zackmandude63
Poconos Phinatic!
How is JAX ahead of us in Wild Card Race, when we just defeated them, and we are both 7-6?? Isn't the first tie breaking scenario for non-divisional teams the head-to-head result?
Tie Breaker Question
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Chubby
SUPERFAN
When more then two teams are tied for a spot, head to head tie breaker is basically tossed out. They first move to Conference record, which Jag slightly has a better record.
Chubbs
Chubbs
zachblitz54
Juck the Fets
Exactly. Also, as long as the Fins win out, it won't matter anyway. Jacksonville plays the cheatriots. Jack wins, and we win the division. The cheatriots win, and Jack is out of the running. So, pay no attention to it.
Chubby
SUPERFAN
I would like to clarify further, when more then two teams are in a tiebreaker for the Playoff spot and they have not all played each other, they then rule out head to head and move to conference record to decide the tie breaker.
In this instance if all 4 or 5 teams would have played each other throughout this year then yes they could have used the head to head to decide the tie breaker.
Chubbs
Almost right, but actually it's not essential that all teams in a 3-way tiebreak have played both the others for head-to-head results to apply. You just need one team to have played both of the others -- so long as it won or lost both of those games. Among three teams, you only need two games played rather than three (or three games among four teams, rather than six), if the results went a certain way.
SpaceMountain16
Disgruntled
Forget about the Jags, they're not going to survive the Colts or the Patriots. It's the Ravens we have to worry about, if they beat the Steelers we're screwed.