NFL: Looking at the AFC Playoff Picture
Posted on | December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
The bottom of the AFC playoff picture is every bit as crazy as the NFC. But at the top we know just about everything there is to know.
First of all, the Indianapolis Colts have clinched a #1 seed. So they know they’ll be home throughout the playoffs. It will be interesting to see if they shut some of their players down now. I don’t think they will. I think they’ll go for a perfect season.
It looks like the #2 seed will go to the San Diego Chargers. They are 10-3 and have won 8 straight games. They should be able to clinch their division and grab the #2 seed. Then the Cincinnati Bengals are looking really good to win the AFC North. The New England Patriots are a game up in the AFC East with just 3 games left to play.
Now, certainly the Pats haven’t clinched the division yet and they have the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets chasing them hard. Both teams are just a game behind. But I don’t see the Pats losing the division.
So, we have the Colts as the #1 seed, the Chargers as the #2 seed, the Bengals as the #3, and the Pats as the #4.
The Denver Broncos look like they’ll take the first Wild Card slot. But they better not slip-up. They’re 8-5 and a game behind a whole mess of teams. And it’s that mess of teams that will battle it out to take the final playoff spot in the AFC.
The teams who are 7-6 are the Miami Dolphins, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the New York Jets, and the Baltimore Ravens. It’s too tough to choose which one of these teams will be able to put it together and take that final spot. The Ravens and Jaguars are tough to figure. Miami is steady and the Jets are the craziest team to figure out.
I’ll discount the Jets right off the bat. I just don’t think the Raven’s defense is good enough. So, it will come down to either the Dolphins or the Jaguars.
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