Will Indianapolis make the playoffs?

[jimnyc]

I was reading the scenarios and saw what it will take for them to make the playoffs next weekend. If the Steelers win and the Jets lose, even I would admit that's kind of backing into the playoffs. But Indy? :laugh:

Would clinch the South and No. 4 seed with a win against the Titans and Texans loss to the Jaguars and Bengals loss to the Ravens and Jets loss at the Bills and Saints loss at the Falcons and Broncos win against the Chargers and Dolphins win against the Patriots and Chiefs loss to the Raiders and Steelers win at the Browns.

In case that's difficult to read. Outside of Indy winning themselves, they would also need for these to happen:

Texans lose to Jaguars
Bengals lose to Ravens
Jets lose to Bills
Saints lose to Falcons
Broncos beat Chargers
Dolphins beat Patriots
Chiefs lose to Raiders
Steelers beat the Browns

Should be easy!! :laugh:

[Gunny]

I was reading the scenarios and saw what it will take for them to make the playoffs next weekend. If the Steelers win and the Jets lose, even I would admit that's kind of backing into the playoffs. But Indy? :laugh:

Would clinch the South and No. 4 seed with a win against the Titans and Texans loss to the Jaguars and Bengals loss to the Ravens and Jets loss at the Bills and Saints loss at the Falcons and Broncos win against the Chargers and Dolphins win against the Patriots and Chiefs loss to the Raiders and Steelers win at the Browns.

In case that's difficult to read. Outside of Indy winning themselves, they would also need for these to happen:

Texans lose to Jaguars
Bengals lose to Ravens
Jets lose to Bills
Saints lose to Falcons
Broncos beat Chargers
Dolphins beat Patriots
Chiefs lose to Raiders
Steelers beat the Browns

Should be easy!! :laugh:

Oh, just that?

I could only pray and hope the 'Fins beat the Patriots.

[LongTermGuy]

NFL playoff picture:

If the season ended now:

AFC first-round byes: (1) Patriots; (2) Broncos

AFC wild card: (6) Jets at (3) Bengals; (5) Chiefs at (4) Texans

NFC first-round byes: (1) Panthers; (2) Cardinals

NFC wild card: (6) Seahawks at (3) Packers; (5) Vikings at (4) Redskins

Only two playoff spots remain as the regular season enters its final week.

The Denver Broncos claimed an AFC postseason berth by beating the Cincinnati Bengals and knocked the Bengals out of the running

for the No. 1 seed. The Broncos still can finish with the top seed but also could drop to No. 6 on Sunday. A win, however, would give

Denver a first-round bye.

Cincinnati's loss also kept the Indianapolis Colts (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/ind/) alive in the AFC South race, though only barely. The Colts still need a win and

Houston Texans loss and a crazy amount of help to overtake the Texans.

The New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/pit/) are fighting for the last spot, though the Jets could climb to the No. 5 seed if they win and Chiefs lose.

In the NFC, we know all six postseason teams after the Minnesota Vikings (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min/) clinched a playoff berth with a win Sunday night. The

North title will be decided by the Vikings' trip to Green Bay in next Sunday night's game.

Both the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots failed to clinch No. 1 seeds but still can with wins next week or losses by the

Cardinals and Broncos, respectively.
(x=clinched playoff berth, y=clinched division, z=clinched first-round bye; all times Eastern)



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z-1. New England Patriots (12-3, East champion; L 20-26 at Jets (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/new-england-patriots-new-york-jets-20151227020); @Mia, 1 CBS)
• Clinched a first-round playoff bye because of a better record (4-1) than the Bengals (2-3) in common games (against the Bills, Broncos, Steelers and Texans) and a better conference record (9-3) than the Broncos (8-4; the head-to-head loss wouldn't matter in a three-way tie) if the teams finish tied.
• Would clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage through the AFC playoffs with a win/tie at the Dolphins or a Broncos loss/tie to the Chargers.
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x-2. Denver Broncos (11-4, West leader; W 20-17 (OT) vs. Bengals (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-denver-broncos-20151228007); SD, 4:25 CBS)
• Clinched a playoff berth with a win against the Bengals.
• Would clinch the West with a win/tie against the Chargers or a Chiefs loss/tie to the Raiders.
• Would clinch a first-round playoff bye with a win or a Bengals loss to the Ravens plus a Chiefs loss/tie.
• Would clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage through the AFC playoffs with a win anda Patriots loss to the Dolphins.
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y-3. Cincinnati Bengals (11-4, North champion; L 17-20 (OT) at Broncos (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-denver-broncos-20151228007); Bal, 1 Fox)
• Clinched the North on Sunday when the Steelers lost at the Ravens.
• Would clinch a first-round playoff bye with a win against the Ravens and Broncos loss to the Chargers.
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4. Houston Texans (8-7, South leader; W 34-6 at Titans (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/houston-texans-tennessee-titans-20151227010); Jax, 1 CBS)
• Have not clinched the South because the Colts still could win a tiebreaker on strength of schedule after the Broncos won Monday.
• Would clinch the South and No. 4 seed with a win/tie against the Jaguars or Colts loss/tie to the Titans or Bengals win against the Ravens or Jets win at the Bills or Saints win at the Falcons orBroncos loss to the Chargers or Dolphins loss to the Patriots, or a Chiefs win against the Raiders plus Steelers loss at the Browns (to clinch a better strength of schedule), or one of the preceding plus a better combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and allowed than the Colts (which is likely because they have scored 6 more and allowed 77 fewer points than the Colts).
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x-5. Kansas City Chiefs (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/kan/) (10-5, top wild card; W 17-13 vs. Browns (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/cleveland-browns-kansas-city-chiefs-20151227012); Oak, 4:25 Fox)
• Clinched a playoff berth with a win against the Browns and Steelers loss at the Ravens because of a head-to-head win in Week 7.
• Lead the Jets for the No. 5 seed because of conference record (9-2 to 7-4).
• Would clinch the West and No. 3 seed with a win against the Raiders and a Broncos loss to the Chargers because of division record (5-1 to 4-2).
• Cannot clinch a first-round playoff bye because of a head-to-head loss to the Bengals in Week 4.
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6. New York Jets (10-5, bottom wild card; W 26-20 vs. Patriots (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/new-england-patriots-new-york-jets-20151227020); @Buf, 1 CBS)
• Would clinch a playoff berth with a win/tie at the Bills or Steelers loss/tie at the Browns.
• Would lose a tie to the Steelers because of a worse record (3-2) in common games (against the Browns, Colts, Patriots and Raiders) than the Steelers (4-1) but win a tie with the Broncos because of conference record (8-4 to 7-5).
• Would be eliminated with a loss at the Bills and Steelers win at the Browns.
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Pittsburgh Steelers (9-6; L 17-20 at Ravens (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers-baltimore-ravens-20151227033); @Cle, 1 CBS)
• Would clinch a playoff berth with a win at the Browns and a Jets loss at the Bills because of a better record (4-1) in common games (against the Browns, Colts, Patriots and Raiders) than the Jets (3-2).
• Would be eliminated with a loss/tie at the Browns or Jets win/tie at the Bills.
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Indianapolis Colts (7-8; W 18-12 at Dolphins (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts-miami-dolphins-20151227015); Ten, 1 CBS)
• Would clinch the South and No. 4 seed with a win against the Titans and Texans loss to the Jaguars and Bengals loss to the Ravens and Jets loss at the Bills and Saints loss at the Falcons and Broncos win against the Chargers and Dolphins win against the Patriotsand Chiefs loss to the Raiders and Steelers win at the Browns.
• Would be eliminated unless it wins the strength of schedule tiebreaker (Broncos/Steelers to Chiefs/Bengals) or improves its conference standing in points scored and allowed.
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z-1. Carolina Panthers (14-1, South champion; L 13-20 at Falcons (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/carolina-panthers-atlanta-falcons-20151227001); TB, 4:25 Fox)
• Would clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs with a win/tie against the Buccaneers or Cardinals loss/tie to the Seahawks.
• Would lose a tie with the Cardinals because of conference record (11-1 to 10-2).
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z-2. Arizona Cardinals (13-2, West champion; W 38-8 vs. Packers (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/green-bay-packers-arizona-cardinals-20151227022); Sea, 4:25 Fox)
• Clinched a first-round playoff bye Sunday with a win against the Packers.
• Would clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs with a win against the Seahawks and a Panthers loss to the Buccaneers because of conference record (11-1 to 10-2).
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x-3. Green Bay Packers (10-5, North leader; L 8-38 at Cardinals (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/green-bay-packers-arizona-cardinals-20151227022); Min, 8:30 NBC)
• Would clinch the North and No. 3 seed with a win/tie against the Vikings.
• Would be the No. 5 seed with a loss to the Vikings because of a worse division record (5-1 to 3-3) and a head-to-head win against the Seahawks in Week 2.
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y-4. Washington Redskins (8-7, East champion; W 38-24 at Eagles (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/washington-redskins-philadelphia-eagles-20151226021); @Dal, 1 Fox)
• Clinched the East and No. 4 seed with a win Saturday at the Eagles because of a better conference record (7-5) than the Giants (6-6) if both finish 8-8.
• Will play host to the top wild card.
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x-5. Minnesota Vikings (10-5, top wild card; W 49-17 vs. Giants (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/new-york-giants-minnesota-vikings-20151227016); @GB, 8:30 NBC)
• Clinched a playoff berth with a win against the Giants.
• Would clinch the North and No. 3 seed with a win at the Packers because of division record (5-1 to 3-3).
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x-6. Seattle Seahawks (9-6, bottom wild card; L 17-23 vs. Rams (https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/st-louis-rams-seattle-seahawks-20151227026); @Ari, 4:25 Fox)
• Clinched a playoff berth because of a better record (4-1) than the Falcons (2-3) in common games (against the Cowboys, 49ers, Panthers and Vikings).
• Would clinch the No. 5 seed and a wild-card game at the Redskins with a win at the Cardinalsand Vikings loss at the Packers because of a head-to-head win against the Vikings in Week 13.
• Would clinch the No. 6 seed and a wild-card game at the Vikings with a Packers loss to the Vikings because of a head-to-head loss to the Packers in Week 2.
• Would clinch the No. 6 seed and a wild-card game at the Packers with a loss/tie and Vikings loss/tie.
AFC eliminated teams: Oakland Raiders (7-8), Buffalo Bills (7-8), Jacksonville Jaguars (5-10), Miami Dolphins (5-10), Baltimore Ravens (5-10), San Diego Chargers (4-11), Cleveland Browns (3-12), Tennessee Titans (3-12)
NFC eliminated teams: Atlanta Falcons (8-7), St. Louis Rams (7-8), Detroit Lions (6-9), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-9), New Orleans Saints (6-9), Chicago Bears (6-9), Philadelphia Eagles (6-9), New York Giants (6-9), San Francisco 49ers (4-11), Dallas Cowboys (4-11).

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture--who-needs-what-to-reach-the-postseason-074412089.html

[Gunny]

Football was so cool before free agency and this parity bullsh*t.

[darin]

I like Indy. Sucks they fell off the map.

I see seattle losing to green bay in round 1.

[Black Diamond]

I like Indy. Sucks they fell off the map.

I see seattle losing to green bay in round 1.

Don't talk like that. I hate that pos.

[hjmick]

Texans lose to Jaguars Not going to happen (he says with fingers crossed)

Bengals lose to Ravens Unlikely, but with Cincy you never know...

Jets lose to Bills Again, unlikely but with the Jets you never know...

Saints lose to Falcons The Saints suck

Broncos beat Chargers San Diego is still playing?

Dolphins beat Patriots Yea, like that'll happen...

Chiefs lose to Raiders This could happen. The Chiefs have clinched a playoff berth, may choose to rest a few of their guys... Are they playing for a bye?

Steelers beat the Browns More than likely, but wouldn't it be sweet to see the Browns put the Steelers down? LOL