What are kc's roads in getting to the playoffs?
 

Any scenarios?

Next year

go to the faiders board

Carl retires in 2020, after another couple of contract extentions.
Kuharich takes over for another 5 years after that.
Then we hire outside the organization, but as is the Chiefs way, he's a guy that makes us long for the days of Carl.

Fans finally become dienchanted and stop buying tickets.

The Chiefs move to Mexico City, where they are known as the Jefes, of course, and after 5 more years of struggling, they finally win a Lombardi Trophy, which of course will be renamed the Bellichick Trophy by then.

Chiefs win vs jags

Denver loses 1
Jets or Bengals lose 2
Pit, Buf, Tenn, and Miami lose 1

Most likely scenario:

Danver has to lose to Cinci, because they will not lose to SF.

Jets lose @ Miami and vs Oakland

Pit loses vs Baltimore or @ Cinci
Buf loses vs Tenn or @ Baltimore
Miami loses @ Indy
Tenn loses vs @ Buf or Baltimore

Quoted for the truth. Denver wins they will beat 9ers at home. Cinn wins KC is pretty much eliminated.

gotta be a mistake here because I don't think Baltimore still plays all three teams who you say they need to beat. So, "maybe next year" might be the best answer.

YYP

You guys should start an official offseason thread before trying to figure out that the chefs aren't making playoffs.

Denver needs to win tomorrow. There are two options here.

1.) Root for the Jets to lose out.

2.) Denver has to take out Cincy tomorrow, then Frank Gore has to run over them in Week 17.

We can obtain tiebreakers over Denver and Jacksonville... we aren't beating Cincy or the Jets though. One of those two teams must lose out, and that's not gonna be the Jets.

Cinci lose at home VS pitt? nope. I'm not depending on another pittsburg game.

Maybe next year we'll get into those damn playoffs.

Pitt must lose too, they win out Chefs are cooked.

Denver will be eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday. The Chiefs will be eliminated on Monday :) With this Chiefs win all that has to happen is a Denver loss and Jacksonville win and the Broncos can kiss the post season goodbye.

Pittsburgh beat them there twice last year. And that's true, we need Baltimore to beat them tomorrow.

Denver controls own destiny. A loss sunday puts Denver in same back into playoff mode the Chiefs are in now which is pretty much eliminated.

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.

The road to NOWHERE starts in cleveland.

I wonder just how long its gonna take me to get over that one???

OVER Cleveland game Yet??

HELL I'm not over our loss to the Bills last yr to take us out...
..The worse part about it I was AT that HORRID game with all my Gear on!

Next yr we will lose to the Buccs or maybe the Faiders twice...one things for sure we will be right here next yr around week 13 commenting on the One game that wouldve kept us from having to hope for an Xmas miracle!

The road to the playoffs for the Chiefs starts in Sept of 2008... Until then it is a pipe dream!

Buffalo can beat the Jets. I have less faith in the Jets than I do in Cinci. Regardless if we somehow miraculously get into the playoffs we'd have to most likely go to Baltimore... so yeah.

If we get in and go to Ravens hope we kick their whinney asses .....

What are kc's roads in getting to the playoffs?
 

Giant meteor wipes out the competition.

:)

Well the Steelers are losing. The Jaguars are up but their game really doesn't factor in much in the grand scheme of things provided we win next week.

Can someone confirm what Gumbal said last night regarding the Broncos -- that if Denver and KC share the same record we win the tie-breaker? I thought we lost all tie-breakers and given Gumbal's mistake-riddled broadcasts I don't want to take what he said at even half-value, yet along face-value...

Hell, I still haven't gotten over that loss to Miami.

Not the one this year.

The one on Christmas day in '71.

If Cincy beats them and we beat Jacksonville, we're good over Denver.

Problem with that is, we wouldn't be ahead of Cincy and would then need major help from the Jets' opponents... not going to happen with the Raiders on the schedule.

I'll take your word for it over Gumbal's any day. :)

Damn I wasnt even thought of then......

Your old!

I truely hope the Jets make the playoffs..


It will be funny to see them in and watching the Savior give his final press conference for the year.

Even if by some once-in-a-lifetime miracle the Chiefs got in, does anyone really think they'd win? On the road? Even less of a chance than backing into the playoffs IMO.

Z

I don't think we would win a playoff game, but I want to get the younger players like DJ, Allen, and Tamba the experience of BEING in a playoff game.

If Denver and the Chiefs finish with the same record, Chiefs have the tie breaker with them on Division record...4-2 to 3-3 (since denver lost to SD twice).

Our conference record blows... so we are the last place for those who have a chance, plus we lost vs Pitt/Cinci/Miami and if they finish with the same record, they will be in front...

So as long as

We win

Denver, Miami, Buff, Pit, Tenn, Jags (vs us) lose 1

and Jets or Cinci lose 2

We are in.

Remember those Ruby slippers in Wizard of Oz?........

DT

You just gave me an image of the Chiefs in a visiting locker room, clicking their heels together in unison, in ruby slippers.

What? That Denver wins out they are in they lose one they don't deserve to go? Don't here me making any backing into the playoff hope threads. KC is an average team and denver isn't much better.

What, can't handle the truth or someone prosecuting your homerism?

Solid point.

And then it would take them 9 years to taste it again unless they played for another team......

Baltimore is beating Pittsburgh
New England is beating Jacksonville
Buffalo is beating Tennessee

Jeez, anyone see Tom Brady get a helmet in the back after scrambling for a 1st down?

Yep -- he got crushed...New England just scored another TD...up 24-14...not that Jacksonville factors into the Chiefs post-season equations anyway...

Jax TD... down by 3 with 3:03 left...

When I watch these other teams play, all I can think is we must be about the worst team in the league in special teams blocking/coverage units.

Baltimore up 24-7 over Pittsburgh at 2 minute warning

Baltimore up 31-7 over Pittsburgh now...

Tennessee up 30-29 over Buffalo at the 2 minute warning with Buffalo driving....

NE wins...

JAX loses...

I just wanna know if I'm the only one that is pained by the fact that teams like New Orleans/Buffalo and Tennessee are better than us.....

We need Buffalo to win here...

Tennessee wins...

Can't believe that last play by Buffalo...

Tennessee wins 30-29

strange ending to the game

What happened at the end of the Buffalo-Titans game.....it looked like Buffalo was close enough to kick the winning field goal.

They were...unfortunately the Bills' head coach blocked the kick!

Long FG.....alot of wind, not a good kicker I doubt he could have made it.

Buffalo down 30-29 4th and 5, with :50 left in the game, Jauron decided to go for it instead of trying a 45 yard FG by Lindell. Lindell was 5 for 5 on the day. Losman threw an INT thus ending the game.

strange ending

Jax losing is just good for getting New England primed for their Tennessee matchup (which we now now for them to win) next week. And its good for knocking the wind out of the Jaguars, whom we need to beat next week. I included it because it help us. Not because it was necessary. Things are shaping up quite nicely.

We can now eliminate the Baltimore/Buffalo game in week 17 from our radar. It means nothing (except to maybe provide a roadbump for Baltimore going into the playoffs).

So Denver needs to lose today right?

The way I look at it is, we're wanting Denver to win this week, lose next week...we hold the tiebreaker over Denver (better division record)...

Then, we want Cincy to lose out...

Then, we want the Jets to lose out...

And with Pitt losing, we'd be 9-7, Tennessee would be 9-7 and Denver would be 9-7, giving us a playoff berth.

That's one of like, three ways for us to get in.

Ehh......so confusing.....

If Denver loses then Cincy gets a wild-card and we need the Jets to lose their last two games and the Titans to lose next week combined with a Chiefs win.

If Denver wins then we need the Jets to lose tomorrow night and then three-of-four from the Broncos, Bengals, Titans and Jets to lose next week combined with a Chiefs win.

If the Jets win either of their last two games then they'll claim a spot over the Chiefs for a wild-card (but not necessarily claim a spot). If the Bengals and Jets both win today and tomorrow then the Chiefs will be eliminated regardless of whether or not they beat the Jags next week.

San Francisco has to beat Denver next week, sorry...

So we need to be rooting for San Fran today so they have something to play for next week @ Denver.

Not really.

It's actually pretty simple.

The Chiefs aren't getting into the playoffs.

Can't be any simpler than that.

looking at the schedule, we want the Jets to lose tonight...

We want Denver to win today.

Then we want SF to beat Denver week 17...

Denver needs to lose one -- I think the better chances of them losing that one comes today versus the Bengals.

They host the Steelers next week -- I don't see them losing that game, so whether the Bengals claim a spot this week or next week it doesn't much matter and if it doesn't much matter I'd just as soon see them take the Broncos out today so we don't have to rely on the Niners to take Denver out at Mile High next week.

Going to play the Dolphins in Miami tomorrow night could prove tough but it still leaves us relying on the Raiders to beat the Jets in New York next week. Not bloody likely, but I guess with an adequate defense the Raiders could pull off some kind of miracle.

How do you figure we own the tie-breaker over the Titans?

Game, Set, Match....

Several factors that kept the Chiefs out.

1) losing Green at the beginning of the year

2) total team colaspe at Pittsburg

3) Huard Pissing down his pants at Miami

4) The coaching debacle in cleveland....

5) Green not playing up to past form after return

6) Herm having is yearly brain dump as an NFL coach.. 4th and season agianst B-More....


Those are to name a few reasons why we arent going to the playoffs, feel free to pile on!!!

Chiefs were in three road games they could have won (Broncos, Dolphins, Chargers) and one road game they should have won (Browns). Great teams pull those games out (and have 12-3 records)...average teams do not...