Playoffs?? - Wild Card Race

[Coachmarkos]

Yes, I'm talking about playoffs.

Division Leaders - East-Patriots, North-Bengals, South-Colts, West-Broncos/Chiefs

Wild Card Leaders:
Chiefs/Broncos 6-0
Miami 3-2

5 teams at 3-3
NY Jets
Ravens
Browns
Titans
Chargers

There are 10 games left, and I can honestly see the chargers continue to be in the race.

[6025]

Yes, I'm talking about playoffs.

Division Leaders - East-Patriots, North-Bengals, South-Colts, West-Broncos/Chiefs

Wild Card Leaders:
Chiefs/Broncos 6-0
Miami 3-2

5 teams at 3-3
NY Jets
Ravens
Browns
Titans
Chargers

There are 10 games left, and I can honestly see the chargers continue to be in the race.

It's a little early to start tracking this, nonetheless this is remarkable. Makes those choke jobs against Houston and Tennessee that much harder to swallow.

[WindsorUK]

The fact we're even mentioning the Chargers, playoffs, and 2013 in the the same post after 6 weeks of the season is a testament to how hard Tom Telesco, Mike McCoy, and the entire coaching staff are working every day to make this team competitive.
For the first time in, what, 6 years?, a GM is actively adding and subtracting guys on what seems a daily basis, to make us a better football team. And our coaching staff seems to change plays and schemes from one moment to the next, in order to give us a chance to win.
I'm enjoying this.

[QSmokey]

The Head Coach call was a great choice, IMO. Four-and-a-half out of the six games (subtract 2nd-half of of Texans' game and all of the Raiders' game) were pretty damn well-coached, IMO. With two games - Philly and Indy - damn near perfect.

Rivers' "turnaround" can also be attributed to coaching (i.e. scheme), IMO.

This team is NOT overloaded with talent, to say the least. And has had more than their fair share of injuries. In other words, McCoy hasn't had a lot to work with, so you gotta give the coaching staff some major props here.

[richpjr]

This team is NOT overloaded with talent, to say the least. And has had more than their fair share of injuries. In other words, McCoy hasn't had a lot to work with, so you gotta give the coaching staff some major props here.

Agreed. Everything we heard about McCoy scheming to utilize what his players can do rather than forcing players into a scheme they aren't suited for (Norv) is spot on.

[Guy Lombardo]

If we can win week next with the bye the following, we can look to start getting Brandon Taylor and Ingram back on the defense which should help this team down the stretch. This team needs it's #1 and #3 picks from 2012 playing.

[richpjr]

If we can win week next with the bye the following, we can look to start getting Brandon Taylor and Ingram back on the defense which should help this team down the stretch. This team needs it's #1 and #3 picks from 2012 playing.

Getting Ingram back would be huge and from what I have heard is recovery is going excellent, but...it's only been 5 months since his injury. Is it really feasible to think he can come back this season and really contribute?

[OhioBolt]

Speaking of Brandon Taylor what is up with him?

He can't be any worse than Gilchrist right?

[BlazingBolt]

Just keep winning.

I am still going to be hoping KC and Denver (and Oak)drop games and we can catch them. Too early to be worrying about the wildcard still.

[oneinchpunch]

1 Kansas City 6 0 0 1.000 1-0-0 3-0-0 .306 .306 AFC West Champ (Wins tie break over Denver based on best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.)

2 New England 5 1 0 .833 2-0-0 2-1-0 .441 .393 AFC East Champ

3 Cincinnati 4 2 0 .667 1-1-0 3-1-0 .529 .500 AFC North Champ
Wins tie break over Indianapolis based on best win percentage in conference games.

4 Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 1-0-0 2-2-0 .486 .458 AFC South Champ

5 Denver 6 0 0 1.000 1-0-0 3-0-0 .306 .306

6 Miami 3 2 0 .600 0-0-0 2-1-0 .552 .471

7 Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 1-0-0 3-2-0 .559 .471 Wins tie break over Tennessee based on strength of victory. Wins tie break over NY Jets and San Diego based on best win percentage in conference games. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Cleveland (Baltimore wins tie break over Cleveland based on head-to-head win percentage).

8 Tennessee 3 3 0 .500 0-1-0 3-2-0 .571 .412 Wins tie break over Cleveland, NY Jets and San Diego based on best win percentage in conference games.

9 Cleveland 3 3 0 .500 1-1-0 2-2-0 .500 .412 Wins tie break over NY Jets and San Diego based on best win percentage in conference games.

10 San Diego 3 3 0 .500 0-1-0 1-3-0 .472 .556 Wins tie break over NY Jets based on strength of victory.

11 NY Jets 3 3 0 .500 1-1-0 1-3-0 .364 .188

12 Houston 2 4 0 .333 1-0-0 2-1-0 .583 .500 Wins tie break over Buffalo and Oakland based on best win percentage in conference games.

13 Oakland 2 4 0 .333 1-2-0 2-3-0 .571 .250 Wins tie break over Buffalo based on best win percentage in conference games.

14 Buffalo 2 4 0 .333 0-2-0 1-4-0 .571 .455

15 Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 0-1-0 1-2-0 .517 .500

16 Jacksonville 0 6 0 .000 0-1-0 0-4-0 .722 .000

[richpjr]

We have 6 games left against teams ahead of us, so we really do still control our own destiny. Of course, that will require winning a lot of those games...

[BlazingBolt]

Last time Denver was 6-0 they missed the playoffs at 8-8 and we went from 2-3 to the #2 seed at 13-3. Not saying that will happen but.....