NFC
1. Seattle Seahawks, 5-0
2. Chicago Bears, 5-1
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4-2
4. Dallas Cowboys, 2-3
5. Green Bay Packers, 4-1
6. Los Angeles Rams, 4-2
7. New Orleans Saints, 3-2
Outside looking in: Arizona Cardinals (3-2), Carolina Panthers (3-3), San Francisco 49ers (3-3)
AFC
1. Pittsburgh Steelers, 5-0
2. Tennessee Titans, 5-0
3. Kansas City Chiefs, 4-1
4. Buffalo Bills, 4-1
5. Baltimore Ravens, 5-1
6. Cleveland Browns, 4-2
7. Indianapolis Colts, 4-2
Outside looking in: Las Vegas Raiders (3-2), Miami Dolphins (3-3)
You're reading that right folks; Miami is one game behind the #6/7 seed and 1.5 games behind the Bills for the division. The Chiefs have the Bills tonight as well, meaning we might end this week only a half-game back.
It's way too early to start talking playoffs though...or is it?
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I was wondering when someone was going to bring this up again. It is way way way too early to even think about playoffs but I will admit, the thought briefly crossed my mind last night. Maybe for about half a second but still. :wink2:
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You have very winnable games against the Rams, Cards, Bengals, Chargers and another Jets game.
That gets them to 8 wins.
Then games against Raiders, Patriots and Broncos games that will be competitive toss-ups.
Then the other Bills game and a Chiefs game that they'll be huge dogs.
It's quite possible to see them win 10 games, but they have to win all the games they should win and a few they shouldn't. The second half against the Jets was pretty underwhelming offensive-wise. You could say that they took their foot off the pedal, but Fitzpatrick isn't going to be $$$ all season.
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I take part of that back. The Seattle Loss is partially on the offence refusing to score touchdowns and settling for Field Goals.
You felt the Ghost of Tony Sporano haunting that game.
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There's 10 games left and a ton of football to play still, but I'll keep this thread updated as long as it's relevant.resnor likes this. -
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It's never too early for fans to discuss the playoffs. The team yes, fans...no.
Like I said before the season my expectation is to hover around .500 most of the year, so a small push in either direction could make or break the season in terms of playoffs.
Goal one is always to get back to .500 when you are under, so goal one has been accomplished. Now we want to get on the right side of it where it takes a loss to pull you back rather than a win to get even.
If we go to 4-3 I will start to look at the playoffs as a realistic but unlikely goal for this team. If we go back to 3-4 my sights as a fan will be in us getting back to even again.Dol-Fan Dupree and KeyFin like this. -
I can literally see us getting on the
Arizona after that in Arizona worries me. We historically don't do well going out to the left coast and Cardinals aren't playing "bad" football. Tonight's game against the Cowboys will be one of interest to me.
After that comes the Chargers in Miami. Hopefully we're going to give Herbert a PROPER welcome to the NFL! :wink2:AGuyNamedAlex and KeyFin like this. -
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8 Sun, Nov 1 vs Los Angeles 1:00 PM
9 Sun, Nov 8 @ Arizona 4:25 PM
10 Sun, Nov 15 vs Los Angeles 4:05 PM
11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Denver 4:05 PM
12 Sun, Nov 29 @ New York 1:00 PM
13 Sun, Dec 6 vs Cincinnati 1:00 PM
14 Sun, Dec 13 vs Kansas City 1:00 PM
15 Sun, Dec 20 vs New England 1:00 PM
16 Sun, Dec 27 @ Las Vegas (TBD)
17 Sun, Jan 3 @ Buffalo 1:00 PM
I like our chances against both LA teams, the Bengals, the Jets, & Denver. Arizona is also winnable and so is the 2nd Pats game...hopefully we split there. Honestly, I think we have a legit chance of winning the next 6! KC, Buffalo and Vegas should be losses but luckily they're at the very end, so maybe by that time we're treating them like playoff games and on a different level.
With the Dolphins team from the past 3 weeks, I can see us winning 9 or 10 going into that final game. And if that happens, maybe we're playing Buffalo in week 17 for the division. Again, it's way too early but it could be a pretty exciting finale to the season.
One other thing to consider though is "Tua Time"....we'll likely be a different team when he actually takes over. Maybe that equals a few extra wins or losses, it's impossible to predict from a rookie.Last edited: Oct 20, 2020 -