Let’s take a VERY early look at the playoff race.
It looks from here that Miami, Oakland and Indianapolis will be division winners! Some team will win the AFC North at 9-7, probably Baltimore.
Denver looks like they are in good position for one of the wild cards, but with 2 loses already that’s not guaranteed.
So although it’s VERY early and MUCH can change over the next 11 weeks, as of right now, 6 teams look like the favorites for the 2 wild card spots.
1. New England – in the midst of a 3 game slide with a home game against Denver next. Following that is a 3 game road trip with stops in Buffalo, Chicago and Oakland. But they are the defending Champs, so we can’t count them out.
2. Jacksonville – Far and away the easiest schedule of all 6 teams. They play Houston twice, Dallas, Cincinnati and the Giants. Of course, I don’t think this team is spectacular but they will be in the thick of things at the end.
3. KC – All O and no D. This team look familiar. But they have Denver Twice, Oakland Twice, San Francisco, St. Louis and Buffalo. That’s doesn’t look too good.
4. Den – Had a huge meltdown last year. Not a terrible schedule. They should be right in it.
5. SD – They go to Oakland this week and then they get the Jets after that they have, at St Louis, SF, at Miami, Denver, Oakland, at Buffalo and at KC and finish against Seattle. It helps that they have 5 wins under their belt, but it will be tough to win 5 more games in this bunch.
6. Buffalo. First the bad news. Because we lost to Denver, we don’t have that Tiebreaker. The Good news? We have 4 games left with these 5 teams. The two NE games, the SD game and the KC game will be our biggest games of the season. All 4 will have major playoff tiebreaker implications. If we can somehow win those 4 games, beat Detroit, Cincinnati and the Jets, we should be able to make the playoffs.
But like I said, it’s very early and all of this will change every week.
P.S. I’m not counting out winning the Division. We have a good chance against the Miami M.A.S.H unit this week. That would put us one game out. And if Miami decides to have another December swoon, we could take the division.
It looks from here that Miami, Oakland and Indianapolis will be division winners! Some team will win the AFC North at 9-7, probably Baltimore.
Denver looks like they are in good position for one of the wild cards, but with 2 loses already that’s not guaranteed.
So although it’s VERY early and MUCH can change over the next 11 weeks, as of right now, 6 teams look like the favorites for the 2 wild card spots.
1. New England – in the midst of a 3 game slide with a home game against Denver next. Following that is a 3 game road trip with stops in Buffalo, Chicago and Oakland. But they are the defending Champs, so we can’t count them out.
2. Jacksonville – Far and away the easiest schedule of all 6 teams. They play Houston twice, Dallas, Cincinnati and the Giants. Of course, I don’t think this team is spectacular but they will be in the thick of things at the end.
3. KC – All O and no D. This team look familiar. But they have Denver Twice, Oakland Twice, San Francisco, St. Louis and Buffalo. That’s doesn’t look too good.
4. Den – Had a huge meltdown last year. Not a terrible schedule. They should be right in it.
5. SD – They go to Oakland this week and then they get the Jets after that they have, at St Louis, SF, at Miami, Denver, Oakland, at Buffalo and at KC and finish against Seattle. It helps that they have 5 wins under their belt, but it will be tough to win 5 more games in this bunch.
6. Buffalo. First the bad news. Because we lost to Denver, we don’t have that Tiebreaker. The Good news? We have 4 games left with these 5 teams. The two NE games, the SD game and the KC game will be our biggest games of the season. All 4 will have major playoff tiebreaker implications. If we can somehow win those 4 games, beat Detroit, Cincinnati and the Jets, we should be able to make the playoffs.
But like I said, it’s very early and all of this will change every week.
P.S. I’m not counting out winning the Division. We have a good chance against the Miami M.A.S.H unit this week. That would put us one game out. And if Miami decides to have another December swoon, we could take the division.
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