Early Playoff Picture
Kind of a slow Tuesday, thought we could get a little talk going about how the early playoff field is shaping up.
The Rams are the class of the NFC so far, but they've got a tough stretch coming up in their next 4. Packers, Saints, Seahawks, Chiefs. I think the Saints are right there with them and the Vikes are coming on strong. Panthers are just a nasty team to play and they'll be there in the end. The NFCE is a weird mess, but I kind of like the Cowboys to end up winning it. So in the NFC I think it ends up being Rams Saints Vikes Cowboys And the Panthers and (surprise) Seattle in the WC AFC has the Chiefs, Pats and Chargers all bunched up then a bunch of MEH. I still like the Steelers offense but they're just goofy, the Bengals are meh, and the Browns have HUE who's awful. The Ravens have a legit D but they seem to sputter on offense some. The West is the Chiefs and Chargers and I'm probably higher on the Chargers than most here. I think they'll hang right there with KC til the end and one will end up with a WC. The South sucks ass and the Pats have the east on lock down. So I'll go Pats Chiefs (homer) Texans Ravens Chargers and Steelers as the WC Ravens |
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How are the playoff schedules determined? That is, is there a way to know if a team will have a Saturday game vs a Sunday game?
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Only formula is for Conference Championship Games This year, the AFC Championship will be the night game, while the NFC Championship will be decided in the afternoon That being said, it’s a safe bet that the AFC South home wildcard game will be a Saturday afternoon game |
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I only ask that because if the NFC goes through LA, and the AFC has two non west coast teams, I bet LA would host the late game. |
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In 2013 and 2015, both Manning-Brady AFCCG were in the afternoon, while Wilson vs Kaep and Palmer vs Newton were night games It’s all a rotation and has nothing to do with popularity |
The Chiefs will get the 1 seed
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It’ll be Chiefs, Pats, Steelers, Texans, Chargers, and Ravens
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Early prediction:
1. Chiefs 2. Pats 3. Steelers 4. Texans 5. Chargers 6. Ravens WC games would be really good. |
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At this point, it looks like there are 3 really good teams in the AFC in the Chiefs Pats and Chargers.
Steelers might get there, same with Baltimore. Gonna suck if you get the 1 seed and have to play the Chargers in the Divisional round. |
I'm not ready to call the Chargers a playoff team. I think that they are going to drop a few unexpected games as well as losing to KC again. They just always seem to come up short and I see no reason to expect otherwise this year. They could easily lose this week to the Seahawks. I wouldn't be surprised to see them split with the Donks. And the Ravens and Steelers won't exactly be easy. They should sweep the Faders and beat the Cardinals. They do that and lose the rest, their 9-7. That could be a playoff berth. Beating the Seahawks this weekend would make them 10-6. That should do it. But, if that's all they win, they will just go one and done in the playoffs without a single win against a playoff team.
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