RunYouOver
10-07-2008, 08:42 PM
Let me start off by saying YES, I KNOW IT IS WEEK 5!!.
Just because I know some people are going to respond to this thread without even reading this line and say, "It's only week 5, this is completely pointless" or "At least wait until week 12 or 13 before making these." Well...you'd look pretty silly posting that now, because it just proves that you didn't read this ;)
I don't mind making this though, and I know there are quite a few people who enjoy seeing this anyway, so I'm making these threads every week, just to see what the playoffs would look like if the season ended today. :cheers:
So, if the NFL season ended on October 7, 2008, the playoffs would look like this:
AFC:
1) Tennessee Titans (5-0)
2) Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1)
3) Denver Broncos (4-1)
4) Buffalo Bills (4-1)
5) New England Patriots (3-1)
6) Baltimore Ravens (2-2)
Explanations:
--Titans have the best record, so they are the #1 seed.
--Steelers (1.000) have the better divisional winning percentage among themselves, the Bills and Broncos, Tie-breaking procedure rule #2 among 3 or more teams.
--The Broncos (.667) have a better divisional winning percentage than the Bills (.000, 0-0), so they are awarded the higher seed.
--The Bills are the last divisional leader, sot hey are the fourth seed
--The New England Patriots have the best record among non divisional leaders, and so they are the first wild card seed, #5 overall.
--The Colts, Ravens, Jets and Dolphins are all 2-2. The Dolphins are eliminated because of a head to head loss to the Jets. Between the Colts, Ravens and Jets, the Ravens (.667) have the best divisional winning percentage. The Jets and Colts are both 1-1 (.500).
Matchups:
Wild Card Round:
The Titans and Steelers have a bye.
Baltimore @ Denver Predicted winner: Denver
New England @ Buffalo Predicted winner: Buffalo
Divisional Round:
Buffalo @ Tennessee Predicted winner: Buffalo
Denver @ Pittsburgh Predicted winner: Pittsburgh
Conference Round:
Buffalo @ Pittsburgh predicted winner: Pittsburgh
NFC:
1) New York Giants (4-0)
2) Carolina Panthers (4-1)
3) Arizona Cardinals (3-2)
4) Chicago Bears (3-2)
5) Washington Redskins (4-1)
6) Dallas Cowboys (4-1)
Explanations:
--The Giants have the best record in the NFC and are the first seed
-- The Panthers have the second best record among division leaders and are the second seed
--Since Arizona and Chicago both have the same divisional and conference winning percentage, and haven't played head to head, the tiebreaker goes to Strength of Victory, and Arizona has a higher strength of victory than the Bears
--The Bears have a lower strength of schedule than the Cardinals and are the last division leader, so they are the fourth seed
--The Redskins and Cowboys have the best two records among non division leaders, and the Redskins beat the Cowboys head to head, sot hey are the fifth seed
--The Cowboys lost to the Redskins but have the best record among remaining non division leaders, so they are the sixth and final seed.
Matchups:
Wild Card Round:
The Giants and Panthers have bye weeks.
Dallas @ Arizona Predicted winner: Dallas
Washington @ Chicago Predicted winner: Washington
Divisional Round:
Dallas @ Giants Predicted winner: Giants
Washington @ Carolina Predicted winner: Washington
Conference Round:
Washington @ Giants Predicted winner: Giants
Superbowl:
Pittsburgh vs. Giants Predicted winner: Pittsburgh
The predictions are, of course, even more pointless than this thread, but I'll update those every week too.
Enjoy :beer:
Just because I know some people are going to respond to this thread without even reading this line and say, "It's only week 5, this is completely pointless" or "At least wait until week 12 or 13 before making these." Well...you'd look pretty silly posting that now, because it just proves that you didn't read this ;)
I don't mind making this though, and I know there are quite a few people who enjoy seeing this anyway, so I'm making these threads every week, just to see what the playoffs would look like if the season ended today. :cheers:
So, if the NFL season ended on October 7, 2008, the playoffs would look like this:
AFC:
1) Tennessee Titans (5-0)
2) Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1)
3) Denver Broncos (4-1)
4) Buffalo Bills (4-1)
5) New England Patriots (3-1)
6) Baltimore Ravens (2-2)
Explanations:
--Titans have the best record, so they are the #1 seed.
--Steelers (1.000) have the better divisional winning percentage among themselves, the Bills and Broncos, Tie-breaking procedure rule #2 among 3 or more teams.
--The Broncos (.667) have a better divisional winning percentage than the Bills (.000, 0-0), so they are awarded the higher seed.
--The Bills are the last divisional leader, sot hey are the fourth seed
--The New England Patriots have the best record among non divisional leaders, and so they are the first wild card seed, #5 overall.
--The Colts, Ravens, Jets and Dolphins are all 2-2. The Dolphins are eliminated because of a head to head loss to the Jets. Between the Colts, Ravens and Jets, the Ravens (.667) have the best divisional winning percentage. The Jets and Colts are both 1-1 (.500).
Matchups:
Wild Card Round:
The Titans and Steelers have a bye.
Baltimore @ Denver Predicted winner: Denver
New England @ Buffalo Predicted winner: Buffalo
Divisional Round:
Buffalo @ Tennessee Predicted winner: Buffalo
Denver @ Pittsburgh Predicted winner: Pittsburgh
Conference Round:
Buffalo @ Pittsburgh predicted winner: Pittsburgh
NFC:
1) New York Giants (4-0)
2) Carolina Panthers (4-1)
3) Arizona Cardinals (3-2)
4) Chicago Bears (3-2)
5) Washington Redskins (4-1)
6) Dallas Cowboys (4-1)
Explanations:
--The Giants have the best record in the NFC and are the first seed
-- The Panthers have the second best record among division leaders and are the second seed
--Since Arizona and Chicago both have the same divisional and conference winning percentage, and haven't played head to head, the tiebreaker goes to Strength of Victory, and Arizona has a higher strength of victory than the Bears
--The Bears have a lower strength of schedule than the Cardinals and are the last division leader, so they are the fourth seed
--The Redskins and Cowboys have the best two records among non division leaders, and the Redskins beat the Cowboys head to head, sot hey are the fifth seed
--The Cowboys lost to the Redskins but have the best record among remaining non division leaders, so they are the sixth and final seed.
Matchups:
Wild Card Round:
The Giants and Panthers have bye weeks.
Dallas @ Arizona Predicted winner: Dallas
Washington @ Chicago Predicted winner: Washington
Divisional Round:
Dallas @ Giants Predicted winner: Giants
Washington @ Carolina Predicted winner: Washington
Conference Round:
Washington @ Giants Predicted winner: Giants
Superbowl:
Pittsburgh vs. Giants Predicted winner: Pittsburgh
The predictions are, of course, even more pointless than this thread, but I'll update those every week too.
Enjoy :beer: