Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
People were scared of average Titans teams the past few years, and now that they actually have a defense (and handed the Chiefs their worst loss in a long time), they're a joke?
When healthy, they were solid.
What do you mean? Their defense is the worst it’s been in several years. Certainly their defense from the AFC Championship a few years ago is better than what they have now (or did have earlier in the season)
Just because we shit the bed against them doesn’t mean they have a great defense. They don’t [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
I’ll buy you a box of doughnuts if Baltimore gets the 1 seed.
Not happening. It’s gonna be the patriots or the chiefs.
Patriots have a doable path, for sure. The Chiefs have to run the table. If we do, the Patriots can lose the lead on us if they lose one game, just one game. But they don't have many potential losses on their calendar -- the duo with Buffalo is about it for them. So if we lose once, which I expect we'll do, we almost certainly lose out.
Baltimore has to lose twice, of course, if we run the table. Baltimore has a hell of a schedule ahead of them and very well may lose twice.
I just think the hardest equation here is us running the table -- we have a doable schedule but expecting perfection down the stretch is hard for anyone, much less our mistake prone squad this year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
I just don’t see a blowout. Matter of fact I think the Pats win this game. Buffalo has no running game, or RB to scare anyone. Bill will clamp down the pass D with lots of pressure on Allen, and dare them to run (which they can’t). Plus how many big games have we seen Allen choke under high pressure? I think it’s a close game the Pats win.
I concur. Plus the Pats will be in the Bills' head. [Reply]
Playing around with the NYT simulator a bit, it looks like we would have a pretty good shot at it (~75% chance) if we win out. That's taking into account all of the other likely scenarios for other teams. A single loss drops that down to ~20%, though.
So yeah, we can definitely do it, but it's almost certainly going to require running the table. [Reply]
Would love the 1 seed but after the tumultuous start of the season, still just feel like win the division get into the playoffs and we have as good a shot as any. Would be happy with 2 seed as well. Got a chance to still play at arrowhead throughout the playoffs if the 1 seed gets knocked out.
Baltimore is losing to GB and probably the rams. I can even see them splitting with the Browns.
Pats have a pretty good chance but Bill has lost to the dolphins in the past so don't count them as a shoe in for it. They probably split with Buffalo and could lose to the colts.
Gonna come down to the last game this year I think. Seems like the NFL backlogged division games more this year
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Are people really afraid of the Patriots and a rookie QB? You guys realize they have beat only 2 winning teams all year right?
And one of them was last Sunday against a nuetered injury rittled team
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Are people really afraid of the Patriots and a rookie QB? You guys realize they have beat only 2 winning teams all year right?
And one of them was last Sunday against a nuetered injury rittled team
Not to mention that they're playing complimentary football - rush heavy to help keep things simple for him.
Things will ramp up in the playoffs. He'll have to play even better than he is right now. We saw what happens even to the best rookies when that happens. [Reply]
The Chiefs have a better chance of winning out than the Patriots. They could easily be 0-3 in their next three games with two against the Bills and the Colts sandwiched between them with 1-2 seeming pretty likely to me. [Reply]