Who Is The #1 AFC Seed right now, Steelers or Patriots ?

[FortressX]

I can't tell.
Thanks.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I believe steelers with a fairly impressive 3-0 division record in the to our 1-0. They also have a cupcake schedule the rest of the way. That said, Pats take care of business from here out, we should still finish #2. #1 if we beat Pitt AND Baltimore gives them a game.

 

[Ross12]

The Pats are now in the driver’s seat for the #1 seed - they control their own destiny fully. They’re tied with just Pittsburgh at the top, and Pitt is technically on top due to irrelevant tiebreakers. But the Pats play Pitt this season and thus can beat them and stand alone at the top, assuming they win the rest of their games (not realistic, but that’s on the table currently.)

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Steelers probably have the common opp edge too since they beat kc who beat us. Its most likely gonna come down to who wins our matchup at heinz

 

[Kontradiction]

Steelers due to beating KC and the Pats getting tooled by them in Week 1.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I looked it up...actually goes:
H2H (we do play Pitt this year),
Conf record,
Common Games,
strength of victory
followed by some very obscure stuff.

Since we play H2H that is what matters

 

[Patjew]

Too early to even discuss IMO. No offense.

That being said I can't say I'm not rooting against every AFC contending team out there.

 

[BelichickFan]

Too early to even discuss IMO. No offense.

Especially as we still play Pittsburgh, that will be a 1.5 game swing. So this is a worthless question until, maybe, much later.

 

[Ivan]

Steelers due to beating KC and the Pats getting tooled by them in Week 1.

Yep

That’s how I see it. But I seriously doubt the Steelers have the depth for a marathon. I would like nothing more than Pitt in Foxboro for the AFCCG once again,

 

[Haterproof]

Yes Pitt's schedule is a joke! They have the tendency to lose games like their game against the Colts next Sunday! I wouldn't count on it. I'm still hoping Jacoby can somehow pull a rabbit out of a hat and help Indy pull of the upset! As bad as the AFC North is I can very well still see them dropping one of their remaining games against either Baltimore or Cincy! I personally would love for the Pats to win out and finish 14-2! The only thing we can do at this point is let the cards fall where they may.

 

[fxmallon]

From this present vantage point, it does really seem that we do have to win out to beat Pitt. I know it's early, perhaps way too early, but that Pitt schedule really puts the pressure on the Pats... that is, if we want home field advantage throughout.

Yeah, that game in Pittsburgh really looms large at this juncture.

 

[XLIX]

I can't tell.
Thanks.

Steelers because of a better conference record. However, since they are eventually playing each other H2H, conference record won't matter.

NOTE: If NE beats Pitt then in a 3-way tie with KC, conference record will matter. It just won't matter in a 2-way tie.

 

[XLIX]

From this present vantage point, it does really seem that we do have to win out to beat Pitt. I know it's early, perhaps way too early, but that Pitt schedule really puts the pressure on the Pats... that is, if we want home field advantage throughout.

Yeah, that game in Pittsburgh really looms large at this juncture.

It happens ever year where we think we have to win out because we assume the opponent will win all their easy games and then every year teams lose games they should win. I am not ready to just hand Pittsburgh an 11-2 record for the NE game like others in here are. On any given Sunday.

 

[BelichickFan]

From this present vantage point, it does really seem that we do have to win out to beat Pitt

Nah. If we beat them and they lose one more we could lose two and finish ahead of them. If we lose in Pittsburgh then, yeah, we would likely have to win out and that may still not be enough.

 

[BelichickFan]

It happens ever year where we think we have to win out because we assume the opponent will win all their easy games and then every year teams lose games they should win. I am not ready to just hand Pittsburgh an 11-2 record for the NE game like others in here are. On any given Sunday.

We needed to gain 3 games on KC just 4 games ago

 

[zoostation]

Squeelers 4-1 in conference vs Patriots 3-1 in conference

 

[sb1]

Squeelers 4-1 in conference vs Patriots 3-1 in conference

^this is why.

 

[fnordcircle]

Too early to even discuss IMO. No offense.

That being said I can't say I'm not rooting against every AFC contending team out there.

Meh, it's ok if fans look ahead and it's good to know what scenarios we should be rooting for if only to make non Pats games more interesting even if in the end those games don't matter at all.

 

[SalemPats]

I feel like Ben doesn't like his team. They have character issues

 

[festy1986]

Steelers being the number 1 seed doesn't matter to me, as long as we are atleast number 2.

It's KC I don't wanna visit.