xdeucesx said:
lol I wouldn't even give them the 15% chance. 😛
To win the division Steelers would need to win out Denver @Baltimore @Cleveland
and the Bengals would need to lose to @49ers, @Denver, Ravens.
It's possible with Dalton out but so unlikely. And it's not as if winning out is going to be easy either.
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who has tiebreaker between PIT/CIN? I'm guessing PIT since if not, they would need bungals to lose out.
edit: it's division record, so it's pretty much over. Bengals would have to either lose out or go 1-2 with a loss to BALT, neither of which are likely to happen.
Regardless, these 2 are probably lining up in the wildcard round anyways. If PIT gets a 6 seed, Cincy probably finishes 3 and they play for a third time in Cincy w/no Dalton...seems like an easy road imo. OR, if PIT gets the 5, they draw either the terrible AFC South winner, so possibly a sub.500 team lol. No real challenge until second rd when they would get Den or NE.
edit: it's division record, so it's pretty much over. Bengals would have to either lose out or go 1-2 with a loss to BALT, neither of which are likely to happen.
Regardless, these 2 are probably lining up in the wildcard round anyways. If PIT gets a 6 seed, Cincy probably finishes 3 and they play for a third time in Cincy w/no Dalton...seems like an easy road imo. OR, if PIT gets the 5, they draw either the terrible AFC South winner, so possibly a sub.500 team lol. No real challenge until second rd when they would get Den or NE.
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Actually now I'm confused lol
If Bengals lose to both Denver and Ravens they will be 4-2 in division (Tied with Steelers if they win out) and 8-4 in Conference (Tied with Steelers if they win out).
Head-to-head, (Tie)
common opponents (Tie)?
Strength of Victory (Steelers)
No?
If Bengals lose to both Denver and Ravens they will be 4-2 in division (Tied with Steelers if they win out) and 8-4 in Conference (Tied with Steelers if they win out).
Head-to-head, (Tie)
common opponents (Tie)?
Strength of Victory (Steelers)
No?
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S3mper said:
Right, but if they beat balt, even if they lose to SF + DEN, they still get it bc tie record but 5-1 in division.
Steelers need to win out + bengals need to lose out and/or lose to BALT at 1-2 We had it, we were just confusing each other lol
xdeucesx said:
No, I believe they need to lose to both Baltimore and Denver the 49ers game is almost irrelevant right?
If they beat Denver they have a better Conference record. If they lose to both AFC teams then it goes through all that tie breaker stuff.
It's division record though, conference is next. If the go 1-2, lose to SF and Den, but beat Balt, cincy is 5-1 in division, so they have the division. But, say they beat SF and Den, still in bc they have a 2 game lead., even if they lose to Balt.
We had it right.
Essentially, Pit has to win out and cincy has to lose 2 games, with one of those losses being Baltimore. If they lose to SF + Den, but win Balt, they are same record but 5-1 in the north, so they hold over the 4-2 ateelera
We had it right.
Essentially, Pit has to win out and cincy has to lose 2 games, with one of those losses being Baltimore. If they lose to SF + Den, but win Balt, they are same record but 5-1 in the north, so they hold over the 4-2 ateelera
I wouldn't want to play Pittsburgh in playoffs atm. Honestly, depending on matchup, PIT is second scariest team IMO. I mean, Demver is missing Peyton, Bengals missing dalton and Indy missing luck...nobody is healthy at QB. Steelers don't play much D through the air, but they can drop 40. High variance team that could easily knock somebody off