Here are the Week 8 the playoff seedings. Tiebreakers only done for the top 10 teams in each conference. The bottom six for each conference is not in any order, other than record, then conference record. Doing detailed tie-breakers at this point in the season would be silly.
I have added how many games back the bottom 10 teams are from the last wild card slot.
AFC 1. Pittsburgh Steelers 6-1 (Beat NE head-to-head) AFC North Leader 2. New England Patriots 6-1 AFC East Leader 3. Jacksonville Jaguars 5-3 (Beat Den head-to-head) AFC South Leader 4. Denver Broncos 5-3 AFC West Leader 5. New York Jets 6-1 Wildcard (lost to NE head-to-head) 6. San Diego Chargers 5-3 Wildcard (Lost to Denver head-to-head)
7. Houston Texans 4-3 (4-1 in AFC) (0.5 GB) 8. Baltimore Ravens 4-3 (3-2 in AFC) (0.5 GB) 9. Indianapolis Colts 4-3 (3-3 in AFC) (0.5 GB)
10. Cleveland Browns 3-4 (2-1 in AFC) (1.5 GB) 11. Kansas City Chiefs 2-4 (2-3 in AFC) (1.5 GB)
12. Tennessee Titans 3-5 (2 GB)
13. Cincinnati Bengals 2-5 (2-5 in AFC) (2.5 GB) 14. Buffalo Bills 2-5 (1-5 in AFC) (2.5 GB)
Wildcard Weekend #6 Chargers @ #3 Jags #5 Jets @ #4 Broncos Divisional games #3 Jags or Winner of Jets-Broncos @ #2 Patriots Winner of Jets-Broncos or #6 Chargers @ #1 Steelers
NFC 1. Philadelphia Eagles 7-0 NFC East Leader 2. Atlanta Falcons 6-2 NFC South Leader 3. Minnesota Vikings 5-2 NFC North Leader 4. St. Louis Rams 4-3 (Beat Seattle head-to-head) NFC West Leader 5. New York Giants 5-2 Wildcard 6. Seattle Seahawks 4-3 (4-2 in NFC) Wildcard
7. Detroit Lions 4-3 (3-3 in NFC) (0.5 GB due to tie-breaker with Seattle) 8. Green Bay Packers 4-4 (0.5 GB)
9. Dallas Cowboys 3-4 (2-3 in NFC) (1 GB) 10. New Orleans Saints 3-4 (2-4 in NFC) (1 GB)
11. Washington Redskins 2-5 (2-3 in NFC, Beat TB & Chi head-to-head) (2 GB) 12t. Arizona Cardinals 2-5 (2-3 in NFC) (2 GB) 12t. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-5 (2-3 in NFC) (2 GB) 14. Chicago Bears 2-5, 2-5 in NFC (2 GB)
15. San Francisco 49ers 1-6, 1-5 in NFC (3 GB) 16. Carolina Panthers 1-6, 0-4 in NFC (3 GB)
Wildcard Weekend #6 Seahawks @ #3 Vikings #5 Giants @ #4 Rams Divisional games #3 Vikings or Winner of Giants-Rams @ #2 Falcons Winner of Giants-Rams or #6 Seahawks @ #1 Eagles
(edited by Zeruel on 2.11.04 0127)
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What's happened to the AFC? Is there anyone on the planet who would have predicted that, at week 8, San Diego would be in the playoffs while Indy, Baltimore, Tennessee, and Kansas City would all be outside looking in?
Tim
People who say they don't "play politics" merely play politics badly. -- David Drake
Good week for the Steelers, but next week is the real test. I figured they would beat New England due to injuries, but if they beat Philly it will be huge espically in this state. Of course, they have a really tough schedule ahead, so I wouldn't put them in the Super Bowl yet.
As for Indy, they have to win games in places like KC or they won't even make it to the playoffs. I am curious to see if New England rebounds or dies a painful death for the rest of the season. Baltimore isn't that great, good Defense, terrible offense espically with Jamal out for how long now. Don't discount KC, they are going to make a run for it.
Philly controls their own destiny now and if they beat Pittsburg, I'd pencil them in the NFC Championship game. Of course, that wasn't the goal this season, it was to win it all and I don't know if they can do it. Plus, the NFC looks terrible this year. Major props toBrett and Green Bay securing a Kerry win, thanks guys.
I thought Jamal got busted again for the cell phone, drug deal or was that the same thing? I have been hearing two different reports about the incident. Can someone explain it to me. Because, I heard he got nailed again, last week.
Originally posted by WhitebaconNo, but injuries at wide receiver, and the defensive line have also contributed greatly to their demise.
And as I said in the other post, the Panthers should be 2-5 right now. Hopefully yesterday's footage should allow Coaches to throw the red flag at Pass Interference calls next season.
Originally posted by Guru ZimThe chargers have had a fast start before. I'm not even going to think about the playoffs until I see win #8.
Believe me, I'm not saying that they are a playoff team, yet. I'm merely commenting on the confusing state of the AFC at this point in the season and San Diego, who, according to most preseason commentaries, was supposed to be the worst team in the league, happens to serve as a useful barometer of the confusion.
Tim
People who say they don't "play politics" merely play politics badly. -- David Drake
Originally posted by A FanI thought Jamal got busted again for the cell phone, drug deal or was that the same thing? I have been hearing two different reports about the incident. Can someone explain it to me. Because, I heard he got nailed again, last week.
He didn't get busted again. You might be thinking of the news item from last week (link: http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3850541/detail.html). One of the other defendants in the case claims that Lewis was going to get a cut of the profits stemming from the sale of cocaine...if it's true and/or can be proven, it'd be disastrous for Lewis, as it would nullify the plea agreement and he'd get the book thrown at him.
I think someone in crutches could run through the Dolphins defense on Monday night. 2 different Jets running backs getting over 100 yards easily on the same night.
I think the Chargers are for real, don't know if they are a playoff team but Drew finally looks really comfortable back there and LT is really making a case for being the leagues top back, and he's still so young.
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Originally posted by ZeruelJ. Lewis' two-game suspension ended yesterday, but J. Ogden is still out. That's a huge loss to the O-line (again).
And they STILL should've won. That's the damndest thing about it. Boller had a good-game...
I don't know if he had a good game. I mean it was_good_, but it was more of a solid, competent good than a "he's gonna win us a game" good. It was mostly short dumpoffs, adn he still looked like he was playing hot potato in the pocket when the pressure was on. I guess I can't expect much more than what he did. On the good side, a game like that almost beat the best team in the NFC, and if he can be solid and avoid mistakes, the Ravens are definately gonna win the ballgame.