***Wk 10 GameDay Thread...Texans @ Bengals***

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(11-16-2015, 08:39 PM)West Union KennyG Wrote: Here's some information you may not have been aware of concerning this game tonight.

One of the tie breakers for the #1 Seed is common opponents (minimum of 4) and that tie breaker comes before the strength of schedule tie breaker.  Cincinnati and New England do have 4 common opponents this season:
1.  Pittsburgh
2.  Buffalo
3.  Denver
4.  Houston

Since Houston is one of the 4 Common opponents we share with New England, if we're concerned about winning that #1 Seed from New England in the playoffs - this game tonight matters more than just the win/loss column - it's one of the tie breakers - so tonight's game could technically count as a game and a half in playoff seeding.  

But if they have the same number of common opponents, and they win them all, it's a wash and goes to the next tie-breaker.