Post by Adam Schefter on Sept 23, 2023 17:20:51 GMT -5
AFC PLAYOFF RACE
RAIDERS 10-2
The Raiders lead the west by a game but have beaten the Chiefs twice already this year so for them to lose the West they'd need to lose 2 and the Chiefs to win out. They are a game infron the Texans for home field advantage but the Texans beat them earlier in the season so if the Texans can win one more game them the Raiders they'd have homefield advantage. The Bills are also one game behind the Raiders, the tie break at present is slightly in the Raiders favour but that would change if the Bills could win that extra game. The Raiders have won 3 straight and have an average run to go
Schedule
@ Cardinals 4-8
@ Broncos 7-5
Rams 7-5
Chargers 5-7
Prediction. Bye week just
TEXANS 9-3
First of all let's say what a great job Juggernaut is doing in his 1st year as the GM. The Texans were moving in the right direction prior to Juggernaut taking over but at present it looks like they will win the division and have their 1st winning season since 2048. They lead the division by 1.5 games and have beaten the Titans once this year, they play again in week 17 and that could be a Title decider. They are a game behind the Raiders for home field advantage but have beaten them so if they did catch up a game on the Raiders they'd have the tie break. They have won 6 on the bounce but do have a tough last 4 games.
Schedule
Eagles
@jaguars
@cowboys
@titans
The Raiders lead the west by a game but have beaten the Chiefs twice already this year so for them to lose the West they'd need to lose 2 and the Chiefs to win out. They are a game infron the Texans for home field advantage but the Texans beat them earlier in the season so if the Texans can win one more game them the Raiders they'd have homefield advantage. The Bills are also one game behind the Raiders, the tie break at present is slightly in the Raiders favour but that would change if the Bills could win that extra game. The Raiders have won 3 straight and have an average run to go
Schedule
@ Cardinals 4-8
@ Broncos 7-5
Rams 7-5
Chargers 5-7
Prediction. Bye week just
TEXANS 9-3
First of all let's say what a great job Juggernaut is doing in his 1st year as the GM. The Texans were moving in the right direction prior to Juggernaut taking over but at present it looks like they will win the division and have their 1st winning season since 2048. They lead the division by 1.5 games and have beaten the Titans once this year, they play again in week 17 and that could be a Title decider. They are a game behind the Raiders for home field advantage but have beaten them so if they did catch up a game on the Raiders they'd have the tie break. They have won 6 on the bounce but do have a tough last 4 games.
Schedule
Eagles
@jaguars
@cowboys
@titans
Prediction: Divisional winners and home game in the wildcard
BILLS 9-3
The Bills have a three game lead in the East and have shared the 2 games with the chasing Jets so the Division looks like theirs for the 1st time since 2047 in less a miracle happens. They have not played the Texans or Raiders this season and trail in the tiebreaker by a game, but if they win out and that looks pretty likely considering their schedule that tie break position would change.
Schedule
Vikings 4-8
Patriots 3-9
@bears 7-5
Dolphins 4-8
Prediction Bye week
STEELERS 8-4
The joint hottest team in the AFC at present, they were 2-4 and now 8-4 and lead the super tough North by a game from the Browns and Bengals. They split their 2 games with the Bengals and have beaten the Browns once. Week 17 see’s them play the Browns again and that could be a divisional and even playoff decider. The schedule is interesting for them as they have 2 games against the hottest teams in the league right now!
Schedule
Buccaneers 10-2
@ravens 5-7
@panthers 3-9
Browns 7-5
Prediction: Divisional winners and home game in the wildcard
CHIEFS 9-3
The Chiefs started 1 and 2 and have won 8 of the last 9 games and are chasing the Raiders very hard for the West. Alas for them they have lost both games to the Raiders so would need to win out and the Raiders to lose twice to gain the West Title. A wildcard looks their best option and they lead the rest in that area by 2 games. The remaining schedule looks about average so I would pretty much guess a wildcard is theirs at the very least!
Schedule.
Seahawks 4-8
@chargers 5-7
@49ers 6-6
Broncos 7-5
Prediction: Lock for the 5th spot.
BROWNS 7-5
The Browns were an amazing 1-5, let’s just say that again a Tzach team was 1-5. They’ve won 6 straight now and look hot although they’ve only beaten 1 team with a winning record. Their schedule looks tough though but with Tzach at the helm anything is possible.
Schedule
@panthers
@bengals
Buccaneers
@steelers
Prediction: Miss the playoffs
TITANS 7-5-1
The Titans have lost the last 2 games, something they are not used to happening and now are very much up against it to make it 4 divisional titles on the bounce as they trail the Texans by a game and ½ and lost the first game Vs the Texans. If they can win out they can take the division but that’s a tough task considering their remaining games.
Schedule
@cowboys 10-2
@colts 1-11
Commanders 6-6
Texans 9-3
Prediction: They just miss the playoffs
BENGALS 7-5
The Bengals have lost 4 on the bounce after 7-1 start but they were against the Steelers, Browns, Buccs and Chiefs 4 very hot teams. Julio has not won 2 of the last 3 bowls without being a top GM and he does have perhaps the easiest schedule left of all the teams I have mentioned and if they beat the Browns I see them winning out.
Schedule
Falcons 5-7
Browns 7-5
@saints 5-7
@ravens 5-7
BILLS 9-3
The Bills have a three game lead in the East and have shared the 2 games with the chasing Jets so the Division looks like theirs for the 1st time since 2047 in less a miracle happens. They have not played the Texans or Raiders this season and trail in the tiebreaker by a game, but if they win out and that looks pretty likely considering their schedule that tie break position would change.
Schedule
Vikings 4-8
Patriots 3-9
@bears 7-5
Dolphins 4-8
Prediction Bye week
STEELERS 8-4
The joint hottest team in the AFC at present, they were 2-4 and now 8-4 and lead the super tough North by a game from the Browns and Bengals. They split their 2 games with the Bengals and have beaten the Browns once. Week 17 see’s them play the Browns again and that could be a divisional and even playoff decider. The schedule is interesting for them as they have 2 games against the hottest teams in the league right now!
Schedule
Buccaneers 10-2
@ravens 5-7
@panthers 3-9
Browns 7-5
Prediction: Divisional winners and home game in the wildcard
CHIEFS 9-3
The Chiefs started 1 and 2 and have won 8 of the last 9 games and are chasing the Raiders very hard for the West. Alas for them they have lost both games to the Raiders so would need to win out and the Raiders to lose twice to gain the West Title. A wildcard looks their best option and they lead the rest in that area by 2 games. The remaining schedule looks about average so I would pretty much guess a wildcard is theirs at the very least!
Schedule.
Seahawks 4-8
@chargers 5-7
@49ers 6-6
Broncos 7-5
Prediction: Lock for the 5th spot.
BROWNS 7-5
The Browns were an amazing 1-5, let’s just say that again a Tzach team was 1-5. They’ve won 6 straight now and look hot although they’ve only beaten 1 team with a winning record. Their schedule looks tough though but with Tzach at the helm anything is possible.
Schedule
@panthers
@bengals
Buccaneers
@steelers
Prediction: Miss the playoffs
TITANS 7-5-1
The Titans have lost the last 2 games, something they are not used to happening and now are very much up against it to make it 4 divisional titles on the bounce as they trail the Texans by a game and ½ and lost the first game Vs the Texans. If they can win out they can take the division but that’s a tough task considering their remaining games.
Schedule
@cowboys 10-2
@colts 1-11
Commanders 6-6
Texans 9-3
Prediction: They just miss the playoffs
BENGALS 7-5
The Bengals have lost 4 on the bounce after 7-1 start but they were against the Steelers, Browns, Buccs and Chiefs 4 very hot teams. Julio has not won 2 of the last 3 bowls without being a top GM and he does have perhaps the easiest schedule left of all the teams I have mentioned and if they beat the Browns I see them winning out.
Schedule
Falcons 5-7
Browns 7-5
@saints 5-7
@ravens 5-7
Prediction: I think 3 wins gets them a wildcard , 4 certainly does.
BRONCOS 7-5
They raced out to 4-0 but have now lost 6 of the last 9 and look the most unlikly team of all the teams mentioned above to make the playoffs. They have not betaen a winning team all season so it looks super tough for them. They have to win out and they have a tough schedule left to get a wildcard.
Schedule
@rams 7-5
Raiders 10-2
Seahawks 4-8
@chiefs 9-2
PREDICTION
RAIDERS
BILLS
TEXANS
STEELERS
CHIEFS
BENGALS