Quote:The playoff picture is confusing. The way they drew it up looks like the 3/6 winner goes to New England and the 4/5 winner goes to Denver even if the AFC North champ and Colts win.


I would love to see the Broncos get revenge against the Bengals after their bye week.

Assuming NE/Denver stay seeded at #1,#2 (bye weeks):


After wildcard weekend, the highest seeded winner from WC games plays vs #2 Denver,, the lowest seeded winner from WC games plays vs #1 NE.


For example, let's say #3 Pitt and #4 Colts win WC week. That would end up being

#2 Denver vs #3 Pitt

#1 NE vs #4 Colts


However,, say #4 Colts and #6 Chargers win WC week. That would end up being

#2 Denver vs #4 Colts

#1 NE vs #6 Chargers


NE and Denver's opponents will be determined by which teams actually win during WC week.


It's very similar to the NCAA Playoff.

#1 vs #4

#2 vs #3


Side note - let's not forget that Denver is still not guaranteed the #2 seed. Since they lost to Cincy yesterday,, Denver can still drop to #3 seed.

This week

Denver loss + Cincy win =

Cincy #2

Denver #3


It's not likely since Denver plays Oakland. But if Denver loses this week, Cincy can steal the Bye Week #2 seed.

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