haha Steelers only hope to make the playoffs is to end up in a 2 way tie with the Jets at 8-8. We have some new fans in da house :rofl: Steelers’ slim playoff hopes hinge on four- or five-way tie Posted by Michael David Smith on December 19, 2013, 4:08 PM EST Ben Roethlisberger, Fernando Velasco, Ramon Foster AP Fourteen NFL teams currently have losing records. The Steelers are the only one of those teams that has not been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. But while the Steelers still have a chance to make the playoffs, those chances rest on the obscure possibility that they end up in a four- or five-way tie with the Ravens, Chargers, Dolphins and Jets, all at 8-8. If the Steelers win out to finish 8-8 while the Ravens lose out to finish 8-8, the Steelers would be considered the second place team in the AFC North, based on their superior record within the division. The Steelers would also need the Dolphins to lose out and the Jets to win out, which would make both of those teams 8-8, and would make the Jets the second-place team in the AFC East based on a superior division record. Because the first step of a tiebreaker with more than one teams is to use the divisional tiebreakers to eliminate all but one team from each division, a four-way tiebreaker among the Ravens, Steelers, Dolphins and Jets would turn into a two-way tiebreaker between the Steelers and Jets, which the Steelers would win based on a superior conference record. The Steelers would also need the Chargers to lose at least one of their two remaining games. If the Chargers lose one game to finish at 8-8, the Steelers would win a tiebreaker with them based on a superior conference record. Ultimately, the Steelers need to go 2-0 while the Jets go 2-0, the Ravens go 0-2, the Dolphins go 0-2 and the Chargers go either 1-1 or 0-2, and they’re in the playoffs. So I’m telling you there’s a chance. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-playoff-hopes-hinge-on-four-or-five-way-tie/
I don't like their chances.. They get a little taste of our medicine though. For years us Jets fans have been let down in scenarios where we need the Jets to win to make the playoffs. Now Pittsburgh fans get to feel what it's like to get let down by the Jets!
jets were exposed at home early in the season by a winless steeler team, that played like crap before that. that is exactly when I knew this season was lost. neither one showed it was capable of making the playoffs, much less going anywhere once they got in. since they beat us, they get tiebreaker. yet, they get to draft before we do? that makes no sense..but, lots of stuff the league does makes no sense.
how did we do, coming off a bye?:rofl: we should lose both games just to teach them not to depend on us anymore than we do......:rofl2:
I`ve moved on and are watching my Habs ..............Steelers wouldn`t make it pass the 1st round anyway............reality check.......Steelers ain`t making it........
I don't like the Steelers either, but is it really that big of a deal? At this point, the only thing I care about is the Pats not winning a SB.
ah poor steelers! Even with a depleted team KC should have won with the last min Field goal to out Pittsburgh in. But hey ho!
