Elijah

I'm thinking the AFC seeds, in order, are going to be:

*Houston - clearly the best team in the AFC.
*Denver - not necessarily the second-best team, but with a schedule like that, hard to see them not getting the second seed.
*Pittsburgh - they'll overtake Baltimore and have a better W-L record than us.
*New England - can't be the #1 every year. Not necessarily a bad thing.
*Baltimore - best wild card team by far.
*San Diego - the Colts and Dolphins stories are cute, and all 3 of these teams will probably win 9-10 games, but San Diego's schedule is too easy for them not to grab the last spot.

QB12

Sorry Elijah, but you're not a prophet when it comes to playoff seedings.

Ice_Ice_Brady

Here's how I see it breaking down (I put the Colts in there for fun because of the potential Luck/Manning matchup, although they have as good a shot as any team right now for the last WC):

1. Texans, 12-4 (throwing the last game)
2. Patriots, 11-5
3. Broncos, 11-5
4. Steelers, 10-6
5. Ravens, 10-6
6. Colts, 9-7

Wildcard Round:
Broncos over Colts
Steelers over Ravens

Divisional Round:
Patriots over Broncos
Steelers over Texans

AFC Championship:
Patriots over Steelers

Super Bowl:
Patriots over Bears


I'm not a homer, right?

PATRIOTSFANINPA

The Raiders are a hard team to gauge this year,one minute they beat Pittsburgh,the next they lose to TB.

If only they had just a tiny bit of consistency they could win 9 games,the AFC could possibly have a WC team get in at 8-8....if that occurs then Oakland has a shot at the 6th seed.

Elijah

I never claimed to be. Is my opinion invalid? If so, why?

Haterproof

I think Houston gets a Chicago beatdown on Sunday night. If NE runs the table & win their remaining games,the SB goes through NE. I can definitely see us getting one of the top 2 seeds (No less than the 3rd seed).

aluminum seats

It's too early for the conversation, really, but you'd be crazy to bet against the Pats getting a bye. They lose at most once more, with other teams bound to have the missteps that other teams invariably have.

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everlong

I think beating Pitt had more to do with the Steelers imploding and TB's defense is just so beat up and then they almost fumbled it away. In the end Carson Palmer isn't going to lead them anywhere. I don't see them getting to 8 wins. Baltimore and Pitt will have one take the division and the other one of the WC spots. Indy has games against Jacksonville, Buffalo, Detroit, Tenn and KC. If they can just win 4 of those 5 that's 9 wins. They also have Houston week 17 at home in their pocket which is most likely a meaningless game for them.

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PatsFan2

Guys lets how our Secondary plays in the next few to make bold predictions. I am not looking past Miami. They are a tough gritty Team who is up and coming.

PatsFanSince74

Personally, I'm not looking past Buffalo on Sunday. I already tried the whole "looking past" thing two weeks before the Ravens game and that didn't work out too well, as I recall.

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