Playoff possibilities & why Houston should be more optimisitc

[Keith]

I haven't seen this discussed much so I am probably wrong, but Cincinnati losing their next two games (which are vsKC and @NYJ, so probably not likely) could be beneficial to the Texans as well since the Texans beat the Bengals this year. Right? The head-to-head tiebreaker here might not be as helpful though since there will likely be more than two teams at 9-7.

Makes me wonder if the Ravens winning over the Steelers might be not such a bad thing if the Bengals somehow find a way to keep their losing streak going against the Chiefs then Jets (assuming the Jets also lose to Indy this weekend).

Ugh, I feel a headache coming on.

[Señor Stan]

Originally Posted by Keith

I haven't seen this discussed much so I am probably wrong, but Cincinnati losing their next two games (which are vsKC and @NYJ, so probably not likely) could be beneficial to the Texans as well since the Texans beat the Bengals this year. Right? The head-to-head tiebreaker here might not be as helpful though since there will likely be more than two teams at 9-7.

Makes me wonder if the Ravens winning over the Steelers might be not such a bad thing if the Bengals somehow find a way to keep their losing streak going against the Chiefs then Jets (assuming the Jets also lose to Indy this weekend).

Ugh, I feel a headache coming on.

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[popanot]

This is all contingent upon us winning out, of course:

Next Week: We need SD to beat Tenn, Indy to beat NYJ, Philly to beat Denver. Surprisingly, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't matter what happens in the Pitt/Baltimore game because one of them will lose and it will kill any of their tie-breakers against us.

If the scenario above happens, which I think there's a good chance of it playing out that way, we would need:

Week 17: Us to beat NE in the final and Denver would have to lose to .... ugh ... KC at home.