AFC:
- Kansas City 14-1 (Clinched AFC West, AFC #1 seed, AFC First Round Bye)
- Buffalo 12-3 (Clinched AFC East -- AFC #2 seed is with a win or a Pittsburgh loss, since they beat Pittsburgh to break the 2-3 tie)
- Pittsburgh 12-3 (Clinched AFC North -- needs a win and a Buffalo loss to get #2)
- Tennessee 10-5 (Divisional record over Indianapolis, has clinched absolutely nothing, though -- a loss and wins by the other 10-5s eliminates them from both division and wild card, in otherwise. NONE of the 10-5s have clinched anything, division or wild card.)
- Miami 10-5 (Conference record over the other 10-5s. Needs to win or have Indianapolis, Baltimore, or Cleveland lose to get in the playoffs)
- Baltimore 10-5 (Head to heads with both Cleveland and Indianapolis, needs a win or a loss by Indy or Cleveland to get in)
- Cleveland 10-5 (Head to head with Indianapolis, needs a win or an Indianapolis loss to get in)
OUTSIDE IN: Indianapolis 10-5 (Needs a win and one of the other four 10-5s to lose. If it's Tennessee, they win the AFC South. If it's any of others, it's a wild card. But they can be eliminated at 11-5 if all of the 10-5s win.)
ELIMINATED: Jets, Patriots, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Raiders, Chargers, Broncos
WILD CARD: CLE@BUF, BAL@PIT, MIA@TEN
WEEK 17:
- MIA@BUF Relevant for both (#2 seed for Buffalo, Wild Card for Miami)
- BAL@CIN Relevant for Baltimore (wild card)
- PIT@CLE Relevant for both (#2 seed for Pittsburgh, Wild Card for Cleveland)
- NYJ@NE Not relevant
- LV@DEN Not relevant
- JAX@IND Relevant for Indianapolis (AFC South/Wild Card)
- LAC@KC Not relevant
- TEN@HOU Relevant for Tennessee (AFC South/Wild Card)
So only five relevant games on the AFC slate, and only two relevant to both teams.
NFC:
- Green Bay 12-3 (Clinched NFC North Gets the #1 and the bye if they win or Seattle loses)
- New Orleans 11-4 (Clinched NFC South, conference tiebreaker over Seattle. Must win, have Green Bay lose, AND Seattle must also WIN to get the #1 seed. They need a three-way tiebreaker they win with the conference tiebreaker over the other two. If Seattle does not win, then Green Bay wins on the HTH.)
- Seattle 11-4 (Clinched NFC West. #1 seed if they win and Green Bay loses, due to conference record.)
- Washington 6-9 (Wins NFC East with a win -- their game has been flexed to Sunday night)
- Tampa Bay 10-5 (Clinched a wild-card spot)
- LA Rams 9-6 (A loss to Arizona and a Chicago win eliminates them in a three-part tiebreaker. You break divisional ties first, so Arizona on divisional record (season series split) goes over the Rams. But then Chicago wins that tiebreaker with Arizona on common games, and then Arizona eliminates the Rams on the divisional record again. So the Rams need a win or a loss by either of the 8-7s to get in.)
- Chicago 8-7 (by the above-mentioned common games tiebreak with Arizona Win and in.)
OUTSIDE IN: Arizona 8-7 (Needs to win and have either the Rams or Chicago lose. Divisional tiebreaker if the Rams lose, straight-up if Chicago does.)
Dallas 6-9 (Win and Washington loses, and they win the NFC Least)
NY Giants (Win to eliminate Dallas, then Washington loses to win the division on divisional tiebreaker -- with only two wins outside the division.)
The Giants can win the NFC East 6-10. Washington cannot. They lose, and the Dallas -Giants winner earlier wins the division.
WILD CARD: CHI@NO, LAR@SEA, TB@WSH
WEEK 17:
- MIN@DET Nothing
- DAL@NYG Win or go home, then find out Sunday night if you're going on.
- GB@CHI Seeding for GB
- ATL@TB Seeding for TB (They lose and the Rams win, the Rams get the #5 by HTH.)
- ARI@LAR Win and in, lose and out unless Chicago loses for the Rams
- NO@CAR Seeding for NO, dependent on the other two HFA 4 Eastern games
- SEA@SF Seeding for SEA, dependent on Green Bay's 4 Eastern game
- WSH@PHI Win or go home for Washington
Seven relevant games, but only two for both teams.
Meaning, yes, there are 12 relevant games on Sunday, but only FOUR are relevant to both teams.
Really gotta like Arizona here. I'm going to making a big boy wager on their moneyline.
ReplyDeleteThe Goff injury just killed the Rams chances. They were wishy washy anyways, and they hype can easily be built back up there next year if need be. Much perception that LA is not a 'complete' team with an average Goff at the helm and clinging to one rookie RB who has since gotten the dreaded high ankle sprain. None of the other LAR RBs are anywhere near as dazzling. Outside of the D , there's not much left to cling to here and I don't think its going to be enough to get them over the hump here (especially since the dodgers and the lakers have won already, enough titles for that part of the country for right now)
One thing of note tho, the Goff injury was immediately downplayed on Monday; with analysts saying "He should return in wildcard weekend". What a crock of BS that is. Goff is most likely not coming back that quickly. And if he does, it will be a trainwreck situation. So again, why string along a team like that?
They've got the Bears humming and convinced the masses that they are once again a decent team. So I'd imagine they go that route and then take the Cards with them.
Never forget, what was the highlight play of the year? What sticks out the most if you could define 2020 in one football play?
Hail-Murray.
Once single catch (probably aided by the use of magnetic gloves) is going to be enough to propel this Zona team into the playoffs. Every great team needs at least three players to sell with Buddha Baker recently slipping in as the 3rd most marketable. Have you noticed how much they rave about this guy every single game? eyond Buddha, even Kliff Kinngsberry is marketable enough too.