Pats back door playoffs tracker

[Patsfan1958]

To Hell with the "Back Door" to the playoffs. The Patriots are kicking in the front door by beating Buffalo Sunday.

 

[Ross12]

Sorry Ross, I saw a tweet with the info and got too excited and just posted. Didn’t mean to steal your thunder.

You didn’t, I was referring to Triumph’s post. You’re good. Your post got merged into his.

 

[Ross12]

Do you actually believe that I'm taking credit for your post?

I simply wanted to track all the games that NE needs to have go their way in real time. In 1 location instead of searching through posts to find the magic formula and for everyone to see because Mac Jones is not rolling into Buffalo and beating the Bills.

My idea was helpful to at least 1 person. Nikolai who is in the military and I assume still out of the country.

Just thought it was funny that it was a direct copy/paste of my post.

 

[venecol]

Just thought it was funny that it was a direct copy/paste of my post.

You should've patented it. Lol

 

[Wax Frog]

So would need:
Jags over Titans
Jets over Dolphins
Browns over Steelers

The Jags are the only one I'm actually confident about. The Jets may be playing even worse than Miami right now and the Browns aren't trustworthy at all, lost to the Saints last week.

As I've posted before, IMO the only Patriots teams that belong in the playoffs are the ones that earn their way in, so I'm almost indifferent to backing-in scenarios now*. I guess it's also because I've been spoiled

*Full disclosure - I remember, decades ago, eagerly poring over the standings, trying to figure out who to root against for playoff positioning. Makes me a bit nostalgic

 

[BTTA]

Everyone (outside of NE) will be laughing at them for backing in with a sub .500 record

Nobody cares.

 

[venecol]

As I've posted before, IMO the only Patriots teams that belong in the playoffs are the ones that earn their way in, so I'm almost indifferent to backing-in scenarios now*. I guess it's also because I've been spoiled

*Full disclosure - I remember, decades ago, eagerly poring over the standings, trying to figure out who to root against for playoff positioning. Makes me a bit nostalgic

For 20+ years the #1 goal was always to win the division. Those days are gone (so far). I'm ok with backing into the playoffs. To me more disappointing is the trend since 2019 of ending the months of Dec-Jan with a losing record incl. playoffs which is so un-Belichick like:

2019: 2-4 (12-5)
2020: 2-3 (7-9)
2021: 2-4 (10-8)
2022: 2-3 (8-8)

These results are consistent regardless of the QB/OC involved. This may be an indication of Belichick not being able to get the most out of his teams in his latter years.

 

[crawhammer]

Nobody cares.

Pats fans care. Of course they do. What true fanbase doesn't defend their team from criticism?

You want the team to be legit, correct? An 8-9 playoff team that only beats backups and Zach Wilson is not legit.

 

[aluminum seats]

we will have a repeat of 2008 (I think) when the Jets and Favre kept the Pats out of the playoffs when they lost to Miami BOOK IT

Won’t happen now since you used book it, well played

 

[Stu Pidassle]

Pats fans care. Of course they do. What true fanbase doesn't defend their team from criticism?

You want the team to be legit, correct? An 8-9 playoff team that only beats backups and Zach Wilson is not legit.

The Jete will be laughing all the way to the golf course.

 

[Patsfan1958]

Jets don't golf, they Corn Hole.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

honestly id rather play KC on the road vs the Bills

 

[Triumph]

Just thought it was funny that it was a direct copy/paste of my post.

I bolded the games that were done and added a YES.
The rest of the games ending, I added scores and time remaining.

It was not to impress anybody here and it was not if someone asked about playoff scenarios and I responded directly to them with your data. Quite frankly, Im glad if someone uses information that I've shared on the forum. Go ahead and copy, paste, improve to your hearts content. That's what this place is for.

 

[Triumph]

Pats fans care. Of course they do. What true fanbase doesn't defend their team from criticism?

You want the team to be legit, correct? An 8-9 playoff team that only beats backups and Zach Wilson is not legit.

Its like wearing a toupee.

Eventually a gust of wind cones along and blows it off leaving the guy exposed. You can hide for so long.

 

[sarge]

*Full disclosure - I remember, decades ago, eagerly poring over the standings, trying to figure out who to root against for playoff positioning. Makes me a bit nostalgic

LOL, yes, I remember having the newspaper out on the dining room table doing all kinds of calculus trying to figure which team needed to lose to which, by how much etc...

Ah the good old days

 

[upstater1]

I seriously thought the Patriots had a 50/50 chance to make it in prior to last night's Steelers game. Can't believe Baltimore blew the 13-3 lead.

Now I'm thinking there's a snowball's chance in hell.

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[Ross12]

I seriously thought the Patriots had a 50/50 chance to make it in prior to last night's Steelers game. Can't believe Baltimore blew the 13-3 lead.

Now I'm thinking there's a snowball's chance in hell.

I think there's a pretty high likelihood the Jaguars beat the Titans, and I also believe the Miami/Jets game is a toss-up because Miami seems to just be in full meltdown mode and Mike White is at least average and wants to prove he should be the QB next year. But... I have a hard time envisioning the Steelers losing to the Browns with their postseason hopes on the line.

 

[Wax Frog]

Won’t happen now since you used book it, well played

So I'm not the only one to notice that eerie phenomenon!

 

[aluminum seats]

So I'm not the only one to notice that eerie phenomenon!

Oh it’s like 99%

If someone says “book it” you can pretty much guarantee that that thing will not, in fact, be booked.