Three of four final games at home. Playing MIA today on 10 days rest. A win and they have the tie-break over MIA Only one tough opponent, CIN. BAL has three games remaining against playoff teams, two of those on the road with CIN probably alive for a 2 or 3 seed going into the final game. By the time PIT gets to the GB game, GB could very well be mathematically eliminated. PIT holds the tiebreak over all remaining 5-win teams, except TEN who has DEN on the road this week and hosts a good AZ team in the hunt for a playoff spot next week.
Consider this. If the PIT wins out and BAL loses even ONE GAME, Steelers would hold the tie-break over Baltimore (common games if BAL beats CIN, division record if BAL loses to CIN) for the inter-division tie-break. Steelers would then hold the tie-break over NYJ (head to head), MIA (head to head) and SD (conference record). Then they would just need Tennessee to drop one and they are in!!!!!!!!
Here's the link from nfl.com for playoff tie-breakers
[URL]http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures[/URL]
Right now PIT is 2-2 in the division and BAL is 3-2. If PIT wins out, they go to 4-2. The best BAL can do is 4-2. Then PIT and BAL would be tied head-to-head and have the same division record, bringing on the next tie-break (common games).
Here are the common games between PIT and BAL outside of head-to-head and division:
Team PIT BAL
NE L TBD
NYJ W W
MIA TBD W
BUF W
L
CHI L L
DET W TBD
MIN L TBD
GB TBD L
If the Steelers win out, they would be 5-3. If BAL drops one to NE, DET or MIN they would be 4-4.
I marked the BAL loss to BUF in bold red. That was a key loss, right there.
Who's buying? Because I'm selling!!!!
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