Lets go bengals.

[reesebobby 5,662]

Nt

[AFCWEST 1,238]

Do Chiefs get home with a Pitts loss?

[DefensiveMan 758]

Yup. Bungles thugs comin out hard.

[KC Warpaint 3,234]

17-0....go cincy

 

[AFCWEST 1,238]

The Bungles are back. 17-10

[Adamixoye 604]

36 minutes ago, AFCWEST said:

Do Chiefs get home with a Pitts loss?

Not automatically, but it's a virtual lock.

Basically if the Steelers lose tonight then the worst case scenario for KC is a 3-way tie at 13-3 that includes the Bills.  In that scenario the tiebreaker is Strength of Victory where KC has a big lead.  But not guaranteed at this time.

Not sure the Bengals are going to hold on, though.

[reesebobby 5,662]

Interesting

[kkuenn 3,597]

Pitt loses, we win against Atlanta and can just use chargers game as a back up game. Gives us 2 weeks to rest up our guys and plan for the playoff game.

[jetlord 10,209]

2 minutes ago, kkuenn said:

Pitt loses, we win against Atlanta and can just use chargers game as a back up game. Gives us 2 weeks to rest up our guys and plan for the playoff game.

Don't know how this game will play out, but the way PIT has played the last four weeks, they won't win out against IND and CLE. 

[Thegoatee 1,780]

Pitt is overrated. They hadn’t played anyone all year. They are probably a first game loss playoff team. Hope Bengals can drop them and they fall to a wild card before year ends.

[reesebobby 5,662]

Wow

[AFCWEST 1,238]

I thought conference record is the tie breaker? 

[kkuenn 3,597]

1 minute ago, AFCWEST said:

I thought conference record is the tie breaker? 

Pitt has 2 losses. 3 total. Win against Atlanta and we can give away the last game of the season. 

[AFCWEST 1,238]

Just now, kkuenn said:

Pitt has 2 losses. 3 total. Win against Atlanta and we can give away the last game of the season. 

I think KC has the tie breaker even if they lose both games?

[Biggjliv4 1,292]

Thank you bungles, occasionally you do right.  Let's go bye week! Hope it provides enough time to get CEH and Schwartz back. 

[kkuenn 3,597]

Just now, AFCWEST said:

I think KC has the tie breaker even if they lose both games?

Yes they do. strength of schedule should do it but I would not take a chance.

[azchief21 5,278]

1 minute ago, AFCWEST said:

I think KC has the tie breaker even if they lose both games?

I ran it through the playoff generator and it looks like we do though outcomes of different games could affect strength of schedule I guess

[Biggjliv4 1,292]

We need to take care of business, no need to risk becoming complacent going into the playoffs. Bury Atlanta the first half then put reserves in, but bury them first

[reesebobby 5,662]

That saints win was huge.  We have a lot of flexibility now. 

[Adamixoye 604]

Twitter says we've basically got SOV wrapped up but not officially yet, but this page seems a little more up in the air if I"m reading it correctly.

[jgriff3029 26]

This is an article from a Bills site explaining whatthe Bills would need to have happen for even a chance of getting the 1 seed.

 

 

The Buffalo Bills still have a very narrow window to the top seed in the AFC. Think microscopic.

If the Bills win out to get to 13-3 and the Kansas City Chiefs lose out to get to 13-3, the Chiefs own the head-to-head tiebreaker over Buffalo. So the Bills need another team in the mix.

If the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers all finish at 13-3, the Bills have a chance. No one has a head-to-head sweep. AFC record would be the next tiebreaker, and all three teams would be 10-2 in our hypothetical scenario. It moves to record vs common opponents, but there needs to be four common among all three teams and there aren’t. The next tiebreaker is Strength of Victory.

Here is where it gets bizarre. They would need a combination of the vast majority of these outcomes to go their way for the Bills to pass Kansas City in Strength of Victory. The Chiefs’ victories over Tampa Bay, New Orleans, and Buffalo loom large.

 

• The Bills would need the NFC South to lose all their inter-divisional games except Atlanta vs. Kansas City: New Orleans vs Minnesota, Tampa Bay vs Detroit, Carolina vs Washington
• The Bills would need the Tennessee Titans to win out against the Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans
• The Baltimore Ravens lose both of their remaining games
• The Indianapolis Colts lose one of their remaining games
• The Arizona Cardinals lose both of their remaining two games
• Atlanta Falcons beat the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the final two weeks
• The Miami Dolphins beating the Las Vegas Raiders
• The Houston Texans losing to the Cincinnati Bengals
• The New York Jets beating the Cleveland Browns
• The Los Angeles Chargers beating the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs

There are probably some more ways to do this, but you kind of get the idea here.

[Lamardirts 2,114]

We just need to put Atlanta away and seal the deal.   Not that it really matters but wrapping it up probably means Mahomes aint getting 5,000 or the MVP though he deserves it.   Would love for Mahomes to go out and hang 400 and 6 TDs on ATL, but I'll take the win and they bye.  That bye gives us a chance to get Remmers, CEH, and possibly Schwartz back with Rankins maybe getting up to speed.   

Two years in a row two basement dwelling teams beat contenders (supposedly contenders) to help us seal the bye.

[kkuenn 3,597]

10 minutes ago, Lamardirts said:

We just need to put Atlanta away and seal the deal.   Not that it really matters but wrapping it up probably means Mahomes aint getting 5,000 or the MVP though he deserves it.   Would love for Mahomes to go out and hang 400 and 6 TDs on ATL, but I'll take the win and they bye.  That bye gives us a chance to get Remmers, CEH, and possibly Schwartz back with Rankins maybe getting up to speed.   

Two years in a row two basement dwelling teams beat contenders (supposedly contenders) to help us seal the bye.

Would love for him to get 40 tds and 5k yards. Make sure Kelce gets his record and Hill gets.the most td receptions for a chief in one year. So much personal type records for them to get. Wont get that 16th game to do it either. 

[DefensiveMan 758]

Even a win next week and I'd play Mahomes a series or two vs Bolts. We all saw how Lamar and Baltimore came out slow vs Titans.

[jetlord 10,209]

With the bye week sewn up, would the Chiefs really rest the starters for week 17?  Two weeks off in a row might be a little much.  I'd expect about a half against the Chargers and then mass substitutions.