ESPN NFL playoff machine up and running

[cgang]

14% chance of getting first seed.  14% chance of missing the playoffs entirely (according to Grok anyway).   I’m rooting for 86% chance of making the playoffs to at least have something to cheer for on wildcard weekend.

 

what a frustrating season. lol 

[Fleezoid]

49 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

You can't compare 1976 to today because the rules have changed (multiple times). The most recent change was 2019 which gave 1 team per conference the bye. A week off after a 17 game season and 2 home games to get the the Superbowl is a pretty big deal now.

 

Yes. And based on that chart, after 2019, only one team as the one seed got to the SB. It was the Chiefs, and they won. 

 

And the Bills in the 90s are skewing those numbers a bit. 

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Fleezoid

[Gregg]

16 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

AFC-

1. KC 13-4

2. Indy 12-5

3. New England 12-5

4. Baltimore 11 -6

5. Denver 13-4

6. LA 11-6

7. Buffalo 11-6

 

NFC -

1. Philadelphia 15-2

2. LA 14-3

3. Detroit 13-4

4. Tampa 13-4

5. San Francisco 12-5

6. Seattle 12-5

7. Green Bay 10-6-1

. 

 

If your predictions come true, then the Bills go to Indianapolis on WC weekend. JT against the Bills fantastic run defense. What could go wrong here

[Haslett_Stomp]

1 hour ago, BuffaloMatt said:

 

One seed is not all it's cracked up to be. Since 1976 (almost 50 years), fifteen AFC one seeds have gone to SB. Six won. 

 

Who was the # seed in 1992 if not the Bills?

[frostbitmic]

7 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If your predictions come true, then the Bills go to Indianapolis on WC weekend. JT against the Bills fantastic run defense. What could go wrong here

Good thing my predictions never come to be. 💣

[Bills!Win!]

We will get in even if we win 9 games. The afc west and afc north will beat up

on each other

[Jeffbigalls]

On 11/12/2025 at 12:50 PM, Bills fan since 87 said:

Some prefer the NY Times playoff predictor but I like this one, you can pick game by game and playoffs spots update with each pick:

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

 

I keep coming up with us as a 6 or 7 seed, which is fine as we would miss 4 seed Baltimore 

 

 

There is another one that's been up for weeks pro football network or something like that

On 11/12/2025 at 1:09 PM, Gregthekeg said:

I think the pats start to slide, they havent beaten a good team yet (Bills beat themselves) After looking at this I am even more confident that they will be higher than pats and chiefs. AFCC game in Buffalo in the snow, to the Superbowl!

Lol so the bills are a bad team?

[Jeffbigalls]

17 hours ago, BuffaloMatt said:

 

One seed is not all it's cracked up to be. Since 1976 (almost 50 years), fifteen AFC one seeds have gone to SB. Six won. 

Fun fact the 2003 Patriots where infact the 1 seed and did infact win the super bowl

[Billsfanatic8989]

18 hours ago, Haslett_Stomp said:

 

Who was the # seed in 1992 if not the Bills?

Miami. Buffalo beat them on the road in the AFC title game. Media wanted Miami to win to have a Marino vs Aikma SB. Not that it would have mattered. Dallas would have destroyed them too. 

 

Edit: NE won the SB as the one seed in 2003

19 hours ago, BuffaloMatt said:

 

One seed is not all it's cracked up to be. Since 1976 (almost 50 years), fifteen AFC one seeds have gone to SB. Six won. 

2024 Chiefs were one seed and of course lost.

[Buffalo03]

On 11/12/2025 at 1:09 PM, Gregthekeg said:

I think the pats start to slide, they havent beaten a good team yet (Bills beat themselves) After looking at this I am even more confident that they will be higher than pats and chiefs. AFCC game in Buffalo in the snow, to the Superbowl!

They beat the Buccaneers just last week

[Buddy Hix]

18 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

We will get in even if we win 9 games. The afc west and afc north will beat up

on each other

Cleveland and Jets…gotta find a way to win one more.

 

What a pathetic position to be in when you have Allen in his prime. Scrambling to get into the playoffs with the Jets and Fins in your division. Pegula asleep at the wheel, as per usual.

[Billsfanatic8989]

4 AFC one seeds (14/16 Pats, 15 Broncos, 22 Chiefs) have won the SB in the past eleven years. Three others (17 Pats, 20 Chiefs, 24 Chiefs) got there and lost. Four others (18 Chiefs, 19/23 Ravens, and 2021 Titans) lost before the SB.