started last week. 

[YattaOkasan]

Yeah it should align with all the 2-1 scenarios people drew up last week. We need to win out to hold the division.  But we should be able to do that

[billsbackto81]

1 minute ago, Dr. K said:

Playing with the online playoff calculators, it seems there are several scenarios where, even if the Bills beat the Falcons, if they lose their final game to the Jets, they are 100% going to miss the playoffs. 

 

Of course a number of other things must happen for that to occur, but they are not impossible. The Ravens and Chargers have to win both of their remaining games. and the Patriots have to beat the Dolphins. The Colts, Bengals, and Patriots need to at least split their last two, but as long as the Patriots beat the Dolphins, if the Bills lose to the Jets they are out. 

So you're telling us that even if we finish 10-7 we can still miss the postseason? That's why I don't mess with those scenario machines!

[17islongenough]

No. 

 

The Bills can clinch this week. 

 

Bills win and either Ravens lose or Oak and Chargers both lose

[Dr. K]

Just now, YattaOkasan said:

Yeah it should align with all the 2-1 scenarios people drew up last week. We need to win out to hold the division.  But we should be able to do that

We could afford to lose to the Falcons but we damn well better beat the Jets. 

[uninja]

1 minute ago, billsbackto81 said:

So you're telling us that even if we finish 10-7 we can still miss the postseason? That's why I don't mess with those scenario machines!

10-7 is the new 9-7. Some years it’s good enough, most years it’s not. 

[Dr. K]

Just now, 17islongenough said:

No. 

 

The Bills can clinch this week. 

 

Bills win and either Ravens lose or Oak and Chargers both lose

You didn't read what I wrote. This scenario depends on the Ravens and Chargers both winning out. If they don't, the Bills are guaranteed the playoffs. 

[Brennan Huff]

We control our own destiny. Just win out so we don’t have worry about all that other *****

[YattaOkasan]

1 minute ago, Dr. K said:

We could afford to lose to the Falcons but we damn well better beat the Jets. 

Sure we can more afford to lose to the falcons. But still gotta win out. 

[ColoradoBills]

Just now, 17islongenough said:

No. 

 

The Bills can clinch this week. 

 

Bills win and either Ravens lose or Oak and Chargers both lose

 

I was just going to post that if the Bills beat Falcons and Rams beat Ravens and Bills are in.

[Dr. K]

4 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

I was just going to post that if the Bills beat Falcons and Rams beat Ravens and Bills are in.

For pity's sake, the first condition I name is, "The Ravens and Chargers have to win both of their remaining games."

 

Nobody can read anymore. I taught English for more than forty years. Why did I bother? 

Edited December 28, 2021 by Dr. K

[BillsfaninSB]

3 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

Our playoffs started last week. 

I would of course prefer the Bills to have more wins but I’m intrigued about how this season will play out.  Past two years there was not a desperate need to win the last two games.

 

I hope this sense of urgency pays dividends in the playoffs. 

[ColoradoBills]

1 minute ago, Dr. K said:

For pity's sake, my first sentence says, "The Ravens and Chargers have to win both of their remaining games."

 

Nobody can read anymore. I taught English for more than forty years. Why did I bother? 

 

I understand but I believe the Bills and Rams win this weekend.

 

Also, yes we all know (if you are on the calculators like I am) there is a 4% chance of the Bills missing the playoffs if they

lose to the Jets and beat the Falcons.

[Mark Vader]

All of these games have been and continue to be crucial

[Matt_In_NH]

If they lose another game they will have 7 losses, which is no guarantee of playoffs for sure.  At this point, if they can't win these two home games against weak opponents what would we have anyway?

[Buffalo_Stampede]

If they lose to either the Jets or Falcons at home with division on the line then they don't deserve the playoffs.

[JoshAllin]

Just rooting for the Rams to beat the ravens which is a high possibility, that's the biggest game for the bills I think. 

 

Edit: they need to clinch division after playoffs as well

 

Edited December 28, 2021 by motorj

[DasNootz]

15 minutes ago, Dr. K said:

Nobody can read anymore. I taught English for more than forty years. Why did I bother? 

Don't let the results dictate if your decision making process was sound...  

[Patrick Duffy]

14 minutes ago, Dr. K said:

Playing with the online playoff calculators, it seems there are several scenarios where, even if the Bills beat the Falcons, if they lose their final game to the Jets, they are 100% going to miss the playoffs. 

 

Of course a number of other things must happen for that to occur, but they are not impossible. The Ravens and Chargers have to win both of their remaining games. and the Patriots have to beat the Dolphins. The Colts, Bengals, and Patriots need to at least split their last two, but as long as the Patriots beat the Dolphins, if the Bills lose to the Jets they are out. 

While that scenario is possible, it's a very slim possibility. A whole lot has to happen for this. imo even considering if (god forbid) Allen can't play against Jets, I feel good about Mitch playing well enough to beat Jets.