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AFC North has 3 six win teams
AFC South has Texas 2 games up with 6-3 record
AFC West is brutal with 3 four win teams.
Looks like the East and North have 6 teams competing for 4 spots. Interesting how 4 of these 6 teams are defense first teams...Pitt, Cincy, Balt, Jets
Cincy has a brutal upcoming schedule with 4 games vs Pitt/Balt plus a date with the Texans
The Bengals will fade so you can count them out. I think the Bills will drop out as well down the stretch.
if we go 13-3, I am pretty sure we make the playoffs. Patriots control their own destiny.
The Bengals will fade so you can count them out. I think the Bills will drop out as well down the stretch.
Does it? Cincy always does well against the rest of the AFC North; Marvin Lewis is 12-8 lifetime against Baltimore, and the Bengals swept their division two years ago with an inferior team. People keep talking about Cincy's wins over weak teams, but Pittsburgh's wins are against teams with fewer wins than the Bengals! I realize that few people here are likely aware of that face, as those pesky facts always interfere with sports media narratives and are often ignored in favor of pompous windbaggery. I forget, is Tebow/Flacco/Eli the worst QB in football this week or the Second Coming?
In any case: The Bengals are the number one seed in the AFC halfway through the season, with a stellar defense, a balanced offense, and have been relatively injury-free to this point. If I were a betting man, I'd probably look elsewhere for teams likely to fade as the season wears on.
The most-troubled teams in the AFC on the 'would be in the playoffs if they happened today' list are the Chargers, Steelers, and (sadly) the Pats.
Explain how the Jets, Chiefs (if they are in otherwise replace with BUF or whoever), and Bengals have a better shot than the Chargers, Steelers, and Pats?
Since 1990 54 teams have finished the regular season with an 11-5 record.
Of those 54 teams, only one did not qualify for the playoffs.