Playoffs?

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

I don't think the Ravens Browns game really helps or hurts, but I think it may help long term. But according to the predictor I'm looking at, if the Bills lose to the Buccaneers tonight, we are in at the 7th seed.

And if the Bengals lose to the 49ers (entirely possible) we are the 6th seed.

Well I think it may have helped by pushing Cleveland down with a loss, but they won. BUT, a HUGE BUT, Lamar's ankle was injured. They have slid to 4th. Without Lamar, they could easily go on a slide to end the season and we could conceivably pass them in the WC race. Def so if we go 4-0 but even possibly by going 3-1. So, I suppose now we actually want Cincy to win this game with SF?

[TheMugwump]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Well I think it may have helped by pushing Cleveland down with a loss, but they won. BUT, a HUGE BUT, Lamar's ankle was injured. They have slid to 4th. Without Lamar, they could easily go on a slide to end the season and we could conceivably pass them in the WC race. Def so if we go 4-0 but even possibly by going 3-1. So, I suppose now we actually want Cincy to win this game with SF?

No. I think we want Cincy to lose and for that whole division to end up at 9-8 or worse, if mathematically possible. Unless they are playing other AFC teams in the race, we want everyone ahead of us to lose.

[ChaosTheory]

We're almost certainly in the playoffs going into next week. Unless Buffalo does something drastic in the second half, we're at least 7th seed

If SF holds on, we're 6th seed via 3-way tie-breaker over Buffalo and Cleveland (Cleveland beats out Cincinnati with division tie-breaker).

For one week at least.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

We're almost certainly in the playoffs going into next week. Unless Buffalo does something drastic in the second half, we're at least 7th seed

If SF holds on, we're 6th seed via 3-way tie-breaker over Buffalo and Cleveland (Cleveland beats out Cincinnati with division tie-breaker).

For one week at least.

We have the tiebreaker for all of the AFC North teams as of today. It all changes very quickly, though. The NE game looms very large.

[ChoppedWood]

The Bills defense was at one point considered to be something, they are something alright, they are terrible.

[ChoppedWood]

Damnit, now they are fighting back and Cinci just tied the game with 1:00 to go. Crap!

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Damnit, now they are fighting back and Cinci just tied the game with 1:00 to go. Crap!

40 yards to go for a fairly easy FG attempt.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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In my rat's ass of an opinion, the Patriots and the Colts are the 2 best teams in the AFC. The Patriots have the record to show for it, the Colts have the ability but not the record.

Before the season started, I predicted that these 2 teams would meet in the 2021 AFC Championship game ........ but the Colts must win this game in order for that scenario to have a realistic chance of coming to fruition. Falling to 7-7 and losing to yet another good team will unquestionably have the Colts on the outside looking in, needing to win all of their 3 remaining games and hoping like crazy for a lot of help. On the other hand, a win over the Patriots will have them sitting fairly pretty at 8-6 overall with a 2nd signature win of the 2021 season (the 1st was the win over the Bills.)

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Regardless of what just happened with the Bills and the Bengals both losing to NFC teams, our season is going to come down to the game against the Patriots.

All season long, we have been like a cat chasing its tail, just a step behind where we need to be in both individual games as well as in the standings ...... and if we lose to the Patriots, it will be more of the same.

So we can scoreboard watch and root against other AFC-contending teams all we want ...... if we lose to the Patriots, it will be just one more example of us being a small step too slow to be regarded as a bona-fide contender for a conference championship.

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[apballin]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Regardless of what just happened with the Bills and the Bengals both losing to NFC teams, our season is going to come down to the game against the Patriots.

All season long, we have been like a cat chasing its tail, just a step behind where we need to be in both individual games as well as in the standings ...... and if we lose to the Patriots, it will be more of the same.

So we can scoreboard watch and root against other AFC-contending teams all we want ...... if we lose to the Patriots, it will be just one more example of us being a small step too slow to be regarded as a bona-fide contender for a conference championship.

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We’re gonna fuck them dudes up

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by apballin

We’re gonna fuck them dudes up.

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I hope so ...... I wasn't staking a claim that I think that we'll lose, but rather pointing out the reality that losing that game is not an option for a team that has a record of 7-6.

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