5th Seed vs. 2nd Seed...the paths to the Super Bowl.

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Path 1: We get the 2nd seed, we would have a bye and then a home game vs. Steelers (barring a Matt Moore miracle). Should we win that, we go to the AFC championship game in New England or possibly play Oakland at home if Tom Brady were to fall into an abyss or something.

Path 2: We get the 5th seed, basically the same as last year, we would play the back-up QB lead (Tom Savage) Texans in Houston, followed by another trip to New England (again, barring a Matt Moore miracle in Pittsburgh). A win there and we would either play @ Pitt or @ Oakland in the AFC championship game.

As noted, if Matt Moore and the Dolphins pull a 24kt horseshoe out of their asses and somehow knock off Pitt, we would definitely want the 2nd seed because we would play the winner of Houston v. Oakland at home. Even in this scenario, the 5th seed isn't too bad because we would play Oakland in Oakland after beating Houston.

So those are the scenarios. Obviously the Dolphins winning would be best, but I think we can all agree that is not a likely outcome. All of this being said, as I swallow back the puke in my mouth....go Broncos.