I just looked at the standings.
The only way we can win the division is if NE loses out and we win out, and we know that's about as likely has me simultaneously winning the lottery, getting struck by lightning and getting blown by Gisele while Tom Brady gets his ass kicked by Jon Jones just because he's Tom Brady.
There is one 8-4 team and 6 7-5 teams in the WC hunt (not counting div leaders), counting us. We have head to head tiebreaker over Cleveland and I'm not sure about Pitt or Balt because their conf records are as bad as ours. The 8-4 team (SD) and the other 2 7-5 teams (KC, Miami) have one or more tiebreakers on us.
Houston is 6-6 but has the head to head tiebreaker on us, so they would get in over us if they end up with the same record.
So, we have to get a game ahead of KC and Miami or 2 games ahead of SD, and stay ahead of Balt, Pitt and KC. And this is assuming the div leaders don't change. Cincy or Denver could give us problems if they relinquish the div lead (possibly Indy too but that seems unlikely since they have a 3 game lead with only 4 left).
And we have to do this while playing Denver, GB and NE, and traveling to Oak.
Ouch.
I don't want to take away from what the team has done this season. The O has been inconsistent, but the D has been spectacular and, even if they lose out, they've won more games than they have in a long time. I can't even remember the last time we had a winning record in Dec- 2004 maybe? And despite the long odds, it's the most realistic playoff shot we've had this late in a season since 2004. But those losses to KC and Miami really killed our playoff chances.
The only way we can win the division is if NE loses out and we win out, and we know that's about as likely has me simultaneously winning the lottery, getting struck by lightning and getting blown by Gisele while Tom Brady gets his ass kicked by Jon Jones just because he's Tom Brady.
There is one 8-4 team and 6 7-5 teams in the WC hunt (not counting div leaders), counting us. We have head to head tiebreaker over Cleveland and I'm not sure about Pitt or Balt because their conf records are as bad as ours. The 8-4 team (SD) and the other 2 7-5 teams (KC, Miami) have one or more tiebreakers on us.
Houston is 6-6 but has the head to head tiebreaker on us, so they would get in over us if they end up with the same record.
So, we have to get a game ahead of KC and Miami or 2 games ahead of SD, and stay ahead of Balt, Pitt and KC. And this is assuming the div leaders don't change. Cincy or Denver could give us problems if they relinquish the div lead (possibly Indy too but that seems unlikely since they have a 3 game lead with only 4 left).
And we have to do this while playing Denver, GB and NE, and traveling to Oak.
Ouch.
I don't want to take away from what the team has done this season. The O has been inconsistent, but the D has been spectacular and, even if they lose out, they've won more games than they have in a long time. I can't even remember the last time we had a winning record in Dec- 2004 maybe? And despite the long odds, it's the most realistic playoff shot we've had this late in a season since 2004. But those losses to KC and Miami really killed our playoff chances.
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