12-16-2024, 10:48 AM
(12-16-2024, 10:32 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Surprisingly, the Broncos are not the last WC team currently.
The Chargers are now last in the WC, sitting at 8-6.
They have the tiebreaker over the Bengals, but they could also lose out with the Bengals winning out.
Broncos and Chargers play each other this coming week, so one of them is guaranteed a win though and will get in over the Bengals.
So, the logical play (based on the Bengals winning out) seems to be to have the Chargers beat the Broncos. Then the Bengals beat the Broncos. Then it would come down to KC beating the Broncos. Of course, that would mean the Chiefs need to have something to play for, and so we have to hope they get one more loss. If they sit at 2 losses and the Bills at 3 losses, then the Chiefs will be going all out to win over the Broncos (since the Bills have the head-to-head tiebreaker). Someone said they wouldn't want to help the Bengals get into the playoffs -- but I think they fear the Bills more than the Bengals.
Seems it may be a pipe dream, but it is realistic to see the Chargers beating the Broncos, the Bengals beating the Broncos, and a motivated Chiefs beating the Broncos. And it is possible the Steelers would be resting their players for the last game against the Bengals.
