ThurmasThoman Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine I love playing around with this thing. First person who can come up with a scenario that has the Bills making the playoffs if they lose their next 2 games wins. GO! I just found a path for the Bills to make the playoffs at 7-9! Most importantly - we can lose this week and still have a strong shot at the playoffs with 9-7. In fact, there are a lot of possibilities for us to make it with a 9-7 record. Man, i could literally play with this thing all night (thats what she said.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quester74 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I did it.. wasn't all that tough. Pick division leaders to keep winning, all NFC teams to win all out of conference games, and for the also rans to to kinda split up the wins and losses.. Bills end up at 7-9, 6th seed vs. Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Once you get the hang of it pretty fun. I did winning percent. Then changed the Bills vs Indy and Seattle to Bills victories. Bills got in. Shows you how good/fun technology can be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I got the Bills going 5-1 finishing 9-7 for the 6th seed taking on Baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) mine left us with the final week being a win and youre in against the jets..... figured we 4-1 against the Seattle, Jax, Rams, Miami and Indy crowd. Could win them all, probably lose one, hopefully not two. Edited November 20, 2012 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 After playing with it for awhile there aren't too many realistic scenarios where the Bills make the playoffs and lose this week to Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The only games we can actually lose and make playoffs would be seahawks or rams. The other games are must wins because they should be easy to win or they are games against afc opponents that we are fighting with for a playoff spot. It will be easier to tell after this weekend. But if we lose to indy, we are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan130 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 1. houston 2. denver. 3 new england 4. pittsburgh 5. baltimore 6. bills 1. atlanta 2. green bay 3. san fran 4. dallas 5. chicago 6. seattle ne beats bills. pitts over baltimore, san fran beats seattle, chicago over dallas pitts beats houston, denver beats new england- green bay beats san fran, chicago beats atlanta denver beats pitts, green bay beats chicago. green bay superbowl champs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Having a third whack at NE would be amazing. Beating them in the playoffs... I would cry like a baby. I'm not kidding. I suppose at that point my alarm clock would go off and my day would begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 There are a lot of different scenarios that can play out here. I'm surprised that it's about as easy to find one that gives us the division as it is to find us a wild card. If we lose to Indy, we would have to win out and the Colts would most likely have to lose to the Titans at home and KC on the road. I'm giving them the week 17 win against Houston because just about all of the scenarios I see have them locking in the 1st seed by then. Need another week or two to pass by to clean it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just in Atlanta Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Fascinating. I pegged losses against Seattle and NYJ and still found a reasonable way to make it to a 6th seed (against Baltimore). It appears as if Indi is more crucial than I even thought before. Man, that Titans loss might really make a lot of us sick next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmasThoman Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Man, that Titans loss might really make a lot of us sick next month. a win against the colts completely undoes that titans loss. so many more paths to the playoffs are available to us with a win this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 so many more paths to the playoffs are available to us with a win this week. This is the big thing. We need this win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Yeah, this week's Indy game is critical for us to make the playoffs. Win that one and we can lose to either SEA or STL and we still control our own destiny provided Cincy doesn't go on a crazy run. Of course, that means sweeping the remaining division games which has not been the Bills strong suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Having a third whack at NE would be amazing. Beating them in the playoffs... I would cry like a baby. I'm not kidding. I suppose at that point my alarm clock would go off and my day would begin. If this matchup ever happened, you can be sure the officiating would decide the game in favor of the Cheatriots***. I would guarantee you that there would be no fewer than 4 egregious calls against the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshawn's 20 bucks Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This masturbatory fantasy isn't helping me maintain my cool this season. Guys we are Bills fans (get ready for the pain of being on the outside looking in.) This season we are 8 and 8 (the two remaining loses being in Toronto against the 'Hawks and in Indy this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benderbender Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This masturbatory fantasy isn't helping me maintain my cool this season. Guys we are Bills fans (get ready for the pain of being on the outside looking in.) This season we are 8 and 8 (the two remaining loses being in Toronto against the 'Hawks and in Indy this weekend. Really? I would think that one with such a bleak outlook on this season would bank on us losing the two divisional games yet to play. We haven't beat the Jets since Tebow was in high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) http://espn.go.com/n...layoffs/machine I love playing around with this thing. First person who can come up with a scenario that has the Bills making the playoffs if they lose their next 2 games wins. GO! I just found a path for the Bills to make the playoffs at 7-9! Most importantly - we can lose this week and still have a strong shot at the playoffs with 9-7. In fact, there are a lot of possibilities for us to make it with a 9-7 record. Man, i could literally play with this thing all night (thats what she said.) DITTO.I found a path for the Bills to be the 4th seed in the playoffs at 10-6! with NE losing 3 of the next 6. I found a path for the Bills to be the 5th seed in the playoffs at 9-7! with NE losing 2 of the next 6. SF and Houston ARE my expected NE losses. barring ref interventions. Isn't it nice to know nice that both games are in NE. :thumbdown: Edited November 21, 2012 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) I have us finishing 9-7 and missing the playoffs in a tiebreaker scenario. (This is my most realistic/optimistic result, anyways) Edited November 21, 2012 by Dorkington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Yeah, this week's Indy game is critical for us to make the playoffs. Win that one and we can lose to either SEA or STL and we still control our own destiny provided Cincy doesn't go on a crazy run. Of course, that means sweeping the remaining division games which has not been the Bills strong suit. Where do people get this "we control our own destiny" stuff? Here's the facts: Even if we beat Indy, Seattle AND everybody else left on our schedule, we don't control our own destiny. The teams currently ahead of us for the 2 wildcard spots are: Pitt: 6-4 Indy: 6-4 Cinci: 5-5 Of those three teams, the only one we play this season is Indy. If we beat them, they have 5 losses. Among those three teams, the only game any of them have left with each other is a game between Pitt and Cinci. If Cinci wins that game, then Pitt and Cinci will each have 5 losses. We already have 6 losses, so even if we win the rest of our games, we can still finish behind all three of those teams. That means we do not control our own destiny. If we win out to finish 10-6, we have a very good chance of making the playoffs, and we won't need much help from other teams. But that's doesn't mean we control our own destiny. At this point, we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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