26CornerBlitz Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Because I think a healthy Pitt team (namely Ben) is the best team in the league. I believe they will beat the Pats in AFC champ You comfortable out there on that limb? Crack!...Crack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 @NICK_WKBW After the early games, here's a look at the playoff picture and the mountain the #Bills have to climb. @WKBW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 @billsupdates AFC playoff picture 2015: #Bills take big fall in standings after loss http://ow.ly/Vf5Ei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 @Gil_Brandt: Pay attention to tiebreakers in AFC South. Could have tie for first place w/ one team being left out of playoffs. Has that ever happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 AFC Playoff Picture: Teams back from the dead The NFL season is the most compact of the four major U.S. sports, yet it's still plenty long enough for teams to rise from the dead. What teams have emerged from the abyss to be playoff hopefuls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 1) beat the Texans 2) New England* actually serves a purpose for good instead of evil, and beats the Jets 3) beat the Jets 4) beat Philly whose team quit on its coach and has packed it in. 5) beat Cassel led Dallas at home It all comes down to Washington. That's the toughest game left IF they can get by Houston. But 10-6 is right freaking there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 @Gil_Brandt: Pay attention to tiebreakers in AFC South. Could have tie for first place w/ one team being left out of playoffs. Has that ever happened? Yes. In 1982 or so, the Cowboys played Washington in the final game of the season at Texas Stadiu,. Washington entered with a one game lead. Cowboys won on some Roger Staubach to Tony Hill late game heroics and Cowboys won tie breaker and Washington went fishing. It was great. I was at that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 @Sportsnet Ben Roethlisberger to remain under concussion protocol following exit vs. Seahawks: http://ow.ly/VkZ5c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 @EdBouchette Roethlisberger says he thinks he aced the test today. Doesn's see any issue that would prevent him from playing Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 @Gil_Brandt: Pay attention to tiebreakers in AFC South. Could have tie for first place w/ one team being left out of playoffs. Has that ever happened? 2008 with the Pats. They tied the Dolphins with an 11-5 record and didn't make the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) Week 13 - Teams the Bills need to lose (bold) Captain Obvious says Houston @ Buffalo KC @ Raiders NYETS @ NY Giants JAX @ TENN Colts @ PIT Basically all the Home teams need a Win with the exception of the Steelers And who wouldn't love to see Philly Win @ the Putz? Edited December 1, 2015 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 AFC Wild Card update With Sunday’s action complete here’s a look at the AFC playoff picture following Pittsburgh’s win over Indianapolis. Pittsburgh improved to 7-5 keeping them ahead of Buffalo at 6-6. Meanwhile Indianapolis fell to 6-6, but remains the AFC South division leader over Houston (6-6) by virtue of their head-to-head win over the Texans. They also have a superior division record and conference record. AFC Wild Card race 5 – Kansas City – 7-5 – conference record 6-2 6 – New York Jets- 7-5 – conference record 5-4 7 – Pittsburgh – 7-5 – conference record 4-4 8 – Buffalo – 6-6 – conference record – 6-5 9 – Houston – 6-6 – conference record – 4-4 10 – Oakland – 5-7 – conference record – 5-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strive_for_five_guy Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I know Pitt looked awesome last night, but if Cincy can beat them next week this would start to clear our largest obstacle. Cincy can clinch their division with a win, so lots on the line for them too. Go Bengals and Bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 KC is pretty much in. Their schedule is about as easy as it gets: Chargers, Ravens, Browns and Raiders. I can't realistically imagine them going worse than 3-1 over that stretch, They will have the head-to-he and and conference tiebreakers over the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) So with 4 weeks to go the AFC wildcard picture looks a little clearer....... Houston and the AFC South Houston at 6-6 with New England and Indy in their next two is in trouble. They have the tie break over the Jets but are now behind the tie break against the Bills and the Chiefs meaning that realistically to get in they need to either win out..... getting to 10-6 which would probably win them the AFC South - they might win the South at 9-7 which if they do knocks Indy who are behind the tiebreaker against Buffalo, the Jets and the Steelers out. Basically last night's game all but guaranteed there will be no wildcard from the South. The Chiefs and the AFC West Kansas City are now 7-5 and have the tiebreak on three of the 4 rivals.... with wins over the Bills, the Steelers and the Texans. They have San Diego, Cleveland, Baltimore and Oakland remaining on the schedule.... a combined 14-34 on the season so far. They are all but a lock for the 5th seed. Bills, Jets, Steelers and the 6th seed So it is a three horse race. The Jets are currently in pole position at 7-5, the Steelers are just behind them also at 7-5 and the Bills are a game back at 6-6. The Jets are currently ahead on conference record - the Steelers have 4 in conference wins and the Jets have 5. Obviously if one of them wins out they are in. If they both win out, however, that will even up the conference record and then the Steelers will have the tiebreak based on results in common games. If neither win out but both drop one game and the Bills win out...... well this is where it gets interesting. - In a 3 way tie at 10-6 the Jets would be eliminated (because the Bills would have beaten them twice) - The Steelers would then get in ahead of the Bills on results in common games IF one of their 2 wins is against Cincy. - If the game that the Steelers lose is against Cincy then the Bills would win the tie based on strength of victory. In most situations where there is a 2 way tie at 10-6 between Pitt and NYJ the Steelers get in. So what about ties at 9-7? The most likely scenario of ties at 9-7 actually suits the Bills. That is the Steelers losing to Cincy and Denver; the Jets losing to New England and Buffalo and Buffalo dropping one of their 3 NFC East games. In that scenario the Bills beat the Steelers on in conference record. The only scenario I can find where Pittsburgh has the 9-7 tie over the Bills would need them to beat Cincy and Denver and lose to both Baltimore and Cleveland. Which ain't happening. However, any scenario where the Bills tie the Steelers at 9-7 with a loss to the Jets probably means the Jets are in at 10-6..... in the unlikely event that isn't the case and the Jets have lost either to the Titans or the Cowboys then the Bills would beat out the Jets on results in common games and the Steelers on strength of victory. Essentially folks it comes down to this..... winning out gives us the best shot but finishing 10-6 and not getting in remains a real possibility. 9-7 ties across the board actually suit us. The Philly game is big for the Bills this week but I'd argue it isn't the BIGGEST game of the week for our hopes..... we NEED Cincy over Pittsburgh much, much more. If the Steelers win that then it is a very difficult road for us. Edited December 7, 2015 by GunnerBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The Jets have a tougher road with the Titians, Cowbois, Pats and Bills. Obviously if the Bills win out they'd have no worse than the same record and same conf record. They'd obviously also have the h2h tiebreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I know Pitt looked awesome last night, but if Cincy can beat them next week this would start to clear our largest obstacle. Cincy can clinch their division with a win, so lots on the line for them too. Go Bengals and Bills!it is a huge game. Pitt dig themselves a hole with early afc losses so they are behind in tie breakers. If they win this game it is huge for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Once again that Chiefs game killed us (not to mention the Jags). We need to win out, plain and simple, and hope that the steelers lose one, and a conference game at that. We can hope but I'm not that optimistic. This team doesn't look like it can run off 5 wins in a row. But it would be so fun for it to come down to the last game of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaccof Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks for what is a thorough synopsis of what has to happen. Seems like its a tough road to hoe for the Bills going forward. I thought the Philly game was a lock three weeks ago but not so sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) The Steelers finish with the Bengals, Broncos, Ravens and Browns. Two tough games - including at the Bengals on a short week - and two easy ones. We should know if the Bills have a shot to pass them by the 20th. If they go 3-1 their Conf record will be the same as the Bills if the Bills win out. The Bills would pull ahead in that tiebreaker if the Steelers go 2-2 and the Bills 3-1 including a win over the Jets. No h2h obviously. Edited December 7, 2015 by BarleyNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The Steelers finish with the Bengals, Broncos, Ravens and Browns. Two tough games - including at the Bengals on a short week - and two easy ones. We should know if the Bills have a shot to pass them by the 20th. With any loss their Conf record will be the same as the Bills. No h2h obviously.and the common opponent tiebreaker hinges on result of bengals game. They lost the first one but if they win the second, they get that tiebreaker I believe. The rest - KC, NE, Colts - were the same result for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Come on Cinci!!! CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Good write up. That was helpful to better understand multiple scenarios Edited December 7, 2015 by drinkTHEkoolaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) and the common opponent tiebreaker hinges on result of bengals game. They lost the first one but if they win the second, they get that tiebreaker I believe. The rest - KC, NE, Colts - were the same result for both.I modifyied my post to include this situation after I read your previous one. Yes, the Bills would pull ahead in the Conf tiebreaker if they go 3-1, including beating the Jets, and Pitt goes 2-2. Edit: I'm not worrying about common opponents yet. In the WC tiebreaker it is applicable only after the division record tiebreaker. Edited December 7, 2015 by BarleyNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Houston/Indy are obviously in the mix, but the Bills have the h2h on both and they play each other in two weeks. I just don't see a WC team coming out of the AFCS. The Bills have plenty to do and plenty to worry about, but AFCS teams aren't on the first pages of those lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Christ Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Got to root for CINCI and do our job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Once again that Chiefs game killed us (not to mention the Jags). We need to win out, plain and simple, and hope that the steelers lose one, and a conference game at that. We can hope but I'm not that optimistic. This team doesn't look like it can run off 5 wins in a row. But it would be so fun for it to come down to the last game of the year. The Chiefs game didn't kill us any more than any other loss really. The Jags is the one that looms large on the schedule as a team we are obviously better than and found a way to lose to. I still think the Giants game hurts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The Chiefs game didn't kill us any more than any other loss really. The Jags is the one that looms large on the schedule as a team we are obviously better than and found a way to lose to. I still think the Giants game hurts as well. I'd swap any win (save Jets, Houston) with the KC loss. That tiebreaker is a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 just win baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'd swap any win (save Jets, Houston) with the KC loss. That tiebreaker is a killer. It really isn't that big. KC are winning out. They will be in regardless. The win would have given us an extra win which would help obviously as would a win in any of our other losses and I suppose the tiebreak with them might have given us a better shot at the 5th spot..... but Houston was always the bigger game. KC was always headed for a wildcard even if we had beaten them last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzfan37 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 They all hurt equally (the losses) - in the standings... Bengals and two losses to the Patriots didn't sting as much as the losses to the Jags and Giants, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I think you meant if the Steelers win 3 and the loss is to Cincy in bold.... Yea corrected those sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Nice work, Gunner. I've been piecing this together and can confirm about 2/3rds of your work. I hadn't gotten to the rest. I wish I would have seen this sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 So Bengals beating the Steelers this week is a crucial game to our playoff hopes... Huge game for the Bills' playoff chances. Come on Kitties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 So Bengals beating the Steelers this week is a crucial game to our playoff hopes... It is THE crucial game. If it goes our way getting in at 9-7 is a big possibility. If it doesn't then 10-6 might not be enough. Bigger than our game in Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffaloBaumer Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Pretty much comes down to Buffalo winning out and having Pitt lose to Cinci this weekend. KC's schedule is an absolute joke and 3 of their 4 are at home. Andy Dalton better show up big time this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 As some prognosticators predicted before season, Bills finishing a middling 8-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 As some prognosticators predicted before season, Bills finishing a middling 8-8 What remaining teams will they lose to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 What remaining teams will they lose to? Jets and Redskins.., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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