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Originally Posted by donkhater

Clearly, I would love for KC to run the table. But this board doesn't have to go into meltdown mode should KC lose their next two games---as long as they win their last two home games.

For KC to make the playoffs under that scenario:

1) Denver would have to win out, including at SD. The schedule does us a favor, for once, more in a minute.

2) Pitt would have to lose one of their remaining games, it doesn't matter which one.

3) SD would have to lose at KC and vs. Denver in the finale. It wouldn't even matter if they beat Indy or not.

KC would get in due to their better division record over SD and a better conference record than PIT.

Here would be the situation going into the final week:

1) Pitt would be 9-6 (presuming they lost to CHI or MIN) needing both KC (9-6) AND SD (10-5) to lose.

2) KC would be 9-6 needing to beat CIN and DEN to win at SD.

IMPROBABLE? NO Here's why:

Denver at SD is on New Year's eve. Denver owns the tie breaker over CIN (better conf. record) for the #2 seed in the playoffs. Both liekly will be 12-3 going into the final week. They would need to beat SD to get a bye.

Should Denver win that game on that Saturday, CIN would be locked into the #3 playoff position regardless if they won or lost. Sinc ethe game is totally meaningless, and considering that they would play the following week in the playoffs, it is highly likely that most of CIN starters wouldn't play, giving KC a huge edge.

Of course that would set up the playoffs such that KC would travel to CIN on Wildcard weekend to try and beat the team that just laid down for rest.

i already gave thiis theory in my thread...... i agree that the saturday game for Denver is huge