I’m going to get a lot of heat for this one. But that’s OK! I’m only doing this so we know our options. I fully understand that this team is playing like crap and that the playoffs are most likely a pipe dream. That being said, we’re 1 game out with 7 games to go. Despite our poor play, we’re still in the hunt thanks to the poor play of the other contenders. So what will it take?
There are many way for us to get in, including winning out, but we all know that ain’t going to happen. So let me give you what I think will be the easiest way.
Can we win our last 4 home games? As I’m sure we all know, this is a completely different team at home. We’ve fared very well in our home games over the past 2 years. Going 4-0 at home will not be easy! We should be able to beat Houston and the Jets. Miami has trouble in Buffalo in December so this could also be a win. The big question mark is next week against the Colts. This will not be an easy game. At the same time I don’t think it’s impossible to think we could win those 4 games.
If we could then just pull out the season finale against NE we could be 9-7 with a 4-2 Division record.
For this to happen we would need Miami to finish 4-3 with losses against NE any other team and Us (the play Baltimore, @ Dallas and Philly). This would put them at 9-7 with a 3-3 division record. And we would finish above them.
We would also need Denver to lose at least 3 games (they host KC and finish the year in Indy and GB) if they lose those 3 games and everything above happens, we would also finish above them.
We would also need Cincy to not finish the year any better then 4-3!
I’ll be back next week with more (even if we lose)!
There are many way for us to get in, including winning out, but we all know that ain’t going to happen. So let me give you what I think will be the easiest way.
Can we win our last 4 home games? As I’m sure we all know, this is a completely different team at home. We’ve fared very well in our home games over the past 2 years. Going 4-0 at home will not be easy! We should be able to beat Houston and the Jets. Miami has trouble in Buffalo in December so this could also be a win. The big question mark is next week against the Colts. This will not be an easy game. At the same time I don’t think it’s impossible to think we could win those 4 games.
If we could then just pull out the season finale against NE we could be 9-7 with a 4-2 Division record.
For this to happen we would need Miami to finish 4-3 with losses against NE any other team and Us (the play Baltimore, @ Dallas and Philly). This would put them at 9-7 with a 3-3 division record. And we would finish above them.
We would also need Denver to lose at least 3 games (they host KC and finish the year in Indy and GB) if they lose those 3 games and everything above happens, we would also finish above them.
We would also need Cincy to not finish the year any better then 4-3!
I’ll be back next week with more (even if we lose)!
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