Early Playoff race

This is my first time writing on the phinsider and I would just like to say I have been coming here for awhile for all of my Fins info, especially any time I am overseas. I like the community you all have going here and the excellent writing by Matty. I know a lot of fans have already counted the Fins out for this season, so I thought I would take an early peek at the Playoff race and possible wild cards from the AFC and where the Fins fit in. 

Below I put each team that I thought to be an actual candidate in this race except for INDY, because I have them as a lock in AFC South. If you look at the match ups in the upcoming weeks there are 14 games where teams in the hunt are playing each other, 7 of those games are in the last two weeks of the season. So of the 10 teams below there are guaranteed 14 loses to come for teams in the hunt not to include games played against teams not in the hunt. Now while Miami does have their back against the wall especially with Ronnie’s injury, playoffs are still possible. Ideally for Miami to have a shot they can only lose one more game (tough but can be done.). While I did put MIA in the lose columns for some of the teams, I did not fill out who they would lose to or what their finale record would be. (that is for the rest of you to fill in the blanks and discuss). Here is to hope!

NE 6-3 NYJ,NO,MIA,CAR,BUF,JAC,HOU =LOSES NO,MIA=11-5

NYJ 4-5 NE,CAR,BUF,TB,ATL,INDY,CIN=LOSES NE,INDY,CIN=8-8

PIT 6-3 KC,BAL,OAK,CLE,GB,BAL,MIA=LOSES 1XBAL,GB,MIA=10-6

CIN 7-2 OAK,CLE,DET,MIN,SD,KC,NYJ=LOSES MIN,SD=12-4

BAL 4-4 CLE,INDY,PIT,GB,DET,CHI,PIT,OAK=LOSES INDY,1XPIT,GB=9-7

JAC 5-4 BUF,SF,HOU,MIA,INDY,NE,CLE=LOSES MIA,INDY,NE=9-7

HOU 5-4 TEN,INDY,JAC,SEA,STL,MIA,NE=LOSES INDY,JAC,NE=9-7

DEN 6-3 SD,NYG,KC,INDY,OAK,PHI,KC=LOSES NYG,INDY,PHI=10-6

SD 6-3 DEN,KC,CLE,DAL,CIN,TEN,WAS=LOSES DEN,DAL,=11-5

MIA 4-5 CAR,BUF,NE,JAC,TEN,HOU,PIT=LOSES?RECORD?