Our focus should be on the Cardinals @ Dolphins on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. If the Cardinals win, the Dolphins are virtually eliminated from winning the AFC East. The Patriots hold all the tie-breakers, barring a complete 0-4 collapse.
I hate when a team like the 7-5 Dolphins is playing for its playoff life against a team that is virtually out of the playoffs like the Cardinals. I expect a good effort from the Dolphins at home. But bottom line, the Cardinals defense, if they bother to show up, is built to beat the Dolphins. The Cardinals have a great pass defense and Tannehill just threw 3 interceptions to hand the Ravens a blowout last week.
If the Patriots win Monday Night against the Ravens, and the Dolphins lose, they not only clinch the division, but they virtually clinch the #2 seed and the bye due to tiebreakers with everybody else, and the fact that the scrum in the AFC West will hang losses on two of those teams by virtue of head to head matchups. The Raiders coughed up the conference tiebreaker as of this weekend by losing to the Chiefs.
The Broncos appear to be the most screwed team in the AFC playoff hunt - @Titans, Patriots, @Chiefs, Raiders. Good luck with that. I hope they lose out.