THE RAVENS KEEP WINNING WITHOUT PLAYING
“Do you believe in miracles? YES!”
Oh, sorry, wrong sport. But nonetheless, the Bengals come up in the clutch and beat the Jaguars; a team that would be called out by my ninth grade basketball coach Mark Miessler with the unforgettable phrase: “You pissed their pants in the big show!”
As a result, the Ravens bye week went even better than imagined as four sub-.500 teams beat four playoff teams and have the Ravens as the No. 2 seed in the AFC!
AFC Standings
- Miami Dolphins (9-3, 6-2 AFC)
- Baltimore Ravens (9-3, 6-3 AFC)
- Kansas City Chiefs (8-4, win over JAX)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (8-4. loss to KC)
- Pittsburgh Steelers+ (7-5)
- Cleveland Browns+ (7-5)
- Indianapolis Colts+ (7-5)
- Houston Texans+ (7-5)
- Denver Broncos (6-6, win over BUF)
- Cincinnati Bengals (6-6, win over BUF)
- Buffalo Bills (6-6, loss to DEN, loss to CIN)
- Los Angeles Chargers (5-7, win over LV)
- Las Vegas Raiders (5-7, loss to LAC)
- New York Jets (4-8, SOV better than TEN)
- Tennessee Titans (4-8, SOV worse than NYJ)
- New England Patriots (2-10)
+ In a multi-team tiebreaker, you first use divisional tiebreakers to get to one team per division. Pittsburgh and Cleveland go to a divisional tiebreaker, which the Steelers win based on their AFC North record. Indianapolis and Houston go to a divisional tiebreaker, which the Colts win based on head-to-head record. After the divisional tiebreakers, the Steelers and Colts go to a tiebreaker which Pittsburgh wins on record in common games to claim 5th. With the Steelers eliminated, the Browns and Colts go to their tiebreaker. Cleveland has a win over Indianapolis to slot in 6th. Then we revert back to Indianapolis and Houston, which the Colts win to stay 7th. Houston is 8th.