The WILDCARD Playoff Picture

[Jimbuktu]

it's about that time:

BILLS PLAYOFF PICTURE WILDCARD

Bills (5-4) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 8:15 pm ET Patriots
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Jaguars
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Redskins
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Dolphins
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Browns
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET Giants
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Eagles

Notes: Jaguars and Browns games are critical, and both are on the road. Doable, but it will be difficult. Will probably have to go 5-2.

Jaguars (6-3) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Chargers
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Bills
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Colts
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Panthers
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Steelers
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET Raiders
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Texans

Notes: Will be lucky to come out of next five games with a 2-3 record. That would be good enough though.

Titans (6-3) remaining schedule:

11 Mon. Nov. 19 8:30 pm ET at Broncos
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Bengals
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET Texans
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Chargers
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Chiefs
16 Sun. Dec. 23 4:15 pm ET Jets
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Colts

Notes: Difficult road games coming up against conference foes. Not sold on this team.

Browns (5-4) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET at Ravens
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Texans
13 Sun. Dec. 02 4:05 pm ET at Cardinals
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET at Jets
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET Bills
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Bengals
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET 49ers

Notes: Probably the easiest schedule, so the Bills MUST defeat them when they play in mid-December

Broncos (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Mon. Nov. 19 8:30 pm ET Titans
12 Sun. Nov. 25 4:15 pm ET at Bears
13 Sun. Dec. 02 4:05 pm ET at Raiders
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET Chiefs
15 Thu. Dec. 13 8:15 pm ET at Texans
16 Mon. Dec. 24 8:00 pm ET at Chargers
17 Sun. Dec. 30 4:15 pm ET Vikings

Notes: tough schedule, and results of matchups with titans, chiefs and texans will have teams eliminated from the chase

Texans (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Saints
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Browns
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Titans
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Buccaneers
15 Thu. Dec. 13 8:15 pm ET Broncos
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Colts
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET Jaguars

Notes: No.

Chiefs (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET at Colts
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Raiders
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET Chargers
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET at Broncos
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET Titans
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Lions
17 Sun. Dec. 30 8:15 pm ET at Jets

Notes: better chance at winning division than wild card. but doubtful

Ravens (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Browns
12 Sun. Nov. 25 4:15 pm ET at Chargers
13 Mon. Dec. 03 8:30 pm ET Patriots
14 Sun. Dec. 09 8:15 pm ET Colts
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Dolphins
16 Sun. Dec. 23 4:15 pm ET at Seahawks
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET Steelers

Notes: NO CHANCE IN HELL! But hopefully they beat the Browns

[OpIv37]

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ie lose to the patriots, win out after that, and then pray we get the help we need.

[BAM]

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This could very well happen! How exciting!

[Historian]

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LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!!

[SquishDaFish]

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OR Op we upset the Pats and win our or almost win out and make the playoffs!

GO BUFFALO!!

[Jimbuktu]

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I think if we were to pull off the SHOCKER against New England, we definitely make the playoffs.

With that said, we'd probably just pull a Buffalo and lose the next week to the Jags for the letdown.

If the Jaguars lose to San Diego next week, we can really set them on a debilitating losing streak by beating their asses in the subsequent week. With games at Colts, vs. Panthers and at Steelers after us, their season could be over. And, along with Ten and Cle, they are our biggest threats. Have to get by two of those three ****ers.

[MikeInRoch]

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ie lose to the patriots, win out after that, and then pray we get the help we need.

If we win out after losing to the Pats, that's 11 wins. That gets in easily.

[Jimbuktu]

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ie lose to the patriots, win out after that, and then pray we get the help we need.

I dunno Op, I don't think 11-5 is necessary for the wild card, especially with head-to-heads against Cleveland and Jax. 10-6 would get us in DEFINITELY I believe. We could also get in with 9-7, but that's when we start to need the heavens above to lend a hand.

[OpIv37]

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If we win out after losing to the Pats, that's 11 wins. That gets in easily.

if we lose to either the Jags or the Browns it will be almost impossible to make the playoffs. Counting those two games, there are only 7 games left and we'd have to get two games up on them because they'd have the tiebreaker.

[OpIv37]

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I dunno Op, I don't think 11-5 is necessary for the wild card, especially with head-to-heads against Cleveland and Jax. 10-6 would get us in DEFINITELY I believe. We could also get in with 9-7, but that's when we start to need the heavens above to lend a hand.

11-5 is the only way to ensure it. We'd need a lot of help at 10-6 or 9-7. That opening conference loss to Denver on the final play is going to kill us, just like 2004 against Jax.

[Jimbuktu]

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11-5 is the only way to ensure it. We'd need a lot of help at 10-6 or 9-7. That opening conference loss to Denver on the final play is going to kill us, just like 2004 against Jax.

Yeah, I have to agree with you there. And you knew it as soon as it happened. Typical.

Who knows, maybe we're due to overcome the bull**** finally. I mean, we are DUE.

Friggin' Bills.



RISE UP!

[The Answer]

Re: The WILDCARD Playoff Picture

it's about that time:

BILLS PLAYOFF PICTURE WILDCARD

Bills (5-4) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 8:15 pm ET Patriots
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Jaguars
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Redskins
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Dolphins
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Browns
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET Giants
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Eagles

Notes: Jaguars and Browns games are critical, and both are on the road. Doable, but it will be difficult. Will probably have to go 5-2.

Jaguars (6-3) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Chargers
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Bills
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Colts
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Panthers
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Steelers
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET Raiders
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Texans

Notes: Will be lucky to come out of next five games with a 2-3 record. That would be good enough though.

Titans (6-3) remaining schedule:

11 Mon. Nov. 19 8:30 pm ET at Broncos
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Bengals
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET Texans
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Chargers
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Chiefs
16 Sun. Dec. 23 4:15 pm ET Jets
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET at Colts

Notes: Difficult road games coming up against conference foes. Not sold on this team.

Browns (5-4) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET at Ravens
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Texans
13 Sun. Dec. 02 4:05 pm ET at Cardinals
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET at Jets
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET Bills
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Bengals
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET 49ers

Notes: Probably the easiest schedule, so the Bills MUST defeat them when they play in mid-December

Broncos (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Mon. Nov. 19 8:30 pm ET Titans
12 Sun. Nov. 25 4:15 pm ET at Bears
13 Sun. Dec. 02 4:05 pm ET at Raiders
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET Chiefs
15 Thu. Dec. 13 8:15 pm ET at Texans
16 Mon. Dec. 24 8:00 pm ET at Chargers
17 Sun. Dec. 30 4:15 pm ET Vikings

Notes: tough schedule, and results of matchups with titans, chiefs and texans will have teams eliminated from the chase

Texans (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Saints
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET at Browns
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET at Titans
14 Sun. Dec. 09 1:00 pm ET Buccaneers
15 Thu. Dec. 13 8:15 pm ET Broncos
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Colts
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET Jaguars

Notes: No.

Chiefs (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET at Colts
12 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 pm ET Raiders
13 Sun. Dec. 02 1:00 pm ET Chargers
14 Sun. Dec. 09 4:15 pm ET at Broncos
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET Titans
16 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 pm ET at Lions
17 Sun. Dec. 30 8:15 pm ET at Jets

Notes: better chance at winning division than wild card. but doubtful

Ravens (4-5) remaining schedule:

11 Sun. Nov. 18 1:00 pm ET Browns
12 Sun. Nov. 25 4:15 pm ET at Chargers
13 Mon. Dec. 03 8:30 pm ET Patriots
14 Sun. Dec. 09 8:15 pm ET Colts
15 Sun. Dec. 16 1:00 pm ET at Dolphins
16 Sun. Dec. 23 4:15 pm ET at Seahawks
17 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 pm ET Steelers

Notes: NO CHANCE IN HELL! But hopefully they beat the Browns

Very well done.

Jags and Browns are obviously the key road games left that will ultimately determine our playoff fate. But we are going to have to play much better than we did in NY and MIA to have a chance of winning these two games.

Jags defense is for real - but they are somewhat of a jekyl and hyde team and seem to play better on the road than they do at home anyway.

Browns - this is one of the better offenses we will face all season. Defensively they are very weak though.

Titans have a great defense - but right now Vince Young is struggling mightily with 1 TD and 8 INT's since coming back from his injury, regardless he still gives that team the best chance to win. They will be a factor down stretch as well....

~The Answer

[Jimbuktu]

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11-5 is the only way to ensure it. We'd need a lot of help at 10-6 or 9-7. That opening conference loss to Denver on the final play is going to kill us, just like 2004 against Jax.

Keep in mind that we'd only have to get up on two of the Browns, Titans, Jags trio. We can concede the 5th seed to one, but we have to beat out the other two.

This is assuming the 4-5 teams continue to sink, of course. I personally think those teams are out of the Wild Card hunt (west teams still have a shot at that division though)

[MikeInRoch]

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if we lose to either the Jags or the Browns it will be almost impossible to make the playoffs. Counting those two games, there are only 7 games left and we'd have to get two games up on them because they'd have the tiebreaker.

Beating those two times probably permits us to lose another along the way.

[TigerJ]

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ie lose to the patriots, win out after that, and then pray we get the help we need.

If Buffalo loses to the Patriots, then wins out the remaining 6 games of the schedule, they don't need much help. The Bills play the Jags. If the Bills beat the Jags and win out, the Jags can't have a better recored and the Bills have the first tiebreaker. The Bills also play the Browns. If Buffalo beats them, and wins out after the Patriots, the Bills end up with a better record as well as the tiebreaker. Tennessee would by winning out be seeded ahead of Buffalo, but there are two wild card spots. The Broncos, Texans, and Chiefs could factor in if they win out, but Buffalo has the first tiebreaker on Baltimore. I'm too lazy to look at the tiebreakers that would go into effect with the Texans and Chiefs. The Broncos have the first tiebreaker on Buffalo. I would guess Buffalo has as much chance as any of them, and maybe a better chance to win out after NE, if Losman plays more like the Cincinnati game and less like the Miami game..