JetNation Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 After beating one of the worst teams in football, the Jets are right back into the thick of the playoff race. Thanks to losses by the Steelers and Bengals which puts the Jets one game back of the 6th seed in the AFC at 6-7. Now what I’m going to do is try to show the various ways the Jets can enter the playoffs and how they can win or lose any tiebreaker while doing so. First, I am going show the current standings and the final opponents that each team has left that is in front of the Jets. I’ll include the teams behind them later as none of them can get to 9-7 which is the most likely record that the Jets can get in by. Current standings and tiebreakers as of 12/11 CONF RK AFC W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV REASON 5 Indianapolis 9 4 0 .692 3-1-0 6-3-0 .420 .385 6 Pittsburgh 7 6 0 .538 2-2-0 4-6-0 .467 .473 Wins tie break over Cincinnati based on head-to-head win percentage. 7 Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 1-3-0 5-5-0 .444 .352 8 NY Jets 6 7 0 .462 2-3-0 4-5-0 .544 .404 Indianapolis Remaining schedule – @ Houston, @ Kansas City, vs. Houston Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Lose due to H2H in week 6 Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 1 win knocks Jets out from catching Indy Pittsburgh Remaining schedule – @ Dallas, vs. Cincinnati, vs. Cleveland Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Win due to H2H in week 2 Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 3 wins or 2 wins with 1 being vs. Cincinnati to knock Jets out Cincinnati Remaining schedule – @ Philadelphia, @ Pittsburgh, vs. Baltimore Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Win due to conference record (5-5 vs 4-5) Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 3 wins or only lose to Philadelphia to knock Jets out Jets Remaining schedule – @ Tennessee, vs. San Diego, @ Buffalo Now for the scenarios that will get the Jets in the playoffs (not 100% but close enough) it would be way too long to put who can be the 5th /6th seed in each scenario for now so I’m going to skip that part. There is no tiebreaker for all 3 teams as in-division tiebreaker is settled first before moving on to outside division tiebreakers. #1. Jets clinch 5th seed Jets win all 3 games Colts lose all 3 games Cincinnati cannot beat Baltimore Steelers lose at least 1 game Tiebreakers Jets beat Colts alone H2H Jets beat Steelers & Colts with conference record(7-5, 6-6, 6-6) Jets beat Bengals & Colts with conference record(7-5, 6-6, 6-6) #2. Jets finish 6th at 9-7 Jets win all 3 games Colts win a game(worst finish would be 10-6) Bengals do not beat Baltimore(would give them SOV win over Jets) Steelers lose to Bengals(would beat Cincinnati in H2H at 2-0) Tiebreakers Jets beat Bengals with conference record (7-5 vs. 6-6) #3 Jets finish 6th at 8-8 Jets beat Bills & Chargers to prevent loses in tiebreakers to Bills, Chargers, and Bengals. Steelers only beats the Cowboys to prevent division win percentage win over Cincinnati Cincinnati only beats the Steelers to prevent Steelers from winning H2H tiebreaker Browns lose a game to prevent conference record win over Jets and division record win over Bengals and H2H win over Steelers Tiebreakers Jets beat Dolphins in common games (6-6 vs. 5-7) Jets beat Bengals in strength of victory As we are done here one of the only non-decided tiebreakers is the one between the Jets and Bengals with strength of victory in the event of an 8-8 record as each team would be 6-6 in conference and tied at 4-2 in common games (Jacksonville, Miami, Pittsburgh, & San Diego) so in order to decide that every game between teams the Jets beat and the Bengals beat becomes that much more important. Since they would have some common victories(Jacksonville & San Diego), I’ll leave them out since it would be useless to include them since it won’t affect anything. I have also adjusted some of the team’s records to reflect the scenario as a couple of the teams cannot be at certain records otherwise the tiebreaker is meaningless. Jets wins Bengals wins Buffalo (5-9) x 2 plays Dolphins Browns(5-8)(cannot finish 8-8) plays Redskins Dolphins (5-8) plays Bills Redskins(7-6) plays Browns Colts (9-4) plays Chiefs Giants(8-5) Rams (6-6-1) Chiefs(2-11) plays Oakland, Indy Cardnials (4-9) Raiders(3-10) plays KC Steelers(7-8)(cannot finish 9-7) Total – (34-45-1) Total – (32-48) Best possible finish – (49-46-1) Best possible finish – (44-48-4) or (46-50-0) Just to let people know the Jets can finish as high as 3rd in the draft order. There is only one scenario in which this can happen and it involves a bunch of teams going 7-9 and 6-9-1 with at least four whole divisions finishing with 6-9-1 or better records. So I doubt it will happen. The Jets currently sit in the 12th spot with a chance to move up or down as the season winds down. Follow Me:View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblivius Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks for an excellent post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodeawhodat Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Wow, that is some amazing math work there. I need a cliff notes version(do they even have that for math?). Who am I rooting for this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 My head hurts. And this aint happening. But thanks. Definitely an interesting finish to the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 My head hurts. And this aint happening. But thanks. Definitely an interesting finish to the year. The Jets will win out. It's the way this team operates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 The Jets will win out. It's the way this team operates. They win out AND miss the playoffs. That Jets football baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Damn Colts have so many bullsh*t wins this year- maybe it catches up to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Sucks we have to root for Philly and Dallas. Stranger things have happened. With all the crap we have gone through we still have meaningful games in December. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Not only do the shoes and socks have to come off for those calculations, it would help to have six toes on each foot. As sick as I am of all of this team's shenanigans, it will still be fun to see what happens (amidst the usual angst and nausea). JiF's forecast of winning out and missing the playoffs would be the cherry on top of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I used to love to figure out how the jets could get into the playoffs with all the scenarios & whatnot. But I know deep inside no matter what, the jets are going to lose a game and make all this worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I used to love to figure out how the jets could get into the playoffs with all the scenarios & whatnot. But I know deep inside no matter what, the jets are going to lose a game and make all this worthless. But it still needs to be a few weeks away in order to keep this all going for a while longer. Of course, at the same time, every other scenario will work out in the Jets favor that would get them in right until they blow it at the very end. Those are our lovable Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 But it still needs to be a few weeks away in order to keep this all going for a while longer. Of course, at the same time, every other scenario will work out in the Jets favor that would get them in right until they blow it at the very end. Those are our lovable Jets. thats what im counting on. Jets blowing it against the Bills week 17. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Biggest shocker in all this? That somehow the Colts only lost four games, and one of them was to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Biggest shocker in all this? That somehow the Colts only lost four games, and one of them was to us. the Pats lost to the cardinals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 the Pats lost to the cardinals.... I always figured that was to make fun of us. Like you know, "hey, we suck so bad we lost to the cards but we blew you turds out by 30. Whats that say about you guys?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I always figured that was to make fun of us. Like you know, "hey, we suck so bad we lost to the cards but we blew you turds out by 30. Whats that say about you guys?" we showed them with our dominating victory over the cardinals!! we coulda run up the score like the Pats do, but greene decided to take a knee at the goal line to preserve the 1pt win instead of trouncing them by 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 we showed them with our dominating victory over the cardinals!! we coulda run up the score like the Pats do, but greene decided to take a knee at the goal line to preserve the 1pt win instead of trouncing them by 8. Exactly! Cause you know what that one point victory showed right? "WE'RE #1". Damn we owned New England hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashmouth Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 The Jets will win out. It's the way this team operates. nope not at all.............the way this team operates is the Jets will go into the last week aganist buffalo and everyone will lose letting us control our own destiny then we will lose to Buffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Exactly! Cause you know what that one point victory showed right? "WE'RE #1". Damn we owned New England hard. We're winners. Whether by 40 points or 1. We're winners in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 We're winners. Whether by 40 points or 1. We're winners in my book. You're starting to make me believe. Super Bowl... here we come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 You're starting to make me believe. Super Bowl... here we come? Possible. Just need to make the tourney. With Rex as our HC, we know we can win on the road in the playoffs. And why cant we get lucky like the Gints did last year and all our opponents having their worst game against us... I smell Lombardi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Possible. Just need to make the tourney. With Rex as our HC, we know we can win on the road in the playoffs. And why cant we get lucky like the Gints did last year and all our opponents having their worst game against us... I smell Lombardi. Smells like chicken? And the Giants, bunch of satan worshiping cheaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodeawhodat Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I guess you guys thought I was joking earlier.... who do I root for this week(besides teh jets since I am not one of those who are hoping for draft position)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Smells like chicken? And the Giants, bunch of satan worshiping cheaters. Gather round. It's time to sacrifice the goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing2022000 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I guess you guys thought I was joking earlier.... who do I root for this week(besides teh jets since I am not one of those who are hoping for draft position)? Pretty much just root against the Steelers, Bengals, & Colts. This week they're playing the Cowboys, Eagles, & Texans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Smells like chicken? And the Giants, bunch of satan worshiping cheaters. Lombardi smells like rotting flesh. He's been dead a long time. Satan worshippers win multiple super bowls. QB's who sell their soul curse the franchise forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Pretty much just root against the Steelers, Bengals, & Colts. This week they're playing the Cowboys, Eagles, & Texans. I dont root against anyone. Thats not nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjets96 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 <p></p><p> </p><p>After beating one of the worst teams in football, the Jets are right back into the thick of the playoff race. Thanks to losses by the Steelers and Bengals which puts the Jets one game back of the 6<sup>th</sup> seed in the AFC at 6-7. Now what I’m going to do is try to show the various ways the Jets can enter the playoffs and how they can win or lose any tiebreaker while doing so.</p><p>First, I am going show the current standings and the final opponents that each team has left that is in front of the Jets. I’ll include the teams behind them later as none of them can get to 9-7 which is the most likely record that the Jets can get in by.</p><p>Current standings and tiebreakers as of 12/11</p><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="74"><p align="LEFT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>CONF RK</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="135"><p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>AFC</strong></span></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="28"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/projectedWins/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>W</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/projectedLosses/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>L</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/projectedTies/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>T</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="46"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/projectedWinPct/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>PCT</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="50"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/divisionWinPct/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>DIV</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="60"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/conferenceWinPct/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>CONF</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/strengthOfSchedule/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>SOS</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/strengthOfVictory/order/true"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>SOV</strong></span></span></span></span></a></p></td><td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" width="241"><p style="text-align: center" align="LEFT"><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>REASON</strong></span></span></span></p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="74"><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>5</strong></span></span></p></td><td width="135"><p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">Indianapolis</span></span></span></p></td><td width="28"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">9</span></span></p></td><td width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">4</span></span></p></td><td width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">0</span></span></p></td><td width="46"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.692</span></span></p></td><td width="50"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">3-1-0</span></span></p></td><td width="60"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">6-3-0</span></span></p></td><td width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.420</span></span></p></td><td width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.385</span></span></p></td><td width="241"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="74"><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>6</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="135"><p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">Pittsburgh</span></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="28"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">7</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">6</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">0</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="46"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.538</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="50"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">2-2-0</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="60"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">4-6-0</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.467</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.473</span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" width="241"><p style="text-align: center" align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">Wins tie break over Cincinnati based on head-to-head win percentage.</span></span></p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td width="74"><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">7</span></span></p></td><td width="135"><p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">Cincinnati</span></span></span></p></td><td width="28"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">7</span></span></p></td><td width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">6</span></span></p></td><td width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">0</span></span></p></td><td width="46"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.538</span></span></p></td><td width="50"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">1-3-0</span></span></p></td><td width="60"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">5-5-0</span></span></p></td><td width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.444</span></span></p></td><td width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small">.352</span></span></p></td><td width="241"></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="74"><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>8</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="135"><p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>NY Jets</strong></span></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="28"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>6</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>7</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="18"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>0</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="46"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>.462</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="50"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>2-3-0</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="60"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>4-5-0</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>.544</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="47"><p align="RIGHT"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><strong>.404</strong></span></span></p></td><td bgcolor="#ece1b0" width="241"></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Indianapolis</strong></p><p>Remaining schedule – @ Houston, @ Kansas City, vs. Houston</p><p>Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Lose due to H2H in week 6</p><p>Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 1 win knocks Jets out from catching Indy</p><p> </p><p><strong>Pittsburgh</strong></p><p>Remaining schedule – @ Dallas, vs. Cincinnati, vs. Cleveland</p><p>Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Win due to H2H in week 2</p><p>Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 3 wins or 2 wins with 1 being vs. Cincinnati to knock Jets out</p><p> </p><p><strong>Cincinnati</strong></p><p>Remaining schedule – @ Philadelphia, @ Pittsburgh, vs. Baltimore</p><p>Tiebreaker vs. only Jets – Win due to conference record (5-5 vs 4-5)</p><p>Controls own destiny vs. Jets – 3 wins or only lose to Philadelphia to knock Jets out</p><p> </p><p><strong>Jets</strong></p><p>Remaining schedule – @ Tennessee, vs. San Diego, @ Buffalo</p><p> </p><p>Now for the scenarios that will get the Jets in the playoffs (not 100% but close enough) it would be way too long to put who can be the 5<sup>th</sup> /6<sup>th</sup> seed in each scenario for now so I’m going to skip that part. There is no tiebreaker for all 3 teams as in-division tiebreaker is settled first before moving on to outside division tiebreakers.</p><p> </p><p><strong>#1. Jets clinch 5</strong><sup><strong>th</strong></sup><strong> seed</strong></p><p>Jets win all 3 games</p><p>Colts lose all 3 games</p><p>Cincinnati cannot beat Baltimore</p><p>Steelers lose at least 1 game</p><p> </p><p>Tiebreakers</p><p>Jets beat Colts alone H2H</p><p>Jets beat Steelers & Colts with conference record(7-5, 6-6, 6-6)</p><p>Jets beat Bengals & Colts with conference record(7-5, 6-6, 6-6)</p><p> </p><p><strong>#2. Jets finish 6</strong><sup><strong>th</strong></sup><strong> at 9-7</strong></p><p>Jets win all 3 games</p><p>Colts win a game(worst finish would be 10-6)</p><p>Bengals do not beat Baltimore(would give them SOV win over Jets)</p><p>Steelers lose to Bengals(would beat Cincinnati in H2H at 2-0)</p><p> </p><p>Tiebreakers</p><p>Jets beat Bengals with conference record (7-5 vs. 6-6)</p><p> </p><p><strong>#3 Jets finish 6</strong><sup><strong>th</strong></sup><strong> at 8-8</strong></p><p>Jets beat Bills & Chargers to prevent loses in tiebreakers to Bills, Chargers, and Bengals.</p><p>Steelers only beats the Cowboys to prevent division win percentage win over Cincinnati</p><p>Cincinnati only beats the Steelers to prevent Steelers from winning H2H tiebreaker</p><p>Browns lose a game to prevent conference record win over Jets and division record win over Bengals and H2H win over Steelers</p><p> </p><p>Tiebreakers</p><p>Jets beat Dolphins in common games (6-6 vs. 5-7)</p><p>Jets beat Bengals in strength of victory</p><p> </p><p>As we are done here one of the only non-decided tiebreakers is the one between the Jets and Bengals with strength of victory in the event of an 8-8 record as each team would be 6-6 in conference and tied at 4-2 in common games (Jacksonville, Miami, Pittsburgh, & San Diego) so in order to decide that every game between teams the Jets beat and the Bengals beat becomes that much more important. Since they would have some common victories(Jacksonville & San Diego), I’ll leave them out since it would be useless to include them since it won’t affect anything. I have also adjusted some of the team’s records to reflect the scenario as a couple of the teams cannot be at certain records otherwise the tiebreaker is meaningless.</p><p> </p><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300"><strong>Jets wins</strong></td><td width="300"><strong>Bengals wins</strong></td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Buffalo (5-9) x 2 plays Dolphins</td><td width="300">Browns(5-8)(cannot finish 8-8) plays Redskins</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Dolphins (5-8) plays Bills</td><td width="300">Redskins(7-6) plays Browns</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Colts (9-4) plays Chiefs</td><td width="300">Giants(8-5)</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Rams (6-6-1)</td><td width="300">Chiefs(2-11) plays Oakland, Indy</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Cardnials (4-9)</td><td width="300">Raiders(3-10) plays KC</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300"></td><td width="300">Steelers(7-8)(cannot finish 9-7)</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Total – (34-45-1)</td><td width="300">Total – (32-48)</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="300">Best possible finish – (49-46-1)</td><td width="300">Best possible finish – (44-48-4) or (46-50-0)</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Just to let people know the Jets can finish as high as 3<sup>rd</sup> in the draft order. There is only one scenario in which this can happen and it involves a bunch of teams going 7-9 and 6-9-1 with at least four whole divisions finishing with 6-9-1 or better records. So I doubt it will happen. The Jets currently sit in the 12<sup>th</sup> spot with a chance to move up or down as the season winds down.</p><p><div style="float:left; text-align:left;><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f1a6274298958788edd3a7bdb8593c5b?s=100&d=&r=PG' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' /></div><h3><a href='http://www.jetnation.com/author/chris-menn/' title='Chris Menn'>Chris Menn</a></h3><p>I'm a 27 year old Jets fan from Massachusetts who has been following the Jets since 1990. I used to run my own Jets blog called Chris' Jets fan blog and worked on JetsCentral.com before I joined JetNation.com. 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nyjets96 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Beat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 if the Jets win on MNF it will be a 3 game streak. If they win out, it's a 5 game streak. Teams that go on 5 game streaks to get in the playoffs are usually dangerous. that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 nope not at all.............the way this team operates is the Jets will go into the last week aganist buffalo and everyone will lose letting us control our own destiny then we will lose to Buffalo Somebody is paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodeawhodat Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Pretty much just root against the Steelers, Bengals, & Colts. This week they're playing the Cowboys, Eagles, & Texans. Thanks mang! I was pretty sure thats what I wanted to happen but I would have felt bad for putting chicken bones on the wrong team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Assuming we win our last 3, basically we needed Cincy to beat Pitt in week 16 then Bal to beat Cincy in week 17 and we are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 if the Jets win on MNF it will be a 3 game streak. If they win out, it's a 5 game streak. Teams that go on 5 game streaks to get in the playoffs are usually dangerous. that is all. If? If? We're supposed to be positive around here now! Its WHEN the Jets win on MNF it will be a 3 game streak. WHEN they win out its a 5 game streak. Positivity people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Assuming we win our last 3, basically we needed Cincy to beat Pitt in week 16 then Bal to beat Cincy in week 17 and we are in. WHEN we win our last 3. Not assuming. POSITIVE THOUGHTS PEOPLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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