2022 AFC Week 11 Political and Kayfabe Rankings

Blogger's Note:  There's work to do in the NFC yet.  San Francisco, with the HTH over Seattle, takes over first in the NFC West with a win over Arizona tomorrow night in Mexico City.  Also, if they win, Seattle gets the #7.  If they lose, Washington gets it and all four NFC East teams are in the playoffs as of the end of Week 11.  So the NFC tomorrow night!

I want another look at that last drive for Kansas City.

Possible OPI on the first play, a complete Intentional Grounding in the pocket no-call to save Mahomes, and then (if there was a hold) where was the hold on the 3rd play?

And, as such, Kansas City will win the AFC West again.

Kayfabe:

AFC East:  Miami 7-3, Week 3 win to tiebreak over Buffalo at 7-3.  Patriots and Jets 6-4.

AFC North:  Baltimore 7-3, Cincinnati 6-4

AFC South:  Tennessee 7-3, next team is 4-6-1

AFC West:   Kansas City 8-2, LA Chargers 5-5

Tiebreakers:

2-3-4 at 7-3 (Miami, Baltimore, and Tennessee):

No sweep or swept.  Conference:  MIA 5-2, BAL 4-2, TEN 5-2  Baltimore is the 4.

Strength of Victory between MIA and TEN:  MIA .465 vs. TEN .358

MIA 2, TEN 3, BAL 4

6-7-out at 6-4 (Patriots, Jets, Bengals)

Patriots-Jets tiebreak first:  Patriots sweep the Jets.

Patriots-Bengals:  Will play Dec. 24.  Conference record:  NE 5-2 CIN 3-3  NE is the 6

Jets-Bengals:  Bengals win Week 3.  CIN in, NYJ OUT.

1. Kansas City (AFC West, 8-2)
2. Miami (AFC East, 7-3, wins HTH tiebreaker over Buffalo to lead division, conference record over Baltimore to eliminate them, Strength of Victory over Tennessee for the #2)
3. Tennessee (AFC South, 7-3, wins conference record tiebreaker over Baltimore, but loses Strength of Victory to Miami)
4. Baltimore (AFC North, 7-3, loses conference record tiebreaker to Miami and Tennessee simultaneously.)
5. Buffalo (7-3, loses HTH tiebreaker with Miami for division)
6. New England (6-4, wins HTH tiebreaker over the Jets (a sweep tiebreaker of the three 6-4s would eliminate the Jets anyway, but, for wild card berths, all division tiebreaks are handled first), wins conference record over Cincinnati)
7. Cincinnati (6-4, loses conference record tiebreaker with New England, wins HTH tiebreaker over the Jets)

Political Rankings:

1) Buffalo

But by far less over Kansas City than it probably should be.  Minnesota got summarily exposed this week, so badly that the network threw in the towel on coverage midway through the 3rd quarter.

2) Kansas City

And Kansas City got a LOT of help in that last drive.  The only question was whether it was one play or up to three.  I want another look!

3) Miami

More because they were off this week.  I still think the AFC goes through Tua Tagovailoa.

4) Baltimore

They are going to have to step up, or they are going to get left behind.

DUD OF THE WEEK:

Nominee:

A single here:  George Pickens of the Steelers.

Tossed for a flagrant headbutt on a grounded Cincinnati player after that player recovered the onside kick to clinch the game.  Forget simply the fine.  I would not be shocked if we get word tomorrow morning that he's sitting the next at least one game.

Winners:

THE NEW YORK J-E-T-S SUCK SUCK SUCK:

Three points against New England, with as much on the line as there seems to be?  Seriouslike?  You now lose all tiebreakers with the Patriots and Cincinnati, and those are the other two 6-4 teams right now.

And with the Giants falling real flat today, that whole luster of a New York team in the Super Bowl is looking less and less attractive by the hour!