Playoff Predictions After Week 14

[Yo Tee]

AFC:
1. Kansas City Chiefs (LW: 1) (15-1)
2. Buffalo Bills (LW: 3) (13-3)
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (LW: 2) (13-3)
4. Tennessee Titans (LW: 4) (11-5)
5. Cleveland Browns (LW: 5) (12-4)
6. Baltimore Ravens (LW: 7) (11-5)
7. Indianapolis Colts (LW: 6) (11-5)

Next In Line:
8. Miami Dolphins (10-6)
9. Las Vegas Raiders (9-7)

Wild Card:
Cleveland Browns vs. Tennessee Titans
Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Indianapolis Colts vs. Buffalo Bills

Divisional:
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Buffalo Bills
Cleveland Browns vs. Kansas City Chiefs

AFC Championship:
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs

NFC:
1. Green Bay Packers (LW: 1) (13-3)
2. New Orleans Saints (LW: 2) (12-4)
3. Los Angeles Rams (LW: 3) (12-4)
4. Washington Football Team (LW: 4) (8-8)
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (LW: 5) 11-5)
6. Seattle Seahawks (LW: 6) (11-5)
7. Minnesota Vikings (LW: NR) (8-8)

OUT: Arizona Cardinals

In Waiting:
8. Arizona Cardinals (8-8)
9. Chicago Bears (7-9)

Wild Card:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Washington Football Team
Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints

Divisional:
Los Angeles Rams vs. New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers

NFC Championship:
Los Angeles Rams vs. Green Bay Packers

Super Bowl LV:
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Los Angeles Rams

 

[Fountain City Blues]

1. Chiefs
2. Bills
3. Steelers
4. Titans
5. Browns
6. Ravens
7. Colts

1. Packers
2. Saints
3. Rams
4. Football Team
5. Buccaneers
6. Seahawks
7. Vikings

AFC Wild Card

Bills v Colts
Steelers v Ravens
Browns v Titans

NFC Wild Card

Saints v Vikings
Rams v Seahawks
Football Team v Buccaneers

AFC Divisional Round

Chiefs v Ravens
Bills v Browns

NFC Divisional Round

Packers v Buccaneers
Saints v Rams

AFC Championship Game:

Chiefs v Bills

NFC Championship Game:

Rams v Buccaneers

SUPER BOWL:

Chiefs v Rams

 

[Clayton]

AFC is interesting with 2 teams pretty much built around a deadly passing game, 3 teams that can run the ball with the best of them, one team relying on its defense, and one team thats just kinda alright at everything. When the teams seem this even it'll likely come down to doing what you're bad at. When the Chiefs played the Bills earlier in the season, they ran the ball the whole game.

Playoff wins in the AFC: Big Ben - 13, Rivers - 5, Mahomes - 4, Tannehill - 2, Jackson - 0, Allen - 0, Mayfield - 0

I'm not saying Big Ben is the favorite here but its hard to pick the Bills, Ravens or the Browns to make it all the way to the Super Bowl even though they look good on paper.

 

[Yo Tee]

AFC is interesting with 2 teams pretty much built around a deadly passing game, 3 teams that can run the ball with the best of them, one team relying on its defense, and one team thats just kinda alright at everything. When the teams seem this even it'll likely come down to doing what you're bad at. When the Chiefs played the Bills earlier in the season, they ran the ball the whole game.

Playoff wins in the AFC: Big Ben - 13, Rivers - 5, Mahomes - 4, Tannehill - 2, Jackson - 0, Allen - 0, Mayfield - 0

I'm not saying Big Ben is the favorite here but its hard to pick the Bills, Ravens or the Browns to make it all the way to the Super Bowl even though they look good on paper.

Agreed. I think the SB team in the AFC comes down to KC, Pitt or Buf and it all depends on how the lower seeded teams do. If Pitt can avoid a 2nd round matchup with Buffalo, I think we can make it to the AFCCG. But it's really hard to pick them right now seeing how the offense is anorexic now to scoring points, just like last year. Chiefs are head above everyone else in the AFC in my opinion.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

KC is just frightening. I watched something talking about a team being able to run the ball and keep Mahomes on the bench but I'm not sure that matters. It seems like even when they come out looking shitty, you can't go for a piss break or you come back and they have scored twice in the blink of an eye. I think the only way they get beat is if a team can do what the Raiders did and just outscore them.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

I kinda just want Mitchell Schwartz out there in the worst way as a KC fan. Yasir Durant as the RT would give me a heart attack against the Steelers.

 

[thedddd]

Really is there a scenario where the Chiefs won't be in the Superbowl (excluding an injury to Mahomes)?

 

[Clayton]

Really is there a scenario where the Chiefs won't be in the Superbowl (excluding an injury to Mahomes)?

Eric Fisher gets injured and the whole oline is backups and Mahomes runs for his life.

Thats really the main scenario.

 

[thedddd]

Also, after last night if the Browns had held on to win they would have a clear path to winning the division. Losing that heartbreaker let the Steelers walk into the division title.

 

[CaptainStubing]

The AFC is so deep. Someone is going to get screwed

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Really is there a scenario where the Chiefs won't be in the Superbowl (excluding an injury to Mahomes)?

The current version of the Chiefs OL is very, very bad. Could definitely happen if a team got up on them and forced the Chiefs to dink and dunk. Don't know if that's the version we see in the playoffs, but I would not be at all shocked to see the Chiefs to lose to several teams in the AFC. There's a reason they haven't crossed a 200 point differential this year. Not necessarily as simple as the defense not being elite either.

With Miami the Chiefs just wildly out-talent them so they can force-feed situations, even with 4 turnovers, where they can get 11 yards a pass and large chunks on the ground interspersed in between.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

The current version of the Chiefs OL is very, very bad. Could definitely happen if a team got up on them and forced the Chiefs to dink and dunk. Don't know if that's the version we see in the playoffs, but I would not be at all shocked to see the Chiefs to lose to several teams in the AFC. There's a reason they haven't crossed a 200 point differential this year. Not necessarily as simple as the defense not being elite either.

With Miami the Chiefs just wildly out-talent them so they can force-feed situations, even with 4 turnovers, where they can get 11 yards a pass and large chunks on the ground interspersed in between.

Yep, that Oline is really the only big issue and it might come down to who they face. Titans don't have a great pass rush but T.J Watt is scary and the Colts D could give Mahomes some grief.

 

[Southieinnc]

Eagles win division and make a run through the playoffs - only to lose in the Superbowl.
Wentz wins "almost MVP"

 

[dtgold88]

AFC
1. KC
2. Steelers
3. Buffalo
4. Tennessee
5. Bmore
6. Cleveland
7. Indy

NFC
1. GB
2. NO
3. LAR
4. WFT
5. Seattle
6. TB
7. Minnesota

 

[bstoves24]

Call me a homer but I think the Hawks take care of business against the Rams week 16. That would pretty much clinch the division.

 

[Tapey]

Call me a homer but I think the Hawks take care of business against the Rams week 16. That would pretty much clinch the division.

Homer

 

[countryroads316]

Call me a homer but I think the Hawks take care of business against the Rams week 16. That would pretty much clinch the division.

Well the Hawks have a loss coming Sunday vs Washington

 

[bstoves24]

Nah I'm confident they have their act together after that disappointing loss against the Giants. We'll see though that's why they play the games.

 

[Battlelyon]

Call me a homer but I think the Hawks take care of business against the Rams week 16. That would pretty much clinch the division.

You Seahawk fans with your optimism, Rams going to help you with that.

 

[Battlelyon]

Seahawks and Rams will be 10-4 going into the game, Seahawks as usual will find a way top fuck it up after beating the Rams, they will lose to the 49ers while the Rams win.