AFC playoff race

[Dillenger4]

6 minutes ago, bills6969 said:

I wouldn’t count out Pit.  That D is tough. Hopefully Balt and Pitt kick the crap out of each other in Wild Card round.

I hear ya - but they looked mediocre yesterday. Their O is not a powerhouse and Russ can turn the ball over. But yes, they are a tough team for sure!

[Brand J]

Baltimore has put up historic numbers offensively this year. Anyone saying they’re fine with playing them in the playoffs and seeing King Henry again, careful what you wish for. 

[Mikie2times]

10 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Of course we worked our way up to perennial-ish 2 seed right when they took away the 2 seed bye lol 

I feel like by that same logic the broncos or chargers defense can have a good game and shut us down and their offense can do enough against our playoff defense to beat us too though.

 

this bengals thing feels like another slightly overreacting to past trauma situation lol theyll score more points than the others but losing to them seems like it’s as likely to losing to the broncos or chargers to me 

Rookie QB or a Greg Roman offense that we have owned vs a Bengals QB who is 17 for 17 on opening drives vs us with 3 TD. 

 

Gee.....

 

55 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

Buffalo would destroy the eagles in the super bowl. We would be celebrating at halftime 

The Bengals defense might be the worst in the NFL. Playoff Lamar is a disaster. 

 

Let things play out. Herbert could get on a heater and before you know it it's chargers at buffalo in the AFC championship 

If you can't beat the worst defensive team in the NFL in the Bengals we were never beating Baltimore or KC ...

 

 

Well, the Rams defense is 27th. 

[Kelly to Allen]

1 minute ago, Mikie2times said:

Rookie QB or a Greg Roman offense that we have owned vs a Bengals QB who is 17 for 17 on opening drives vs us with 3 TD. 

 

Gee.....

 

Well, the Rams defense is 27th. 

 

The rams would get destroyed too

[djp14150]

With results from  today….

 

buffalo is at 11-3 while PIT/BAL are 10-5. A win sunday does not clinch anything here.

 

If BUF W tomorrow and they both L on Xmas then Bills clinch #2 and KC clinch #1 besting PIT. BUF would be 12-3 and they both are 10-6. If Bills clinch #2 starters should be resting for the final game of the season while against the jets they might play into the 3rd Q

 

Bills tied with Pit at 12-5 , PIT would have the conf record tiebreaker. BAL at 12-5 has H2H tiebreaker.

 

bills need either W 2 games or W one and PIT/BAL both lose 1.

 

in term of north division…

 

right now PIT is ahead, If next week both W, the PIT will have the better common games record because they went 2-1 vs BAL going 3-0 in non common games.  both L next week then  they would have the same common games record of 2-1 so then conf record would be PIT advantage  right now it’s 7-3 vs 6-4…both lose its 7-4 and 6-5 

 

non common PIT ( jets, colts, ATL ) bal (bills, Texans, bucs). PIT L to Indy so they are 2-1 while bal plays HOU next week and went 2-0

 

to W the div BAL needs to finish ahead of PIT in standings are PIT does a WL and BAL does a LW thus giving BAL a better div record in a tiebreaker.

 

IF PIT W and BAL L on Xmas, PIT clinches div

IF  both W one game they are certain 2nd  place team would be the 5th seed

both BAL & PT beat DEN/ LAC so thry have the tiebreaker on seeding if they end up tied.

 

I?f both PIT and BAL L on xmas and DEN and LAC win on Saturday on NFLN thry you will likely see all 4 plays at 425 with all all the WC seedlings up for grabs with all at 10-6

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 minutes ago, djp14150 said:

With results from  today….

 

buffalo is at 11-3 while PIT/BAL are 10-5. A win sunday does not clinch anything here.

 

If BUF W tomorrow and they both L on Xmas then Bills clinch #2 and KC clinch #1 besting PIT. BUF would be 12-3 and they both are 10-6. If Bills clinch #2 starters should be resting for the final game of the season while against the jets they might play into the 3rd Q

 

Bills tied with Pit at 12-5 , PIT would have the conf record tiebreaker. BAL at 12-5 has H2H tiebreaker.

 

bills need either W 2 games or W one and PIT/BAL both lose 1.

 

in term of north division…

 

right now PIT is ahead, If next week both W, the PIT will have the better common games record because they went 2-1 vs BAL going 3-0 in non common games.  both L next week then  they would have the same common games record of 2-1 so then conf record would be PIT advantage  right now it’s 7-3 vs 6-4…both lose its 7-4 and 6-5 

 

non common PIT ( jets, colts, ATL ) bal (bills, Texans, bucs). PIT L to Indy so they are 2-1 while bal plays HOU next week and went 2-0

 

to W the div BAL needs to finish ahead of PIT in standings are PIT does a WL and BAL does a LW thus giving BAL a better div record in a tiebreaker.

 

IF PIT W and BAL L on Xmas, PIT clinches div

IF  both W one game they are certain 2nd  place team would be the 5th seed

both BAL & PT beat DEN/ LAC so thry have the tiebreaker on seeding if they end up tied.

 

I?f both PIT and BAL L on xmas and DEN and LAC win on Saturday on NFLN thry you will likely see all 4 plays at 425 with all all the WC seedlings up for grabs with all at 10-6

 

 

Makes you almost long for the days when all the Bills could do was act as spoilers for the playoff bound teams.

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I said 'almost'. 😁

[djp14150]

Race for 1st overall pick…..

 

it’s Vegas vs giants, both at 3 wins. Sort is strength of schedule then a coin flip.

 

without game cancelations, strength of schedulr is the same as team wins.

 

both teams played nfc south and afc north so those cancel out.

 

Giants played— division foes, min, sea, Indy 

Raiders played- division foes, Mia, sea, JAX 

 

as of Sunday 1 pm opponent wins…

 

Giants —27+27+12+8+6= 54+26=80

Raiders- 32+32+6+8+3=64+ 17=81

 

lowest W total gets higher pick 

 

so week 18 SEA-RAMS matchup could decide who gets 1st overall

[BigDingus]

3 hours ago, Brand J said:

Baltimore has put up historic numbers offensively this year. Anyone saying they’re fine with playing them in the playoffs and seeing King Henry again, careful what you wish for. 

 

They're the team I least want to see in the playoffs. 

 

I see lots of people claiming "I'm not worried about Lamar, I'm worried about Henry," and hell, I've probably said it too. But I'd be worried about both. 

 

Lamar is playing fantastic this year, as much as I hate to admit it. If they hadn't lost to the Browns & Raiders, Lamar would probably be the MVP frontrunner again. 

 

Dude is playing at a historically great level in efficiency & will likely finish the year with the record for best single season passer rating ever. I still think Josh is better overall, but facing him with King Henry again in the last thing I want.

 

We match up well with a lot of great teams, but our rush D is our weakest link, and Baltimore has paired 2 of the best rushing threats in the league.