I think rooting against the Steelers and Ravens is a very interesting debate this week. It is almost like a basketball game where you are down 2 with the last shot. Do you want to risk it with a 3 pointer to win or go in just to tie it up. If you are a risk taker, then you take the 3 or root for Steelers and Ravens to lose because you want to win both the better draft pick and also the highest seed in the playoffs. I am confident with the Patriots that will happen. Some are less conservative here and just want to make SURE that they get the best seeding. It is definitely tough. I think you have to look at the Pats, Ravens and Steelers schedules and guess what you think the records will be based on the remaining opponents.
I love the draft and think its huge to get the higher draft picks.
What I like seeing ahead is that the Steelers play the Ravens again so that is automatically 1 loss for one of them.
For the Steelers, they play Raiders, Bills, Ravens, Bengals, Jets, Carolina, and the Browns. I think they could win every game with the Ravens and Jets being tough games. I do however HOPE for seedings that the Steelers BEAT the Jets so based on looking at the schedule the right response would be for even a risktaker is to have Oakland lose. It is tough to say, but that is what it shows.
For the Ravens, they play Carolina, Bucs, Steelers, Denver, Saints, Browns and Bengals. For this one I think Ravens could lose to Steelers, Saints and maybe Browns. For some reason i am not too confident with the Ravens so my pick would be Ravens win this game.
Decision: Go Pats, Raiders and Ravens!!!!