Playoffs

[syd]

12/17	Chicago Bears	10:00AM	Cleveland Browns Stadium,Cleveland, OH
12/24	@Houston Texans	10:00AMCBS	NRG Stadium,Houston, TX
12/28	New York Jets	5:15PMAMZN	Cleveland Browns Stadium,Cleveland, OH
1/7	@Cincinnati Bengals

[gumby73]

in progress.. 

Only remaining question?

Can the Bills or Broncos jump the Bengals/Pitts. for the 6th/7th spot, with any head to head wins? If one or both win today..

1

 

10-3 • 1st AFC North

 

 

2

 

 

9-3 • 1st AFC East

 

Play Monday

3

 

 

8-4 • 1st AFC West

4

 

 

8-5 • 1st AFC South

 

 

5  1st Wildcard

 

 

8-5 • 2nd AFC North

 

6

 

 

7-6 • 3rd AFC North

 

7

Steelers over Bengals based on head-to-head results (divisional tiebreak)

Steelers over Colts based on common opponent winning percentage

 

7-6 • 4th AFC North

• Bengals over Bills based on head-to-head results

 

 

On The Bubble

These teams would be on the outside looking in if the season ended today

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7-6 • 2nd AFC South

 

9

Colts lose tiebreaker to Jags/Browns/Bengals..Win vs. Ravens/or could split with Texans. Colts up 1

 

7-6 • 3rd AFC South

 

10

Texans split with Jags. Wins tiebreaker vs. Pitt./Bengals/Denver

 

6-6 • 2nd AFC West  (7 - 6)

 

11

Denver holds tiebreaker over Bills/Browns not Texans

 

6-6 • 2nd AFC East    (7 - 6)

Buffalo loses any tiebreakers to Jags/Bengals or Broncos

 

 

edit-- 6 teams all sitting at 7- 6 records at Sunday's end ^^^ 2 final wildcard spots.. Browns 1 game up

[hoorta]

@gumby73 said:

in progress.. 

Only remaining question?

Can the Bills or Broncos jump the Bengals/Pitts. for the 6th/7th spot, with any head to head wins? If one or both win today..

1

 

10-3 • 1st AFC North

 

 

2

 

 

9-3 • 1st AFC East

 

Play Monday

3

 

 

8-4 • 1st AFC West

4

 

 

8-5 • 1st AFC South

 

 

5  1st Wildcard

 

 

8-5 • 2nd AFC North

 

6

 

 

7-6 • 3rd AFC North

 

7

 

7-6 • 4th AFC North

 

 

 

On The Bubble

These teams would be on the outside looking in if the season ended today

8

 

 

7-6 • 2nd AFC South

 

9

Colts lose tiebreaker to Jags/Browns/Bengals..Win vs. Ravens/or could split with Texans

 

7-6 • 3rd AFC South

 

10

Texans split with Jags. Wins tiebreaker vs. Pitt./Bengals/Denver

 

6-6 • 2nd AFC West  (7 - 6)

 

11

Denver holds tiebreaker over Bills/Browns not Texans

 

6-6 • 2nd AFC East    (7 - 6)

Buffalo loses any tiebreakers to Jags/Bengals or Broncos

 

 

edit-- 6 teams all sitting at 7- 6 records at Sunday's end ^^^ 2 final wildcard spots.. Browns 1 game up

Since we can start thinking about it Gumby....  Let me refer you to the excellent detailed standings & analysis on ESPN....   In actuality, the Bengals still have a pretty high mountain to climb to get into the playoffs,  their 3-6 record in the AFC, & 0-4 in the division is killer in any tiebreak scenarios...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings/_/view/playoff  

[gumby73]

@hoorta said:

  Let me refer you to the excellent detailed standings & analysis on ESPN....

all was pending during 4pm games H 

Shocking we're not sticking 5 bucks into some Espn writers kitty jar for that information ? 

When they took locally aired hockey games off for ESPN plus rates.. We quit caring for E$pn all together in the Carolina's..

 this Browns team needs to look prepared for winning a road game in Chicago from the 1st whistle next week.. ️(that I'd pay to watch ?)    

[gumby73]

@hoorta said:

  Let me refer you to the excellent detailed standings & analysis on ESPN....

all was pending during 4pm games H 

Shocking we're not sticking 5 bucks into some Espn writers kitty jar for that information ? 

When they took locally aired hockey games off for ESPN plus rates.. We quit caring for E$pn all together in the Carolina's..

 this Browns team needs to look prepared for winning a road game in Chicago from the 1st whistle next week.. ️(that I'd pay to watch ?)    

[Orion]

@gumby73 said:

this Browns team needs to look prepared for winning a road game in Chicago from the 1st whistle next week.

...one of my Must Win games.   -  It is a Home game however.   

[bbedward]

The bears are getting hot just at the wrong time for the browns. Hopefully we get some of the oline back

[runyon27]

@bbedward said:

The bears are getting hot just at the wrong time for the browns. Hopefully we get some of the oline back

Browns need to win this game. If they can win next week it will really put them in the drivers seat to make the playoffs. If the Browns hold serve at home that should get them in.

[bbedward]

Im holding onto my prediction that the Browns beat the Bears and Texans, drop to the jets just so they can fuck up some draft positioning, and then win 5 games in a row starting with Cincinnati.

[Flugel]

@bbedward said:

Im holding onto my prediction that the Browns beat the Bears and Texans, drop to the jets just so they can fuck up some draft positioning, and then win 5 games in a row starting with Cincinnati.

The Jets are getting hot too as are the Bengals.  Gotta win these.  Teams 1 game behind us like Denver and Pitt have the tie breaker edge with us.

My neighbor is a Bears' fan and every Sunday as soon as they get behind he texts a lot of us on our street that he's done with them.  It reminds me of that Dr Pepper Commercial/Video someone shared where all the fans of a team throw a fit, break stuff and start a bon fire to burn their clothes when the sheriff interrupts them with some thing like - "Take it easy - that was only the 1st play of the game!"

[bbedward]

@flugel said:

The Jets are getting hot too as are the Bengals.  Gotta win these.  Teams 1 game behind us like Denver and Pitt have the tie breaker edge with us.

My neighbor is a Bears' fan and every Sunday as soon as they get behind he texts a lot of us on our street that he's done with them.  It reminds me of that Dr Pepper Commercial/Video someone shared where all the fans of a team throw a fit, break stuff and start a bon fire to burn their clothes when the sheriff interrupts them with some thing like - "Take it easy - that was only the 1st play of the game!"

I’m not worried about anybody on our schedule really, I think the bengals run is going to fall flat because of their schedule and tie breaker positioning. If they are eliminated by week 18 it will be 95% Cleveland fans in Cincinnati that week.

I wouldn’t call the Jets hot, they caught the Texans on a very bad day and that’s about the only positive offensive game all year.

Bears probably scare me the most out the remaining teams, which I wouldn’t have expected to say a few weeks ago. They are going nowhere but are getting hot and playing for a long shot playoff scenario.

[Flugel]

@bbedward said:

I’m not worried about anybody on our schedule really, I think the bengals run is going to fall flat because of their schedule and tie breaker positioning. If they are eliminated by week 18 it will be 95% Cleveland fans in Cincinnati that week.

I wouldn’t call the Jets hot, they caught the Texans on a very bad day and that’s about the only positive offensive game all year.

Bears probably scare me the most out the remaining teams, which I wouldn’t have expected to say a few weeks ago. They are going nowhere but are getting hot and playing for a long shot playoff scenario.

True about the Jets!  I'm old so I've been trained for decades that the games we're supposed to win/or that look easiest - rarely ever work out that way.  Having said that, Flacco is restoring my confidence that we can have some consistency in our passing game.

Let's just say I'd rather be pleasantly surprised... 

[hoorta]

@bbedward said:

I’m not worried about anybody on our schedule really, I think the bengals run is going to fall flat because of their schedule and tie breaker positioning. If they are eliminated by week 18 it will be 95% Cleveland fans in Cincinnati that week.

I wouldn’t call the Jets hot, they caught the Texans on a very bad day and that’s about the only positive offensive game all year.

Bears probably scare me the most out the remaining teams, which I wouldn’t have expected to say a few weeks ago. They are going nowhere but are getting hot and playing for a long shot playoff scenario.

Actually bb, I'm worried about all our remaining games. Just this past week...  In the doormat division, Patriots beat Steelers- on the road...  Jets smear the playoff quality Texans... And Da Bears easily handled the Playoff bound Lions.  

On any given Sunday- or Saturday this week for that matter.  About 5 games that will have huge playoff implications.... Vikings- Bengals, Broncos- Lions, Texans- Titans, Cowboys- Bills, and Ravens- Jaguars...  I'd actually prefer that the Colts beat the Steelers, because we own the head to head tiebreaker with them.  

[bbedward]

@hoorta said:

Actually bb, I'm worried about all our remaining games. Just this past week...  In the doormat division, Patriots beat Steelers- on the road...  Jets smear the playoff quality Texans... And Da Bears easily handled the Playoff bound Lions.  

On any given Sunday- or Saturday this week for that matter.  About 5 games that will have huge playoff implications.... Vikings- Bengals, Broncos- Lions, Texans- Titans, Cowboys- Bills, and Ravens- Jaguars...  I'd actually prefer that the Colts beat the Steelers, because we own the head to head tiebreaker with them.  

Any given Sunday is true…but gotta love that the browns control their own destiny this late and will probably be favored in all their remaining games in December.

i really like this teams odds in the last stretch now that the offense is clicking. They just have to fix their turnover problem or else we’ll be a first round exit. 

[syd]

 Browns sack Justin Fields 9 times

[bbedward]

@syd said:

 Browns sack Justin Fields 9 times

Sunday won’t go as smoothly, but Fields still crumbles under pressure this year so it’s crucial the browns pass rush makes him feel it on Sunday.

[bbedward]

Speaking of playoffs, man so many teams look vulnerable among the AFC teams.

Chiefs, Dolphins are not the power houses people thought early on. Colts, Jags, Texans are all pretty “mid”

The Ravens seem the best, but as we proved they are beatable. And hopefully Lamar continues his trend of being blinded by the bright lights.

I wish we were healthier because it really feels like this could have been the year. 

—-

edit:

of the teams in the hunt I hope the Bills miss it, they seem like they could be the most dangerous of that bunch…

[Flugel]

@hoorta said:

Actually bb, I'm worried about all our remaining games. Just this past week...  In the doormat division, Patriots beat Steelers- on the road...  Jets smear the playoff quality Texans... And Da Bears easily handled the Playoff bound Lions.  

On any given Sunday- or Saturday this week for that matter.  About 5 games that will have huge playoff implications.... Vikings- Bengals, Broncos- Lions, Texans- Titans, Cowboys- Bills, and Ravens- Jaguars...  I'd actually prefer that the Colts beat the Steelers, because we own the head to head tiebreaker with them.  

Exactly!  As last night showed the Dolphins just lost to TN.  Earlier in the year, when Philly was playing better football - the Jets beat them.  I think the Jets also beat Buffalo.  How was it possible?  They have a very good defense that created turnovers and won against teams that thought all they had to do was show up against the Jets.  So what was the problem?  As the old saying goes "If you fail to prepare; you're prepared to fail."  

When you have a roster decimated with injuries like the Browns and other teams in the playoff race with 8-5 and 7-6 records - you can't take any 1 of the last 4 opponents lightly.  Some teams like Denver & Pittsburgh (that you mentioned) with only 1 more loss than the Browns would win the tie breaker with us - if the Browns lose 1 or 2 of the remaining games.  

Just prepare each week like it's urgent and the winning will follow...    

[Bob806]

@bbedward said:

I wish we were healthier because it really feels like this could have been the year. 
 

I think that's a reasonable take. 

But hell with that. Beat da Bears, & hopefully a couple AFC 7-6 teams go down, but you can't bank on it(Colts/Steelers is a pretty big game for both teams).

[bbedward]

@bob806 said:

I think that's a reasonable take. 

But hell with that. Beat da Bears, & hopefully a couple AFC 7-6 teams go down, but you can't bank on it(Colts/Steelers is a pretty big game for both teams).

I’m all about the Joe Flacco redemption arc ?

I’m not too worried about the browns making the wild card at this point, more about what they’ll do after they make it. If Joe evolves into January Joe anything is possible.