Predict your final 7 for the playoffs.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Before this weekend's games which includes three pivotal Saturday games, give me your 7 playoff teams in the AFC and their seedings.

 

Here is what I came up with using the ESPN Playoff Machine

 

1. Ravens 13-4 ( Finish 3-1 Beat Jags, Dolphins, Steelers. Lose to the 49ers)

2. Chiefs 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat Patriots, Raiders, Chargers. Lose to the Bengals)

3. Jaguars 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Bucs, Panthers, Titans. Lose to the Ravens)

4. Bills 10-7 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Chargers, Patriots, Dolphins. Lose to the Cowboys)

5. Broncos 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Chargers)

6. Bengals 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Vikings, Steelers, Chiefs, Browns)

7. Browns 10-7 (Finish 2-2 Beat the Bears, Jets. Lose to the Texans and Bengals)

 

Missing Out

Colts 9-8 (Finish 2-2. Lose to the Steelers and Texans. Beat the Raiders and Falcons)

Steelers 8-9 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Benglas, Seahawks, Ravens. Beat the Colts)

Texans 10-7 (Finish 3-1. Lose to the Titans (Road). Beat the Browns, Titans (Home), Colts)

Dolphins 10-7 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Ravens, Cowboys, Bills. Beat the Jets)

 

Initial thoughts.

 

1. Seems unlikely both the Bengals and Broncos will win out. I do think the Broncos have a good shot of winning out. For the Bengals, probably more realistic to have them finish 3-1 with a loss to the Chiefs or even 2-2 with losses to the Chiefs and Browns. In either scenario if I plug those results in and leave everything else the same Miami takes the 7th seed and the Bengals miss the playoffs. 

 

2. If I leave everything the same but have the Bills beat the Cowboys but lose to the Dolphins, then the Bills miss the playoffs.

 

[julian]

Ravens

Chiefs

Jags

Bills

Dolphins

Broncos

Browns

 

in that order

[chongli]

26 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

Before this weekend's games which includes three pivotal Saturday games, give me your 7 playoff teams in the AFC and their seedings.

 

Here is what I came up with using the ESPN Playoff Machine

 

1. Ravens 13-4 ( Finish 3-1 Beat Jags, Dolphins, Steelers. Lose to the 49ers)

2. Chiefs 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat Patriots, Raiders, Chargers. Lose to the Bengals)

3. Jaguars 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Bucs, Panthers, Titans. Lose to the Ravens)

4. Bills 10-7 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Chargers, Patriots, Dolphins. Lose to the Cowboys)

5. Broncos 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Chargers)

6. Bengals 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Vikings, Steelers, Chiefs, Browns)

7. Browns 10-7 (Finish 2-2 Beat the Bears, Jets. Lose to the Texans and Bengals)

 

 

 

I can take that. In your scenario, there would be two WC rematches: Broncos at Bills and Bengals at Jaguars.

[JoshAllin]

1 hour ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

5. Broncos 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Chargers)

6. Bengals 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Vikings, Steelers, Chiefs, Browns)

 

 

Looks good but don't think lions are losing and hopefully raiders stay hot and in the race for a bit. Bengals could also easily go 2-2

[Doc Brown]

I think the Chiefs win out because of their soft schedule/defense and the Jaguars surprisingly beat the Ravens this Sunday night at home.  I see Jacksonville blowing it against the Titans because they're so darn inconsistent (like us).  Bengals, Steelers, Colts, and Texans falter down the stretch,

 

I'll go...

1.) Chiefs

2.) Ravens

3.) Jaguars

4.)  Bills

5.)  Browns (I see them winning  3 of 4)

6.)  Broncos

7.)  Dolphins

[Drew21PA]

Playoff machine gave me this

 

ravens

chiefs

jags

bills

Browns

dolphins

broncos

 

picked gsmes as I thought they would win.  I keep seeing how everyone saying we wouldn’t get in in most scenarios with bills losing this week but whatever I digress - I don’t want to debate.  Just gonna take it one game at a time

 

Go Bills

4 hours ago, motorj said:

Looks good but don't think lions are losing and hopefully raiders stay hot and in the race for a bit. Bengals could also easily go 2-2

Watching last night gave me hope that maybe the raiders at home against the broncos we could get help

[Scott7975]

Just so close this year it can go a million ways.  My choices were covered above.  I'll pick two teams I don't want to face in the Playoffs.  Bengals and Jags.  They just seem to matchup poorly with those two teams and those teams seem to have our number.

 

11 minutes ago, Drew21PA said:

picked gsmes as I thought they would win.  I keep seeing how everyone saying we wouldn’t get in in most scenarios with bills losing this week but whatever I digress - I don’t want to debate.  Just gonna take it one game at a time

This was based on if we lost the division and had to fight for a wildcard.  Obviously Miami opened that back up by losing to the Titans and gives us a better chance to win it.

[Captain Hindsight]

Ravens

Chiefs

Jags

Bills

Broncos

Browns

Bengals

 

Dolphins miss the playoffs in a Festivus miracle 

[GustheDog33]

1 minute ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Ravens

Chiefs

Jags

Bills

Broncos

Browns

Bengals

 

Dolphins miss the playoffs in a Festivus miracle 

[Rico]

Agree that the Dolphins are in trouble. Damn shame, FilthyBeast and Airseven.

[dollars 2 donuts]

7 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

Before this weekend's games which includes three pivotal Saturday games, give me your 7 playoff teams in the AFC and their seedings.

 

Here is what I came up with using the ESPN Playoff Machine

 

1. Ravens 13-4 ( Finish 3-1 Beat Jags, Dolphins, Steelers. Lose to the 49ers)

2. Chiefs 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat Patriots, Raiders, Chargers. Lose to the Bengals)

3. Jaguars 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Bucs, Panthers, Titans. Lose to the Ravens)

4. Bills 10-7 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Chargers, Patriots, Dolphins. Lose to the Cowboys)

5. Broncos 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Chargers)

6. Bengals 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Vikings, Steelers, Chiefs, Browns)

7. Browns 10-7 (Finish 2-2 Beat the Bears, Jets. Lose to the Texans and Bengals)

 

Missing Out

Colts 9-8 (Finish 2-2. Lose to the Steelers and Texans. Beat the Raiders and Falcons)

Steelers 8-9 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Benglas, Seahawks, Ravens. Beat the Colts)

Texans 10-7 (Finish 3-1. Lose to the Titans (Road). Beat the Browns, Titans (Home), Colts)

Dolphins 10-7 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Ravens, Cowboys, Bills. Beat the Jets)

 

Initial thoughts.

 

1. Seems unlikely both the Bengals and Broncos will win out. I do think the Broncos have a good shot of winning out. For the Bengals, probably more realistic to have them finish 3-1 with a loss to the Chiefs or even 2-2 with losses to the Chiefs and Browns. In either scenario if I plug those results in and leave everything else the same Miami takes the 7th seed and the Bengals miss the playoffs. 

 

2. If I leave everything the same but have the Bills beat the Cowboys but lose to the Dolphins, then the Bills miss the playoffs.

 

 

 

Thank you for the effort, Sammy, and I think there is a lot of good stuff in the above.

 

Let's all be clear, though, on how razor thin this is, because I believe if only one game in the Dolphins schedule is different, let's say they upset the Ravens, then the Bills go from division champion to all the way out of the playoffs.

 

We need to stack wins, and we need pretty much all of them, just in case.

 

 

Edited December 15, 2023 by dollars 2 donuts

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

5 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I think the Chiefs win out because of their soft schedule/defense a

 

Given who the Chiefs have shown themselves to be over the course of the first 14 weeks of the season, I think it is reasonable to expect the Chiefs to finish 3-1 down the stretch. They have not shown themselves to be a 4-0 quality team of late. 

 

On the flipside, I don't love that I have both the Broncos and Bengals finishing 4-0. It is certainly possible each could finish 3-1. Broncos could lose to Detroit this week and Bengals could lose to the Chiefs. I believe such a scenario keeps the Broncos in the playoffs but swaps out the Bengals for the Dolphins. 

 

Not having faith that the Chiefs can finish 4-0 I had to give them a loss somewhere. Bengals seemed most likely. But this week against the Pats on the road is a sneaky spot as well. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

41 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

Just so close this year it can go a million ways.  My choices were covered above.  I'll pick two teams I don't want to face in the Playoffs.  Bengals and Jags.  They just seem to matchup poorly with those two teams and those teams seem to have our number.

 

This was based on if we lost the division and had to fight for a wildcard.  Obviously Miami opened that back up by losing to the Titans and gives us a better chance to win it.

I’d love to get the jags again…if we didn’t lose most of our starting defense in that game I think that would’ve been a relatively easy win but you never know 😂

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I’d love to get the jags again…if we didn’t lose most of our starting defense in that game I think that would’ve been a relatively easy win but you never know 😂

 

Yeah true. We can beat them for sure.  Just weird that they have had our number both times in London.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

I fear a sizable coaching disadvantage against the jags. I have a decent amount of respect for Pederson. 

[Virgil]

9 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

Before this weekend's games which includes three pivotal Saturday games, give me your 7 playoff teams in the AFC and their seedings.

 

Here is what I came up with using the ESPN Playoff Machine

 

1. Ravens 13-4 ( Finish 3-1 Beat Jags, Dolphins, Steelers. Lose to the 49ers)

2. Chiefs 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat Patriots, Raiders, Chargers. Lose to the Bengals)

3. Jaguars 11-6 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Bucs, Panthers, Titans. Lose to the Ravens)

4. Bills 10-7 (Finish 3-1 Beat the Chargers, Patriots, Dolphins. Lose to the Cowboys)

5. Broncos 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Chargers)

6. Bengals 11-6 (Finish 4-0 Beat Vikings, Steelers, Chiefs, Browns)

7. Browns 10-7 (Finish 2-2 Beat the Bears, Jets. Lose to the Texans and Bengals)

 

Missing Out

Colts 9-8 (Finish 2-2. Lose to the Steelers and Texans. Beat the Raiders and Falcons)

Steelers 8-9 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Benglas, Seahawks, Ravens. Beat the Colts)

Texans 10-7 (Finish 3-1. Lose to the Titans (Road). Beat the Browns, Titans (Home), Colts)

Dolphins 10-7 (Finish 1-3. Lose to the Ravens, Cowboys, Bills. Beat the Jets)

 

Initial thoughts.

 

1. Seems unlikely both the Bengals and Broncos will win out. I do think the Broncos have a good shot of winning out. For the Bengals, probably more realistic to have them finish 3-1 with a loss to the Chiefs or even 2-2 with losses to the Chiefs and Browns. In either scenario if I plug those results in and leave everything else the same Miami takes the 7th seed and the Bengals miss the playoffs. 

 

2. If I leave everything the same but have the Bills beat the Cowboys but lose to the Dolphins, then the Bills miss the playoffs.

 

 

Can you imagine if the Dolphins missed the playoffs after being in 2nd place with 4 weeks to go?.  That would be amazing

[Whites Bay]

2 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

On the flipside, I don't love that I have both the Broncos and Bengals finishing 4-0. It is certainly possible each could finish 3-1. Broncos could lose to Detroit this week and Bengals could lose to the Chiefs. I believe such a scenario keeps the Broncos in the playoffs but swaps out the Bengals for the Dolphins. 

 

I was thinking this when I read the OP.  I don't see Detroit losing to Denver at home after getting embarrassed by Chicago last week.  Doesn't really change things a lot, other than I don't see Denver going 4-0 down the stretch.

[skibum]

Love the playoff machine!

 

I got:

1. KC

2. Jacksonville

3. Baltimore

4. Buffalo

5. Houston

6.Cleveland

7. Miami

 

Can't remember which games I may have picked as upsets, etc. I must have picked the Texans to win out, and based on their schedule and QB I think it's possible. But I do think those are the 7 best teams in the AFC this year, with the possible exception of Cleveland. Indy, Denver, and Pittsburgh are not for real to me, and Cincy can't do it without Burrow. 

[Airseven]

Ravens

Chiefs

Dolphins 

Jaguars 

Browns

Colts

Broncos

[TheBrownBear]

 

7 minutes ago, Airseven said:

Ravens

Chiefs

Dolphins 

Jaguars 

Browns

Colts

Broncos

That's how I have it.