For the Pats to get in with a loss, are the Steelers a factor? I thought they needed both a Dolphins and a Steelers loss, but the Athletic has just the Dolphins game being important.
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Not really what that article says, imo. If you read the Steelers scenario you can back out that if the Pats lose they need Fish and Steelers to also lose.
Not saying that’s incorrect but it’s odd they wouldn’t put that detail in the Pats’ section.
All I've read says that if the Pats lose, they now need both Miami and Pittsburgh to lose as well.
Article seems cursory. The Miami odds are also weird. They are a 3.5 point home favorite (ESPN) and if win are in. Athletic odds are ~42%. Seems low.
That makes sense, for a sec I blanked out even though I know Pats scenario. I must have internalized a Bills victory
That was fun - until the KC game.
I think there is the potential for three top 50 picks with Claybool trade pick coming in at 33 or 34. Wasn't expecting that at all.
The Jets will always be a QB away.
I am a Steelers fan and knew they were in trouble having to rely upon the Jets and Joe Flacco.
From being 1-4, then 2-6 with a rookie QB, I am still rather surprised they went 7-2 down the stretch and finished with Tomlin's 16th straight winning season. No banners for that though.
Maybe they shouldn’t have let my boy Zach light them up for two TDs in the 4th quarter when they were up 10.
9-2 with Watt and 1-6 without him.
Those brutal home losses to Jets and Pats were the killer.
They got it back in Baltimore so that’s fine. But those two games sigh.
Anyway healthy Watt, developing Pickett and three picks in top 50 and I’m pumped for next season.
denver will be a factor next season yes were 5-12 but beat SF JAX and LAC and was 4 plays from 9-8 Week 1 the Sea fumble in the endzone week 5 the wilson INT in endzone aga indy week 6 @ lac miffed punt in ot week 12 LV wilson missed a wide open guy on 3rd down which wins that game and near misses aga Jets and ravens as well
KC is annoyingly close to tracking down the Patriots' 8 straight AFCCG appearances and references to it as the "Belichick-Brady invitational". They've hosted each of the past 5 years, all 5 years of the Mahomes Era.
2018: 1-seed. L 31-37 (OT) vs NE.
2019: 2-seed, #1 BAL upset by TEN. W 35-24 vs TEN. (SB: W 31-20 vs SF)
2020: 1-seed. W 38-24 vs BUF. (SB: L 9-31 vs TAM)
2021: 2-seed, #1 TEN upset by CIN. L 24-27 vs CIN.
2022: 1-seed. Will play (#3) CIN in a rematch.
Meanwhile the run of 8 straight AFCCGs in the Brady-Gronk Era only saw us host 5 of the 8:
2011: 1-seed. W 23-20 vs BAL. (SB: L 17-21 vs NYG)
2012: 2-seed, #1 DEN upset by BAL. L 13-28 vs BAL.
2013: 2-seed; visits #1 DEN. L 16-26 @ DEN.
2014: 1-seed. W 45-7 vs IND. (SB: W 28-24 vs SEA)
2015: 2-seed; visits #1 DEN. L 18-20 @ DEN.
2016: 1-seed. W 36-17 vs PIT. (SB: W 34-28 (OT) vs ATL)
2017: 1-seed. W 24-20 vs JAX. (SB: L 33-41 vs PHI)
2018: 2-seed; visits #1 KC. W 37-31 (OT) @ KC.
2018: 1-seed. L 31-37 (OT) vs NE.
2019: 2-seed, #1 BAL upset by TEN. W 35-24 vs TEN. (SB: W 31-20 vs SF)
2020: 1-seed. W 38-24 vs BUF. (SB: L 9-31 vs TAM)
2021: 2-seed, #1 TEN upset by CIN. L 24-27 vs CIN.
2022: 1-seed. Will play (#3) CIN in a rematch.
Meanwhile the run of 8 straight AFCCGs in the Brady-Gronk Era only saw us host 5 of the 8:
2011: 1-seed. W 23-20 vs BAL. (SB: L 17-21 vs NYG)
2012: 2-seed, #1 DEN upset by BAL. L 13-28 vs BAL.
2013: 2-seed; visits #1 DEN. L 16-26 @ DEN.
2014: 1-seed. W 45-7 vs IND. (SB: W 28-24 vs SEA)
2015: 2-seed; visits #1 DEN. L 18-20 @ DEN.
2016: 1-seed. W 36-17 vs PIT. (SB: W 34-28 (OT) vs ATL)
2017: 1-seed. W 24-20 vs JAX. (SB: L 33-41 vs PHI)
2018: 2-seed; visits #1 KC. W 37-31 (OT) @ KC.
I actually think they have a pretty good chance of tying the Pats. They're going to be good year in and year out unless Mahomes suffers a terrible injury. It'll be interesting, though, if they don't get the #1 seed, because then they'll have to win 2 games to get there.
