Early I know but the Playoff Machine is back. - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

fnordcircle · 11-20-2012, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tatepatsfan

I realize this is the outcome the playoff machine provides, but I believe it's wrong. The Ravens are presently 8-2 and we're 7-3. They own the tiebreaker over us. If we win out and the Ravens only lose one of their last six, we'd both be 13-3 and they would have the advantage. They have to lose a minimum of two games for us to pass them.

If Baltimore loses to Denver and Denver, NE and Baltimore all end up 13-3 we'd get the #2 seed because the Head to Head tie-breaker would be nullified since everyone of those 3 teams has a Head to Head tie-breaker against one of the other two.

***Patjew*** · 11-20-2012, 01:55 PM

Wow, that's very cool. Even though it's very early it's nice to know that the Pats control their own bye destiny.

***Patjew*** · 11-20-2012, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BrainTrust66

You see, this is why I like the "three-way"

Is that a bye-sexual joke?

tatepatsfan · 11-20-2012, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sciz

That's where Broncos beating the Ravens comes into play. It forces a three way tie with each team having the head to head tiebreaker over the other.

Next tiebreaker is divisional record. In this scenario, each team would be 6-0 in the division.

The third tiebreaker is record against common opponents. The only common opponent between all three is the Texans, who have beaten the Broncos and Ravens, but in this scenario would have lost to the Pats, so the Pats win the third tiebreaker.

Awesome - thanks for the explanation