The one seed is gone, lets get that out of our minds. I could easily see the Ravens winning out but something tells me one of Dobson/Thompkins is ready next week and Bill has the team ready to play. Coupled with the change from 8:20 to 4:15 (huge atmosphere difference), it could be a classic Pats statement win (or a complete disaster, but that's another story).
Meanwhile, there is no way Miami wins at Buffalo next week. Southern teams going up to Buffalo at this time of the year is always a disaster for the visitors and I could see an ugly win for the Bills (think 26-12 or something like that).
While we could definitely miss the playoffs (have you watched the defense the last three weeks?), its highly unlikely and I think we luck into a two seed or worst case, a three seed with a rematch with Miami/Baltimore.
The most intriguing matchup I see is Baltimore-Cincy in Week 17. We have seen two instances of this in recent past, with the Bengals-Jets in 2010 and Packers-Vikings in 2012. In both instances, one team desperately needed the win to make the playoffs and the other did not as they were already division champs. Both situations IIRC had the teams playing two straight weeks which could be the same case for the Bengals and Ravens (3 vs 6 seed then, tough decision for Marv Lewis).
