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Week 16 Playoff Clinching Scenarios: AFC teams

He did state that there was a special feeling about the game, because of the position the team was in “It’s a different feeling about the game”.

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If the Broncos lose against the Bengals on Monday, and both the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers win out, Denver will have missed the playoffs following a 7-0 start.


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These division situations exist because the Chiefs win any tiebreaker with the Broncos based on a superior record within AFC West games.


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Entering the day, the Chiefs stood as the No. 6 seed, falling one spot from after last week’s games but only because the Jets got a jump on the competition this weekend.

This coming Sunday, Bowles’ Jets will face the Patriots for the second and final time this season. Asked specifically about the Steelers’ comeback win, Bowles offered a slight chuckle. Bowles believes the team is different than the one the Patriots faced two months ago. We have to give ourselves a chance. I can’t control what Pittsburgh or Denver does.

“They were good then”, Bowles said of Butler and Ryan Tuesday in a conference call with New England media. The Steelers could also benefit greatly from a Chiefs loss in one of their last two games.

Pittsburgh took over the No. 6 seed by holding the tie-breaker over the Jets, which is now the first team out of the playoffs. They can earn a playoff spot with a win and a loss by either the Steelers or Jets. Even if they get the number two seed they will most likely have all home playoff games.

Will they lose out?

This would leave the Broncos, Chiefs, Jets and Steelers with 11-5 records. Headed into the game, the Jets, a team who should expect to make the playoffs, were expected to roll over their foes, but that did not happen.

“I hope we are”, he said. We kept saying to each other, “It doesn’t matter how many plays we get we’ve got to keep dominating”. Roethlisberger threw for 379 yards and three touchdowns in relief while Antonio Brown caught 10 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Instead, the Steelers missed two key field goals late and lost to the hapless Ravens, 23-20, in overtime. So expect the Jets to bring everything they got Sunday. Brown had 16 receptions for 189 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in the fourth quarter.

-RUSHING OFFENSE: C. It was a starvation evening for all-or-nothing RB Chris Ivory (13 carries for 37 yards), who remained 49 yards shy of 1,000 for the season.

The Patriots have once again clinched a first round bye for the playoffs this year. And they’re looking better every week.

It was Moore’s first game as an National Football League quarterback, and he struggled mightily. Fortunately for the Jets, those big runs came on drives that only netted three total points for the Cowboys.

Worst-case scenario: The Jets lose and the three other contenders all win.

“It’s just going to take a group effort”, cornerback Marcus Williams said. CB Antonio Cromartie had three kickoff returns for 61 yards.

Head coach Todd Bowles says while this next week is important, it is not going to define his career.

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Jets defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers.

Guess who is up next for the Jets? Tom Brady and the Patriots