Playoff Itinerary

With the Broncos at 8-5 and looking to secure a playoff berth, I decided to play around with the Yahoo playoff generator. This is one of the greatest technological devices ever created. Seriously, this is up there with NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL Redzone channel. Anyway, after playing around with different results and combinations, I came up with a realistic view of what could take place the last three weeks. Also, I broke down what teams we should root against and what games will have the most significance.

Here is what I came up with:

1-Denver could go 10-6 and not qualify for the playoffs. If we go 10-6, then the best situation for us is to win the games against Oakland and KC and lose the Philly game. The Oakland and KC wins would help us in tiebreakers because of conference record.

2-Root for Miami to lose this week at Tennessee. The Dolphins have a better chance of losing this week at Tennessee than losing at home to Houston in Week 16 and Pittsburgh in Week 17.

3- Root for Pittsburgh to play spoiler against Baltimore in Week 16 and at Miami in Week 17. Even if the Steelers win out, it will be hard for them to get a wild card berth based on tiebreakers, but the Steelers still have pride and are the defending Super Bowl Champs. Hopefully, they can play like it the last two weeks.

4-Root for Atlanta to upset the Jets this week or Indy to play their starters and defeat the Jets in Lucas Oil Stadium in Week 16.