1. Indianapolis Colts2. Denver Broncos3. Baltimore Ravens4. New England Patriots5. San Diego Chargers6. Jacksonville Jaguars.(Jets and Chiefs miss out to Jacksonville due to tie-breaker rules)Week 1 Matchups:Baltimore Ravens vs Jacksonville JaguarsNew England Patriots vs San Diego Chargers.Colts & Broncos have a bye.
The Playoff Race is pretty much down to these 9 teams (All the rest have 6 or more losses already)East - Pats (6-3), Jets (5-4)North - Ravens (7-2), Bengals (4-5)South - Colts (9-0), Jaguars (5-4)West - Broncos (7-2), Chargers (7-2), Chiefs (5-4).<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Some notes of interest ~ The Broncos hold the AFC South over San Diego thanks to a better AFC record (7-1 to 5-2) and better division record. Denver and San Diego still have both of their divisional games against each other coming up, the first being next week.~ The Ravens are hoping for the Chargers to capture the South, Baltimore holds AFC record and a head-to-head win over San Diego, which bodes well for the Ravens chances at the 2nd seed.~ The Broncos take the second seed thanks to a 7-1 Record in the AFC. The Ravens have an equally impressive 5-1 record, right now Denver gets the nod thanks to more wins.~ The Jaguars are ahead of the Jets thanks to the head-to-head win over the Jets.~ The Jets hold the 7 spot over KC thanks to their 4-4 record in the AFC. KC has a dismal 1-4 AFC record. Jacksonville is also at .500 with the Jets with a 3-3 AFC record.~ The Jets have a 3-1 divisional record. The Pats are at 4-1. With the split series, if a scenario occurred where the Jets and Pats finish with the same record and divisional record (Probable Scenario), a string a tie-breakers would be used to determine the Division Champ.~ The Denver-San Diego division battle with them both at 7-2 means that the 5th seed is all but locked up. Whoever isn't the division leader, fills that seed by a large margin over the 5-4 teams underneath.</div>My Take: 1) The Ravens basically have their division wrapped up. Sorry to any Cincinnati fan, but in terms of the divisional race, they are D-O-N-E. The Bengals remaining schedule contains at New Orleans, Baltimore, at Indianapolis, at Denver, and Pittsburgh. Right now they are 4-5 and in order to have any realistic chance to win the division they would have to go 6-1 on THAT remaining schedule. Not going to happen. I would be suprised if the Bengals even finished above .500. 2) The Colts basically have their division wrapped up. A 4 game lead, with 7 games left, a couple decent games in there, but not a difficult enough schedule for the Jaguars to make it up. 3) The AFC East race is interesting, both of the Jets and Patriots have a very easy schedule for the remainder of the season (Pats play Chicago, at Jacksonville, Jets play Chicago, at Minnesota). Both of the Jets and Patriots should win 10 games minimum. It is very likely that both teams will make the playoffs, one winning the division and the other in the Wildcard. 4) The AFC West is the best division in football right now, both the Chargers and Broncos should make the playoffs with their 7-2 starts to the season. However, the Kansas City Chiefs are in trouble. They are 2 games out of the divisional race behind 2 teams so it will be difficult that they will come back and win their division, and when it comes to the Wildcard they are also in trouble because of a 1-4 Conference Record which basically means that they are not going to win any tiebreakers. With a remaining schedule of Denver, Baltimore, at San Diego, and Jacksonville it will be tough for them. I could very well see another year of 10-6, but just missing out on the playoffs due to losing the tiebreakers.5) Jacksonville now enters the tougher part of their schedule with games against the NY Giants, Indianapolis, New England, and at Kansas City. I see them losing 3 of those 4 games at least, which would put them in the 7 loss group and just outside of the playoffs. People talk alot about David Garrard and his 6-2 record, but the most impressive win in that span was against Philadelphia just 2 weeks ago, and that had more to do with the Eagles scoring just 6 points then Garrard playing well. My predictions would be as follows1) Indianapolis Colts (14-2)2) Baltimore Ravens (12-4)3) San Diego Chargers (12-4)4) New England Patriots (11-5)5) Denver Broncos (11-5)6) New York Jets (10-6)___________________7) Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)8) Jacksonville Jaguars (9-7)9) Cincinnati Bengals (7-9)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Nov 13 2006, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Playoff Race is pretty much down to these 9 teams (All the rest have 6 or more losses already)East - Pats (6-3), Jets (5-4)North - Ravens (7-2), Bengals (4-5)South - Colts (9-0), Jaguars (5-4)West - Broncos (7-2), Chargers (7-2), Chiefs (5-4).<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Some notes of interest ~ The Broncos hold the AFC South over San Diego thanks to a better AFC record (7-1 to 5-2) and better division record. Denver and San Diego still have both of their divisional games against each other coming up, the first being next week.~ The Ravens are hoping for the Chargers to capture the South, Baltimore holds AFC record and a head-to-head win over San Diego, which bodes well for the Ravens chances at the 2nd seed.~ The Broncos take the second seed thanks to a 7-1 Record in the AFC. The Ravens have an equally impressive 5-1 record, right now Denver gets the nod thanks to more wins.~ The Jaguars are ahead of the Jets thanks to the head-to-head win over the Jets.~ The Jets hold the 7 spot over KC thanks to their 4-4 record in the AFC. KC has a dismal 1-4 AFC record. Jacksonville is also at .500 with the Jets with a 3-3 AFC record.~ The Jets have a 3-1 divisional record. The Pats are at 4-1. With the split series, if a scenario occurred where the Jets and Pats finish with the same record and divisional record (Probable Scenario), a string a tie-breakers would be used to determine the Division Champ.~ The Denver-San Diego division battle with them both at 7-2 means that the 5th seed is all but locked up. Whoever isn't the division leader, fills that seed by a large margin over the 5-4 teams underneath.</div>My Take: 1) The Ravens basically have their division wrapped up. Sorry to any Cincinnati fan, but in terms of the divisional race, they are D-O-N-E. The Bengals remaining schedule contains at New Orleans, Baltimore, at Indianapolis, at Denver, and Pittsburgh. Right now they are 4-5 and in order to have any realistic chance to win the division they would have to go 6-1 on THAT remaining schedule. Not going to happen. I would be suprised if the Bengals even finished above .500. 2) The Colts basically have their division wrapped up. A 4 game lead, with 7 games left, a couple decent games in there, but not a difficult enough schedule for the Jaguars to make it up. 3) The AFC East race is interesting, both of the Jets and Patriots have a very easy schedule for the remainder of the season (Pats play Chicago, at Jacksonville, Jets play Chicago, at Minnesota). Both of the Jets and Patriots should win 10 games minimum. It is very likely that both teams will make the playoffs, one winning the division and the other in the Wildcard. 4) The AFC West is the best division in football right now, both the Chargers and Broncos should make the playoffs with their 7-2 starts to the season. However, the Kansas City Chiefs are in trouble. They are 2 games out of the divisional race behind 2 teams so it will be difficult that they will come back and win their division, and when it comes to the Wildcard they are also in trouble because of a 1-4 Conference Record which basically means that they are not going to win any tiebreakers. With a remaining schedule of Denver, Baltimore, at San Diego, and Jacksonville it will be tough for them. I could very well see another year of 10-6, but just missing out on the playoffs due to losing the tiebreakers.5) Jacksonville now enters the tougher part of their schedule with games against the NY Giants, Indianapolis, New England, and at Kansas City. I see them losing 3 of those 4 games at least, which would put them in the 7 loss group and just outside of the playoffs. People talk alot about David Garrard and his 6-2 record, but the most impressive win in that span was against Philadelphia just 2 weeks ago, and that had more to do with the Eagles scoring just 6 points then Garrard playing well. My predictions would be as follows1) Indianapolis Colts (14-2)2) Baltimore Ravens (12-4)3) San Diego Chargers (12-4)4) New England Patriots (11-5)5) Denver Broncos (11-5)6) New York Jets (10-6)___________________7) Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)8) Jacksonville Jaguars (9-7)9) Cincinnati Bengals (7-9)</div>Very good read. Thanks.BTW, didn't everyone here laugh when I said the Jets would go 10-6? Well, in the words of Cartman: "Suck my balls Kyle!"
