This is the way I see it, just MY personal opinion.
To get to the playoffs, it takes at least 10 wins, especially in this conference.
I’m going to off the assumption we go 3-3 in our division. In all probability, that would entail:
- SweepingMiami
- Being swept byNew England
- Splitting with the Jets
(I don’t need comments from Fins fans about how they’ll beat us, or from Bills fans saying we will sweep the Jets, just my relatively logical opinions here)
We play three games outside our division that IMO are the toughest.
Seattle , @ Jacksonville and San Diego (who I think is better than NE this year)
I think that at worse we must win one of these three games, certainly attainable for a playoff team as two of the three are at home. That would put us 1-2 against them, and 4-5 through the first two phases.
We play five non-division teams that most consider the weak part of our schedule:
Oakland
@ Rams
@ Arizona
@ KC
San Francisco .
I think that to get to 10 wins, we MUST win no less than four of these five games. The teams seem weaker on paper now, butBuffalo isn’t a proven road team, and three of these five are on the road. I look at the Rams as a sleeper this year. Getting four out of five here would put us at 8-6 through the first three phases.
That leaves us two wins short of getting to ten, with only two games to go.. For that reason, and I think these are two teams we likely contend for a playoff birth with, I consider these games the most critical of the season.
Cleveland (Mon Nite- Week 11)
@ Denver (Week 16)
We MUST win those two games IMO to get to 10-6 and have a decent chance to make the playoffs. IT would also give us a tiebreaker over them in a two-way tie and I don’t think either one of those teams gets to 11 wins.
Again, Im sure the schedule won’t go exactly this way. I’m saying in general this is the most logical way I see us getting to 10 wins this year.
To get to the playoffs, it takes at least 10 wins, especially in this conference.
I’m going to off the assumption we go 3-3 in our division. In all probability, that would entail:
- Sweeping
- Being swept by
- Splitting with the Jets
(I don’t need comments from Fins fans about how they’ll beat us, or from Bills fans saying we will sweep the Jets, just my relatively logical opinions here)
We play three games outside our division that IMO are the toughest.
I think that at worse we must win one of these three games, certainly attainable for a playoff team as two of the three are at home. That would put us 1-2 against them, and 4-5 through the first two phases.
We play five non-division teams that most consider the weak part of our schedule:
@ Rams
@ Arizona
@ KC
I think that to get to 10 wins, we MUST win no less than four of these five games. The teams seem weaker on paper now, but
That leaves us two wins short of getting to ten, with only two games to go.. For that reason, and I think these are two teams we likely contend for a playoff birth with, I consider these games the most critical of the season.
@ Denver (Week 16)
We MUST win those two games IMO to get to 10-6 and have a decent chance to make the playoffs. IT would also give us a tiebreaker over them in a two-way tie and I don’t think either one of those teams gets to 11 wins.
Again, Im sure the schedule won’t go exactly this way. I’m saying in general this is the most logical way I see us getting to 10 wins this year.
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