If we'd beat Miami/Jets, would we have gotten in?

[Oaf]

Did all the scenarios happen?

[The Jokeman]

If we beat both yes.

[k-oneputt]

If we beat both yes.

Really ? Damn I didn't realize that.

[ICRockets]

I don't believe so, no. Denver would have had the tiebreaker against us, as far as I can tell.

[Joe Fo Sho]

If we beat both yes.

I don't think this is true. I thought we needed Oakland to beat Denver and Houston to beat Tennessee in week 17.

[ICRockets]

I don't think this is true. I thought we needed Oakland to beat Denver and Houston to beat Tennessee in week 17.

Correct on the former, but I think their loss to Jacksonville in Week 16 gave us the common opponent tiebreaker over the Titans.

[Joe Fo Sho]

Correct on the former, but I think their loss to Jacksonville in Week 16 gave us the common opponent tiebreaker over the Titans.

Yeah, you could be right about that. I wasn't sure, but I'm pretty positive that we would not have got in even if we beat the Miami and NJ.

[Mace]

I don't think this is true. I thought we needed Oakland to beat Denver and Houston to beat Tennessee in week 17.

Absolutely correct, we needed both.


Week 17 help

Buffalo still would have needed help in Week 17 but it wouldn’t have been crazy:


Buffalo Bills over New York Jets
New England Patriots over Miami Dolphins
Houston Texans over Tennessee Titans
Cincinnati Bengals over Baltimore Ravens
Oakland Raiders over Denver Broncos

All five games would have needed to go Buffalo’s way. Now, they are all worthless. Until next year, Bills fans.

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2016/12/26/14074398/buffalo-bills-playoff-chances-would-have-survived-another-week