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Published on 11/26/2008 at Wed Nov 26 11:01.
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Playoff Picture – Week 13

Posted Wed Nov 26th by

Every week, we’ll keep you updated on the latest playoff movement from within the division and around the AFC.

TEN PIT
NYJ DEN

First Round Bye
1. Tennessee Titans (10-1, 7-1)
2. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3, 7-1)

Other division winners
3. New York Jets (8-3, 6-3)
4. Denver Broncos (6-5, 3-5)

Wild Card
5. Indianapolis Colts (7-4, 6-2)
6. Baltimore Ravens (7-4, 6-3)

On the cusp:
Miami Dolphins (6-5, 5-3)
New England Patriots (7-4, 5-4)
Buffalo Bills (6-5, 4-4)
San Diego Chargers (4-7, 4-5)

Notes:
There were no changes in the seeding. Imagine that!

AFC West — While the rest of the AFC West is winless against the NFC South, the Broncos are 3-0 against teams in the tough division. The problem – those games mean next to nothing in AFC and division tiebreaker scenarios. The Chargers are still knocking at the door – one game makes the difference between a meaningless Week 17 and an all-or-nothing game.

Broncos at Jets — Neither team did what they were “supposed to” this weekend. With a Jets loss and a Broncos win, this game would have gone a long ways to deciding the conference’s third seed. Now it doesn’t quite have that luster – maybe that’s because the Jets were probably the best football team last week, and the Broncos were among the worst. Denver can still do good for itself by beating the Jets – but they’d still need the Jets to lose a game more than the Broncos.

  • (stuck in) raiderland

    I offer myself as a sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered by posters: let me be the first to say, with much sadness and chagrin, that I’m not actually sure I WANT to see our team make the playoffs at this rate. I know, I know, some fan, right? But the prospect of getting slaughtered by a real playoff team doesn’t seem too appealing at the moment. I dunno. Maybe we’ll get our s*&% together in the next five weeks, but…

  • Thomas

    first off, we don’t know what Cutler is capable of doing in a playoff game, so it would be nice to see what he can do in the most meaningful game in his nfl career (if he’s able to take us to the playoffs, of course)

    second: Would you rather see SAN DIEGO in the playoffs? Thought so.

  • http://www.getyourtinton.com precisiontint

    I used to think that way. Now I want them to go and get a feel of what it is like. Get a hunger for it.

  • matt

    young team. Good talent. A playoff appearance would do wonders for experience. I dont care how we get into the playoffs as long as we do. Even if we are one and done in the playoffs it will help this team in the future. This young team would benefit greatly in the future if we make the playoffs this year. Why do the dolphins, Bills, Chargers, etc deserve a playoff berth over us? I have no problem taking advantage of a weak division. There have been numerous years in the past where each team in AFC West was a powerhouse and we had to scratch and claw. If we get in through the back door i say take it and run with it. Get those youngsters some experience and maybe make a run in the process. Giants did it last yr.

  • (stuck in) raiderland

    My only defense is that I was very young when the Broncos went through their series of Super Bowl schelackings. The 49ers blowout was particularly traumatizing. Now, losing big in the playoffs sets off some sort of horrible PTSD reaction and I spend the rest of the day curled up in the fetal position on the couch. I can’t take the sort of ass-kicking we seem destined for at this rate.
    Okay, I’m exaggerating a little, but it still sucks.

  • kerry

    playoffs? who said anything about playoffs? -Jim Mora.

    5 games left and counting. its a good thing that the Chargers sucked the big one this year. i think we should all worry about these next five games before even discussing what Cutler “MIGHT” be able to do in the playoffs. gotta get there first. and someone said the Broncos need to get in the playoffs so they can get a hunger for it?? should’nt football players already have the “hunger” to win and get in the playoffs?? how about getting the hunger for a victory instead of becoming totally complacent and useless after one turnover. (see Cutler in the Raiders game at invesco)

  • dbroncos

    Definitely there is a large gap between us and the playoffs but hopefully we can continue our apparent trend of beating teams who seem to be playoff teams and losing to teams we should beat easily. It just seems like we show up against tougher teams, and the Jets are definitely a tougher team.

  • Marv

    Mike give Barrett the start at safety this week and signed a receiver and a fullback to the roster

  • T-Money

    I don’t know if anybody has noticed this or not but Eddie Royal did not participate in practice due to a toe injury. It could be an old report but i don’t know for sure…

    http://www.nfl.com/teams/injuries?team=DEN&week=13

  • Kawike

    The way I see it, if the broncos pull out a win @NY or even make it close, and later make the playoffs, they have a good shot at making a run. There’s been a trend all season of the broncos winning when underdogs, and they’ll definitely be underdogs, even against wildcard teams.