The #2 seed is actually obtainable now

[Doc Brown]

There's a scenario where we could be going into the final game with a win for the 2 seed and a loss knocks us out of the playoffs.  Wild.

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

17 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Can we just start the Dolphins at Ravens GDT thread now?

 

 

 

I mean...

 

It's a game for the #1 seed for the AFC and each team's loss cracks the door for a hot division rival. That it wasn't put as SNL astounds me

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

21 minutes ago, Taro Nimbus said:

All of this talk is moot, we need to focus on the patriots first and foremost.  

No, WE can focus on whatever we want.  The team on the other hand, will be focused on the patriots*. 

[KCNC]

1 minute ago, Doc Brown said:

There's a scenario where we could be going into the final game with a win for the 2 seed and a loss knocks us out of the playoffs.  Wild.

Well that would suck.

[Royale with Cheese]

3 minutes ago, Cotton Fitzsimmons said:

Gents, here’s the lay of the land as YE OLE sees it…

 

We are one Baltimore win away from controlling our destiny to the 2 seed. Then we will be one Baltimore loss from controlling our destiny to hosting the AFC Championship Game.

And we know how Lamar Jackson is in the playoffs!

[strive_for_five_guy]

2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

There's a scenario where we could be going into the final game with a win for the 2 seed and a loss knocks us out of the playoffs.  Wild.

Let’s hope Steelers and Bengals can both lose next weekend, so that possibility is off the table.

[dma0034]

Can't believe the Dolphins @ Ravens game wasn't flexed. Definitely better than Vikings/Packers

[Dan]

42 minutes ago, Gman10 said:

How confident are you guys in the Ravens?

Personally, I think they’re easily the best team in the AFC.  Seems like many posters here want to sell them short because they don’t like Lamar, but their record speaks for itself.   Them and Miami could be the toughest playoff teams, outside of Buffalo.      
 

Everyone else has major flaws.  In my very humble opinion.    
 

its been a good weekend for Bills football!   Go Bills!!

Edited December 25, 2023 by Dan

[Koufax]

And not to get ahead of ourselves one Ravens playoff loss to the Browns from an AFC championship in Buffalo..

The help we need is the Ravens to win one game and the Ravens to lose one game to control our own destiny at home all the way to February?

Let's go 1-0 on Sunday against the Patriots to keep the dream alive.

[Malazan]

1 hour ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

This is not a very Einstein like take...

 

few of them are..

[Draconator]

23 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

It does matter. If the Ravens win the next 2, they have nothing to play for week 18 which could be bad for us

The Steelers games have no bearing on the Bills playoff chances what so ever. Get a grip.

[HappyDays]

The AFC/NFC dichotomy is so weird this year. I think it's a lot harder to make it into the playoffs in the AFC, but once you're in it's an easier path to the Super Bowl. And for the NFC it's the exact opposite.

[Doc Brown]

1 minute ago, Draconator said:

The Steelers games have no bearing on the Bills playoff chances what so ever. Get a grip.

If we lose one it does.  The Steelers own the tie breaker so they'd be ahead of us at 10-7.  Same goes for the Bengals, Colts, and Texans. 

[dma0034]

Just now, HappyDays said:

The AFC/NFC dichotomy is so weird this year. I think it's a lot harder to make it into the playoffs in the AFC, but once you're in it's an easier path to the Super Bowl. And for the NFC it's the exact opposite.

 

It's just the 49ers really. Any other team in the NFC can lose any week.

 

[Warcodered]

23 minutes ago, dma0034 said:

 

 

Steelers beat the Seahawks. Bills win vs Pats, lose vs Dolphins. Ravens rest their starters because they clinched the 1 seed against the Steelers in week 18 which lets the Steelers into the playoffs

The Ravens rest their starters because they clenched the division in week 18......is there some new week 19 of the regular season no one told me about?

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Virgil said:

So many things can obviously happen, but with the Chiefs loss, if the Ravens beat the Dolphins next week and we win out, we look to be the 2 seed, with Ravens in the 1 seed.  
 

Crazy

God that would be amazing.

[Jrb1979]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

The AFC/NFC dichotomy is so weird this year. I think it's a lot harder to make it into the playoffs in the AFC, but once you're in it's an easier path to the Super Bowl. And for the NFC it's the exact opposite.

I disagree. Baltimore is easily the class of the AFC followed by Cleveland. Everyone else is very inconsistent one week to the next. We are looking at a Ravens/49ers Super Bowl. 

[dma0034]

1 minute ago, Warcodered said:

The Ravens rest their starters because they clenched the division in week 18......is there some new week 19 of the regular season no one told me about?

 

Read it again.... slowly.... I didn't say they clinch it in week 18. I said they rest their starters in week 18. 

[Royale with Cheese]

2 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

I disagree. Baltimore is easily the class of the AFC followed by Cleveland. Everyone else is very inconsistent one week to the next. We are looking at a Ravens/49ers Super Bowl. 

The Ravens have struggled against inferior teams too.  They struggled against the Chargers, one legged Joe Burrow, the Titans, the Cards and lost the Colts and Steelers.

 

They aren’t the class of the AFC.

[Motorin']

16 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Let’s hope Steelers and Bengals can both lose next weekend, so that possibility is off the table.

 

Any loss by three of the Jags, Steelers, Bengals, Colts or Texans over the next two weeks guarantees a playoff spot with a single Bills win.

 

And since the Colts and Texans play each other, it's really two loses from eight games.