Odds of Wild Cards meeting in the Super Bowl could be high.

[Max Fischer]

Although there's a long way to go, any combination of the current playoff scenarios appears to present decent odds that two Wild Card teams could meet in the Super Bowl. 

 

Of course, a team will ALWAYS want home field, and the bye has significant advantages, but there are quite a few scenarios in which a Wild Card team could run the table, even if on the road all three games.  It's possible, given injuries and how each is playing, that more than a few Wild Card teams could be even or better odds versus Division winners. 

[TheFunPolice]

AFC Division winners do not impress me as true contenders:

 

Denver, Indy/Jax/Hou, NE, BAL,PIT,CIN

 

Out of that mix, the scariest possible division winner would be CIN, because they are like a video game team that can score at will when healthy. If their defense can force 2-3 punts they will be in every game with Burrow. 

 

But none of the other likely AFC division winners scares me at all. I still think it will be BUF/KC in the AFC Title Game in Highmark, as it should be. 

 

 

[Gregg]

5 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

AFC Division winners do not impress me as true contenders:

 

Denver, Indy/Jax/Hou, NE, BAL,PIT,CIN

 

Out of that mix, the scariest possible division winner would be CIN, because they are like a video game team that can score at will when healthy. If their defense can force 2-3 punts they will be in every game with Burrow. 

 

But none of the other likely AFC division winners scares me at all. I still think it will be BUF/KC in the AFC Title Game in Highmark, as it should be. 

 

 

 

I don't know about that. I think at this point KC misses the playoffs.

[TheFunPolice]

17 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I don't know about that. I think at this point KC misses the playoffs.

 

It's certainly possible, but a 10-7 AFC will make it in. Happens every year when we say "this year an 11-6 team will miss!" then a 9-8 team slips in. 

 

Lots of losses are coming for the top AFC teams. It's just math, because they play each other. Broncos/Jaguars, Broncos/Chargers, Chargers/Texans, Chargers/Chiefs, Broncos/Chiefs, Jags/Colts twice, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some... 

 

I think the Chiefs get the Colts spot. 

 

 

Edited 7 minutes ago by TheFunPolice

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

It's certainly possible, but a 10-7 AFC will make it in. Happens every year when we say "this year an 11-6 team will miss!" then a 9-8 team slips in. 

 

Lots of losses are coming for the top AFC teams. It's just math, because they play each other. Broncos/Jaguars, Broncos/Chargers, Chargers/Texans, Chargers/Chiefs, Broncos/Chiefs, Jags/Colts twice, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some... 

 

 

 

We will see how it plays out but KC has to run the table at this point. Even that might not be enough. They will need help with other teams losing.