OK, it's early to worry about a divisional tie, but if we finish behind the Jets, we could have the #2 record in the whole NFL and get the #5 seed in the playoffs. Here's what I've noticed. If we tie the Jets with a great W-L record, here's how it could go:
- First of all, we basically have to beat the Jets next time, so I'll assume here that we will. To end up tied with the Jets, we "get" to lose another game elsewhere.
- Head to head we'd be tied, divisional record probably tied.
- Next up is common opponents. :singing: Here's the good news. Jets lost to Baltimore. If we lose to Indy, it won't hurt us as much as that Jets loss hurts them, since Jets don't play Indy. We DID play the Ravens, so we're now ahead of the Jets. (Jets loss vs. Green Bay = our loss vs. Cleveland.)
- If, on the other hand, our "extra" loss comes vs. Green Bay, we're tied with NYJ on that point and it goes to Conference record, and we'd be tied there.
- If it goes to the next criterion, strength of victory, it should help that we lost to Cleveland. Root for Baltimore to win a few more games....