A quick check of the standings and schedules (I'll update the "Reset" thread after the weekend's games are over) shows Houston back as the third seed with a tiebreaker over Kansas City, both 7-5. Currently Buffalo and Oakland are the wild cards.
Oakland is a strange case. The rest of their schedule looks really easy except 4 of the last 6 are on the road where they've only won once all season (not counting London). So are they better than their record or worse? This week they visit the Jets so we may have to wait for December to get an answer.
Buffalo is the other strange case. They are entering a stretch of really tough games (Cowboys, Ravens, Patriots) that could bump them out of the playoffs if they can't win at least one of them.
Pittsburgh has an easier road except for the season-ender at Baltimore but are they too banged up at this point to make a run? The Browns may have ended their season with the physical beat down they supplied and they may get to finish the job in two weeks even without Garrett.
Indy still has the Buccaneers, Saints and Panthers on their schedule Hard to see them doing better than 9-7.
Tennessee is still in the hunt but they lose practically every tiebreaker so they need to win out.
As for the Texans, a 6-2 conference record puts them in the same neighborhood as the Patriots and Ravens. Yet, despite a 7-4 record, their season point differential is at a pathetic +16. Oakland is the only AFC team that has a winning record but has allowed more points than they've scored.
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