thankyou for all the tiebreaker knowledge you share. I'd rep ya but my browser ****s up when I try.

If Denver wins, we're going to need more teams to lose in the final week of the season than if Cincinnati wins IMO.

Yes, that is true. but if Cincinnati wins, we're going to need the Jets to lose at home against Oakland. The other scenario would take several things to fall into place, but none of them are as unrealistic as Oakland pulling the upset. The worst would be hoping San Fran upsets Denver.. which isn't likely, but Denver's defense has been struggling, Frank Gore could go off, and maybe Cutler would make some mistakes... not likely, but I'd take my chances with that over Oakland winning anything. We'd also need Buffalo to lose to Baltimore, Pittsburgh to beat Cincy, etc, etc... it's not likely to fall into place, but none of those individual losses would be that crazy.

Act of god.

Lots of scenarios but basically the Chiefs have to win next week, two of the three 8-6 teams (NY Jets, Denver Broncos, and Cincinatti Bengals) have to lose out, and Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Buffalo and Miami all have to lose one.

And if we want San Fran to play hard we have to hope they win tomorrow and San Diego beats Seattle so the final week might actually mean something to the Niners.

Then again, if the Jets and Bengals win tomorrow the Chiefs will be eliminated from even the most contorted of paths to the playoffs...

Pray damnit. :grovel:

The best case, and a 5 seed:


16)
Tenn @ Buff <-- Whichever wins has to lose (see below)
Balt @ Pitt
NE @ Jack
Cin @ Den
NYJ @ Mia Monday Night

Week 16 is not unlikely to shake down like this anyway. This gives us the most options total going into week 17.


17)
Buff @ Balt <-- If Buff wins WK16
Pitt @ Cin <-- This and/or Oakland win
Jack @ KC <-- Duh.
Oak @ NYJ <-- This and/or Pitt win
NE @ Ten <-- If Ten wins WK16
SF @ Den <-- Only necessary for 5 seed if all goes well.

If either the Jets or the Bengals win in week 17 we will absolutely NEED for Denver to lose to San Fran.

LOL oh my god people

we are NOT going to make the playoffs ok?

Staying loyal to your team is one thing.

but this is getting silly.

Don't choke away a 14 point lead against Cleveland.

can someone please explain to me why GROB isn't banned from this board?

Why would Miami need to lose? They are only 6-8.

Because he's and Idiot.....he fits right in.

That's laughable

Totally agree -- the Chiefs blew a great opportunity. But it does make the games more interesting to see who needs to win and lose for the Chiefs to get in.