Everything Pittsburgh: Playoff Picks

Now there is still a number of games to be played on Sunday to determine the playoffs, but I am going to make my picks anyhow. First, I will predict who gets in and the seeding, and then the rest of the playoffs.
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Here are the scenarios:

AFC

EAST DIVISION

Miami Dolphins: can clinch the division with (1) a win; (2) a tie and a New England loss or tie or can clinch a playoff spot with a tie and a Baltimore loss.

New England Patriots: can clinch the division with: (1) a win and Miami loss
or tie; (2) a tie and a Miami loss; can clinch a playoff spot with (1) a win and a Baltimore loss or tie; (2) a tie and a Baltimore loss.

New York Jets: Can clinch the division with: (1) a win and a New England loss; can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) A win and a Baltimore loss.

SOUTH DIVISION

Tennessee Titans: clinched the division, first-round bye and homefield advantage.

Indianapolis Colts: clinched a playoff spot.

NORTH DIVISION

Pittsburgh Steelers: clinched the division and a first-round bye.

Baltimore Ravens: can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win; (2) a tie and
a Miami loss or tie; (3) a tie and a New England loss or tie; (4) a New England
loss.

WEST DIVISION

Denver Broncos: Can clinch the division with: (1) a win or tie.

San Diego Chargers: Can clinch the division with: (1) a win

ELIMINATED

Buffalo,

Houston,

Oakland.

NFC

EAST DIVISION

New York Giants: Clinched the division and homefield advantage.

Dallas Cowboys: can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win; (2) a tie, a Chicago loss or tie and a Tampa Bay loss; (3) a tie, a Minnesota loss or tie and a Tampa Bay loss; (4) a tie, a Chicago loss and a Tampa Bay tie; (5) a tie, a Minnesota loss and a Tampa Bay tie.

Philadelphia Eagles: can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win and losses by Tampa Bay and Minnesota; (2) a win and losses by Tampa Bay and Chicago.

SOUTH DIVISION

Atlanta Falcons: clinched a playoff spot; can clinch the division and a first-round bye with: (1) a win and a Carolina loss.

Carolina Panthers: clinched a playoff spot; can clinch division and first-round
bye with: (1) a win or tie; (2) an Atlanta loss or tie.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win and a Dallas loss or tie; (2) a tie, a Dallas loss and a Minnesota loss or tie; (3) a tie, a Dallas loss and a Chicago loss or tie; (4) a tie, a Dallas tie, a Minnesota tie and a Chicago win or tie; (5) a tie, a Dallas tie, a Chicago tie and a Minnesota win or tie.

NORTH DIVISION

Minnesota Vikings: can clinch the division with: (1) a win; (2) a tie and a Chicago loss or tie; (3) a Chicago loss; can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win and losses by Dallas and Tampa Bay.

Chicago Bears: can clinch the division with: (1) a win and a Minnesota loss or tie; (2) a tie and a Minnesota loss; can clinch a playoff spot with: (1) a win and losses or ties by Dallas and Tampa Bay; (2) a tie and losses by Dallas and Tampa Bay.

WEST DIVISION

Arizona Cardinals: clinched the division.

ELIMINATED

Detroit, Green Bay, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington

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Here are the seedings as of right now:

AFC
Seed	Team	Division	Record
1	Tennessee(yz*)	South	13-2-0
2	Pittsburgh(yz)	North	11-4-0
3	Miami	East	10-5-0
4	Denver	West	8-7-0
5	Indianapolis(x)	South	11-4-0
6	Baltimore	North	10-5-0
Still alive (below)
7	New England	East	10-5-0
8	N.Y. Jets	East	9-6-0
9	San Diego	West	7-8-0
Eliminated
10	Buffalo	East	7-8-0
11	Houston	South	7-8-0
12	Jacksonville	South	5-10-0
13	Oakland	West	4-11-0
14	Cleveland	North	4-11-0
15	Cincinnati	North	3-11-1
16	Kansas City	West	2-13-0

NFC
Seed	Team	Division	Record
1	N.Y. Giants(yz*)	East	12-3-0
2	Carolina(x)	South	11-4-0
3	Minnesota	North	9-6-0
4	Arizona(y)	West	8-7-0
5	Atlanta(x)	South	10-5-0
6	Tampa Bay	South	9-6-0
Still alive (below)
7	Dallas	East	9-6-0
8	Chicago	North	9-6-0
9	Philadelphia	East	8-6-1
Eliminated
10	Washington	East	8-7-0
11	New Orleans	South	8-7-0
12	San Francisco	West	6-9-0
13	Green Bay	North	5-10-0
14	Seattle	West	4-11-0
15	St. Louis	West	2-13-0
16	Detroit	North	0-15-0

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Here are the matchups:

WEEK 17
Sunday, Dec. 28
Game	Time	TV
Kansas City at Cincinnati	1:00 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
Oakland at Tampa Bay	1:00 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
Cleveland at Pittsburgh	1:00 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
New England at Buffalo	1:00 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
St. Louis at Atlanta	1:00 pm	FOX Regional
Chicago at Houston	1:00 pm	FOX Regional
Tennessee at Indianapolis	1:00 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota	1:00 pm	FOX Regional
Carolina at New Orleans	1:00 pm	FOX Regional
Detroit at Green Bay	1:00 pm	FOX Regional
Seattle at Arizona	4:15 pm	FOX Regional
Dallas at Philadelphia	4:15 pm	FOX Regional
Miami at N.Y. Jets	4:15 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
Washington at San Francisco	4:15 pm	FOX Regional
Jacksonville at Baltimore	4:15 pm	CBS - HD (Regional)
Denver at San Diego	8:15 pm	CBS - HD National

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Here are my picks for the week:

What this all means is that I think that Detroit is going to be the first 0-16 team in NFL history, not saying that the previous winless team (the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers) are celebrating and the 11-5 reigning AFC Champion New England Patriots (not to mention 16-0 regular season record holders from last year) will not make the playoffs. I believe that the NFC seedings will change drastically as I see the Bears will win the division due to their win and the Giants beating the Vikings. As far as the AFC seedings, I see the Chargers overtaking the Broncos to get into the playoffs.
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So the seedings would be as follows:

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Winners/Losers:

Wild Card Games

AFC

Indianapolis wins at San Diego

Miami beats Baltimore

NFC

Atlanta beats Arizona

Chicago wins at Dallas

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Divisional Games

AFC
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Wins

Miami at Tennessee

Miami Wins

NFC

Atlanta at New York Giants

New York Giants Win

Chicago at Carolina

Carolina Wins

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Conference Championship

AFC

Miami at Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Wins

NFC

Carolina at New York Giants

Carolina Wins

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Pittsburgh and Carolina

Pittsburgh Wins!

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Yes...surprise!, surprise!, I pick the Steelers. I have real problems picking against them this year. You can check my track record and I never picked against them. I know alot of people are bashing the Steeler offense and the play of the stars of this team, but I feel that the Steelers are an offense built on key situations. By this I mean when the game is on the line, they come through. The defense prides itself on keeping the team in the game and then the offense does exactly what it has to exactly when it has to to win. I feel that the defense will always give them a chance to win any game and the offense will do enough and not make costly mistakes to cost them the game. As they always say, defense wins championships, and the Steelers have that defense this year.
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One key number: 43! Super Bowl 43! Polamalu for Super Bowl MVP!