10-07-2015, 01:36 AM
(10-07-2015, 12:53 AM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: Definitely not a sure bet, but It's hard to see many of the team's behind them coming up and taking their spot though. Who's gonna do it? The Titans? Raiders? Ravens?
In my opinion, you have the Bengals, Patriots, and Broncos fighting for the top 2 seeds, the Colts getting the 4th by default, and the Jets, Bills, Steelers, and Chargers fighting for the two WC spots. It could always change, but I don't trust any other teams in the conference to make a run at this point.
I'd say the bolded is accurate, but I trust the Chargers over the Steelers at this point. They have a healthy top QB, Gates is back, decent defense, plenty of weapons of offense. I'd bet on them at this point over the Vick led Steelers any day. Roethlisberger and Bell are the only reasons that team is good despite that terrible defense.
After that, it'll be a toss up between the Jets, Bills, Steelers, Raiders and Titans for the last spot. Those teams all have problems though. It'll be interesting to see how things play out. I think things are wide open at the bottom, and I could see any of those teams taking a spot over the Steelers or Bills.
I honestly think it's a strong possibility that the Steelers lose their next 4 games:
@Chargers
vs Cards
@Chiefs
vs Bengals
Does anyone think they should be favored in any of those games with Vick at QB? A 2-6 start (or even 3-5) could kill their chances. They're not unbeatable even with Roethlisberger and the schedule gets no easier when he comes back.
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