Steelers vs Bengals

[6andcounting]

(12-17-2015, 07:00 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: I explained this in another thread, but I'll educate you here as well, since 6andcounting and SCS don't seem to be getting through to you. 

If all three teams win out, the Chiefs will have the 5th seed locked down because they already lead the most applicable tiebreaker - in-conference record.  

It is also true that the Jets currently have the advantage on the 6th seed tiebreaker.  They have it because they currently have a better in-conference record than the Steelers, by a half game.  

However, the Steelers have one conference game in hand over the Jets because the Jets have one NFC game left on their schedule (the Steleers are done with the NFC).  What this means is that if both teams win out, their respective conference records will be identical, which means we move to the NEXT tiebreaker. 

The next tiebreaker is record vs. common opponents.  Despite what 6andcounting wrote earlier, it doesn't come into play unless conference records are identical, which they will be if they all win out.  And if they all win out, Pittsburgh wins that one. 

Therefore, if all three teams win out, it will be the Chiefs and the Steelers getting in.  The Steelers control their own destiny.  

Yellow is right, though - it's not guaranteed.  But even if the Steelers lose to the Broncos, it's pretty likely that the Jets will also lose to the Patriots, keeping both teams even.  The fact is that only SEEMS like the Steelers have more hurdles to climb than the actually do.  It's actually more likely than not that they get in.  

THIS Steeler fan's logic: Reality = Reality.  

Steelers and jets will both win out and these guys will still shit themselves over the conspiracy that the NFL just chose the Steelers into the playoffs over the jets because the Goodell is a Steeler fan or something.