Thread: Chiefs AFC Playoff Picture: What does Steelers loss mean for Chiefs?
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Old 12-10-2020, 02:30 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Brody Wa View Post
Steelers wins the tiebreaker because we had a division loss to the Raiders. Either way, I don’t know how much home field advantage matters without NFL fans at the game.
Not true.

Division record only matters to break division tiebreakers, not conference tiebreakers.

First tiebreaker is conference schedule. Both teams would have one AFC loss, which means it goes to 2nd tiebreaker.

Second tiebreaker is common opponents, minimum of 4. We have 4 common opponents and we beat all 4. If Pittsburgh loses to Buffalo, we win the 2nd tiebreaker.

As for the bye, it's not about HFA. That extra game introduces additional risk in terms of things going wrong, fatigue, injuries. As DaFace said the other day, strictly from a statistical standpoint, having the bye increases our chances of getting the Super Bowl by a whopping 43%. It's significant.
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