AFC Playoffs Image: Evaluating Seven Wild Card Contenders Against Perfect 9-Win Odds

The AFC playoff picture can also be summed up like this: Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs and later a dogfight.

For seven weeks, the two-time defending Super Bowl champions appear to be back in the NFL class. Kansas Town (6-0) is the league’s best undefeated team and already holds a 2.5-game lead in the AFC West. And the team hopes to bounce back easily with the addition of receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who will be traded from the Titans to the Chiefs later in life, according to some reports Wednesday.

On Kansas Town’s backside, the race for the six at-large playoff spots, specifically the three wild card spots, in the AFC is shaping up to be a wild playoff round. In summary, the Texans, Ravens and Expenses lead the three alternative categories, at 5-2. The Steelers (5-2), Colts (4-3) and Broncos (4-3) secure the 3 wild card spots these days. The Chargers (3-3), Bengals (3-4), Dolphins, 2-4, Jets (2-5) and Jaguars (2-5) are also in the hunt.

In tune with Stephen Oh, SportsLine’s lead information engineer and the person behind SportsLine Projection Fashion, “because the AFC has a large number of teams, many teams at .500 and below still have fairly high playoff percentages, and only nine wins may be enough for the number 7 spot.”

The biggest beneficiary of the AFC’s weight is the Chargers. The model, which simulates every NFL tournament 10,000 times and has won more than $7,000 per $100 for players in the NFL’s top picks since its inception, asks Los Angeles, which is ranked third in the AFC West, complete with 9.2 wins and provides mentoring. Jim Harbaugh’s team has a 59.2% chance of making the playoffs. That’s a higher ratio than the Broncos (49.8%) and Colts (26.3%), who are ahead of the Chargers in the standings heading into Moment 8. Los Angeles is six games over against equipment like these. days below .500.

Meanwhile, the Jets, who made the industry’s most notable late-game acquisition yet by bringing in Davante Adams and were beaten 37-15 during the Steelers’ late life, are still just 17.4% possibilities of achieving it. the postseason.

The Bengals (40.3% chance of making the playoffs), Jaguars (16.1%) and Dolphins (7.0%) also don’t seem projected to make the playoffs, according to the trend.

Here’s how the model lays out the race for the two overall wild card spots (then Pittsburgh) and those teams’ chances of achieving nine wins:

As for Moment 8, SportsLine Projection Fashion calls for a tight contest between the Chargers and Saints on Sunday. However, that contest is not one of two with Grade A spread options based on style mocks for Moment 8. You can find top-tier Moment 8 NFL picks at SportsLine.