Way too early Playoff picture

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

4 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

You really think there will be 7 AFC teams that ends up with 11 wins or more? Where will all these wins come from?

I think they’re saying the 7 seed will win 10 and be in good tiebreaker shape and a few other teams will win 10 and miss.  I read it as ‘the only way you can be absolutely sure you get in no matter what is winning 11’

Edited 3 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[90sBills]

4 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I think they’re saying the 7 seed will win 10 and be in good tiebreaker shape and a few other teams will win 10 and miss.  I read it as ‘the only way you can be absolutely sure you get in no matter what is winning 11’

Yeah that’s not happening. 10 wins will get in easily this year. I think a 9 win team will be in. 

[SoCal Deek]

Hard to believe there are six AFC teams with either 1 or less wins after five weeks. Anyone know whether that’s typical? 

[DapperCam]

35 minutes ago, MJS said:

Why do you think that? I think it will be like most years where 10 wins gives you a good shot to get in, especially with a lot of the top teams losing games already.

10-7 can get you in, but it might not with tie breakers. 11-6 will get you in for sure. Last season no 9-8 teams got in for the AFC.

[Prospector]

Jags 4-1... crazy

[DapperCam]

22 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

You really think there will be 7 AFC teams that ends up with 11 wins or more? Where will all these wins come from?

No, but I think there could be 8 AFC teams with 10 wins or more, which means one of the 10 win teams is watching from a beach bar in Cancun.

[Justin C]

Ravens are interesting. After this week it’s the following:

 

Vs Bears

at Dolphins

at Vikings

at Browns

Vs Jets

vs Bengals

vs Steelers

At Bengals

vs Patriots

At Green Bay

at Pittsburgh

 

If they get Lamar back for the Bears game you could absolutely see them winning 6 in a row going into the Steelers game.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

30 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

Yeah that’s not happening. 10 wins will get in easily this year. I think a 9 win team will be in. 

I’m trying to go through the schedules of everyone…it’s a really weird year the pats could be just ok and win 10 still based on schedule alone which has really mucked up the wildcard path 😂

 

still seems like a bit of a longshot but we’ll know more if the jags can sneak through rams and Seahawks at 1-1 or better…the afc south teams still have to play eachother a bunch of times so it’s hard to tell what’s gonna happen. If they all trade wins you could have colts,jags, and pats at 10 ish wins two of which would be wildcards. 
 

then maybe third wildcard is Houston if they continue turning it around or second place in afc west which might be 10 wins for that team..  north seems cooked with all the injuries..maybe Baltimore could go on a run when they get healthier but I think it’ll be hard to crack 9 wins 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[90sBills]

18 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I’m trying to go through the schedules of everyone…it’s a really weird year the pats could be just ok and win 10 still based on schedule alone which has really mucked up the wildcard path 😂

 

still seems like a bit of a longshot but we’ll know more if the jags can sneak through rams and Seahawks at 1-1 or better…the afc south teams still have to play eachother a bunch of times so it’s hard to tell what’s gonna happen. If they all trade wins you could have colts,jags, and pats at 10 ish wins two of which would be wildcards. 
 

then maybe third wildcard is Houston if they continue turning it around or second place in afc west which might be 10 wins for that team..  north seems cooked with all the injuries..maybe Baltimore could go on a run when they get healthier but I think it’ll be hard to crack 9 wins 

 

The NFL is so unpredictable week to week that assigning wins/losses to future games is impossible. I can see the Pats having a letdown and losing this week. 
 

It’s shaping up to be an interesting season for sure. 
 

Edit: I changed my view of Balt. I thought they’d be fine. But now I think they’re done. 

Edited 2 hours ago by 90sBills

[boco357]

I think I can talk myself into signing up now for playing at Indy in AFC Championship game.

[Low Positive]

19 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

The NFL is so unpredictable week to week that assigning wins/losses to future games is impossible. I can see the Pats having a letdown and losing this week. 
 

It’s shaping up to be an interesting season for sure. 
 

Edit: I changed my view of Balt. I thought they’d be fine. But now I think they’re done. 

I wouldn't count the Ravens out yet. They have the Rams at home this week, but then they have a bye. After that, they should start getting guys back including Lamar, Hamilton, and Van Noy. Out of the bye, they have:

• Bears
• @ Fins
• @ Vikings
• @ Browns
• Jets
• Bengals
• Steelers
• @ Bengals
• Pats
• @ Packers
• @ Steelers

They could easily be on a 6 game heater by the time they get to the Steelers. The AFC North might come down to that Week 18 game in Pittsburgh. 

[90sBills]

27 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

I wouldn't count the Ravens out yet. They have the Rams at home this week, but then they have a bye. After that, they should start getting guys back including Lamar, Hamilton, and Van Noy. Out of the bye, they have:

• Bears
• @ Fins
• @ Vikings
• @ Browns
• Jets
• Bengals
• Steelers
• @ Bengals
• Pats
• @ Packers
• @ Steelers

They could easily be on a 6 game heater by the time they get to the Steelers. The AFC North might come down to that Week 18 game in Pittsburgh. 

Yeah that was my initial thought as well. But they seemed to have mentally checked out. It could very well be turned around like you said. 

[Low Positive]

32 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

Yeah that was my initial thought as well. But they seemed to have mentally checked out. It could very well be turned around like you said. 

Their huge mistake was choosing to sign Cooper Rush as the backup QB. He can't run Lamar's offense becuase he is no threat to run himself. They should have stuck with Snoop Huntley, who's only productive NFL role might be Lamar light. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Low Positive

[Southern McButterpants]

1 hour ago, Justin C said:

Ravens are interesting. After this week it’s the following:

 

Vs Bears

at Dolphins

at Vikings

at Browns

Vs Jets

vs Bengals

vs Steelers

At Bengals

vs Patriots

At Green Bay

at Pittsburgh

 

If they get Lamar back for the Bears game you could absolutely see them winning 6 in a row going into the Steelers game.

Should they lose this week to the Rams (likely IMHO) they would have to go 9-2 to even get a whiff of the playoffs.  With 2 games against the Steelers and games with Minnesota and Green Bay, that is a tall order. Not burying them, just cautiously optimistic. 

[Mark Vader]

2 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

I just like how everyone in the media is talking about the penalties the chiefs had and that pi call at the end of the game.  But there is crickets when it came to the clear pi that was not called on that Shakir play.  

Why are you surprised?

 

The media has been making excuses and calling out the refs when the Cheaters were always winning.

[No_Matter_What]

McD played this one like a pro.

 

Lost to Pats so they can get in instead of the Chiefs.

 

That's a hell of a 4D chess right there.

[SoTier]

2 hours ago, Low Positive said:

I wouldn't count the Ravens out yet. They have the Rams at home this week, but then they have a bye. After that, they should start getting guys back including Lamar, Hamilton, and Van Noy. Out of the bye, they have:

• Bears
• @ Fins
• @ Vikings
• @ Browns
• Jets
• Bengals
• Steelers
• @ Bengals
• Pats
• @ Packers
• @ Steelers

They could easily be on a 6 game heater by the time they get to the Steelers. The AFC North might come down to that Week 18 game in Pittsburgh. 

 

Who would you trust to win that Week 18 game in Pittsburgh?  John Harbaugh, Lamar Jackson, and the Ravens or Mike Tomlin, Aaron Rodgers, and the Steelers?

I'd take the Stillers all the time.

 

1 hour ago, No_Matter_What said:

McD played this one like a pro.

 

Lost to Pats so they can get in instead of the Chiefs.

 

That's a hell of a 4D chess right there.

 

Losing at least a game or two was inevitable.  Better to the Pats who are not realistically in the running for the #1 seed than a team like the Chiefs.