Oddity in the standing of the AFCE

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

Jets are in second place in the AFCE
Bills are in third place in the AFCE

Bills control their own destiny for the division title. (they will be the AFCE champs if they win all their remaining games, regardless of the outcome of all other games)

Jets do not control their own destiny for the division title, they could win all there remaining games a still not win the division.

 

[brdmaverick]

That is odd, but it makes sense when you consider that the Bills still have games remaining against the teams they are chasing (the same cannot be said for the Jets).

 

[brdmaverick]

Sorry, I did not mean to try to take away from your point because......

1.) Your statement IS factual.

2.) I agree, it is odd.

 

[Rob0729]

I don't think it is odd since both teams have the same record. It might be odd if the Bills were one or two games behind the Jets in the standings. The Jets are only ahead of the Bills because they have the head to head tiebreaker with still one more head to head games to play.

 

[BradyManny]

Great point.

All the more reason to hope the Bills lose a couple more games down the stretch. I would assume they would drop one of the next four (MIA, NYJ, TEN, SD) at the very least.

To be honest, I could see them unraveling and losing to Miami this weekend.

 

[makoute]

Great point.

All the more reason to hope the Bills lose a couple more games down the stretch. I would assume they would drop one of the next four (MIA, NYJ, TEN, SD) at the very least.

To be honest, I could see them unraveling and losing to Miami this weekend.

Or the Pats can just win out, like they should (if they are a playoff team), and not worry about it.

 

[BradyManny]

Or the Pats can just win out, like they should (if they are a playoff team), and not worry about it.

Well, sure - but would you rather have that week 17 game be a do-or-die game or not? I'll take the less stressful path...

 

[JJDChE]

Or the Pats can just win out, like they should (if they are a playoff team), and not worry about it.

Sure, but we could be 12-3 coming into week 17 and a loss would knock us out of the division.

There's no way the Bills win out, but....even if the Bills don't win out, we still need to maintain a 2 game cushion on them to guarantee that we don't lose the division with a loss in week 17, which is kind of a PITA.

Looking at the Bills schedule and their recent play, it shouldn't be a concern, but you never know.

 

[mrscruff]

It will be difficult for the Bills with a serious injury to Eric Wood.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

It will be difficult for the Bills with a serious injury to Eric Wood.

Tough break for a kid whose game that I like a lot. Hopefully he recovers 100%.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Sure, but we could be 12-3 coming into week 17 and a loss would knock us out of the division.

There's no way the Bills win out, but....even if the Bills don't win out, we still need to maintain a 2 game cushion on them to guarantee that we don't lose the division with a loss in week 17, which is kind of a PITA.

Looking at the Bills schedule and their recent play, it shouldn't be a concern, but you never know.

According to http://playoffstatus.com, it gets even weirder than that:

* Ravens control their destiny for ALL playoff spots.
* Bengals control their destiny for a first-round bye.
* Pats, Bills, and Texans control their destiny for the division title.
* Raiders control their destiny for the #4 seed.
* Steelers only control their destiny for a WC spot.

All of that said, the Patriots have the highest probability of a first-round bye at 52%, followed by the Texans at 45%, and then third is the Ratbirds at 32%.

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

* Ravens control their destiny for ALL playoff spots.
* Bengals control their destiny for a first-round bye.
* Pats, Bills, and Texans control their destiny for the division title.
* Raiders control their destiny for the #4 seed.
* Steelers only control their destiny for a WC spot.

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One more.....

* Colts are the only team to control their own destiny regarding 1st pick overall in the draft.

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

According to Playoff Picture and Status, it gets even weirder than that:

What I really found odd was that the Dolphins were still in the hunt for the number #1 seed and the Colts could make the playoffs. So I played with the limits in theory.

Back in 2008, I figured out that:

A 16-0 team could be the #2 seed.
A 15-1 team could be the #5 seed.
A 14-2 team could miss the playoffs all together
And that a 3-13 team could win the division and be the #4 seed.

Last night also figued out that:

A 6-10 team could be the #1 seed.
A 5-11 team could be the #2 seed.
A 4-12 team could be the #3 seed. (but you could not be a wild card with that record)
The worst record you can have and be a wildcard team is 5-11. Well, actually you could get #6 seed with 4-11-1.