DOLPHINS: Steeler game

[ldouglas]

but how do you know who would have clinched yet and who wouldn't? it
could have been just as likely that the Jets were 11-4 and the Bengals
were vying with the Steelers and Ravens to get the 6th wildcard spot.

On 12/30/09, Richie Wohlers <richiewohlers at gmail.com> wrote:
> In today's Easterbrook article, he suggested that the Bengals probably won't
> have any reason to beat the Jets.  Which means the Jets could make the
> playoffs at 9-7 with 2 of their wins coming against teams that basically let
> them win.  Teams like the Steelers, Ravens or Broncos would lose a playoff
> spot to the Jets in this scenario.  If this happens, I sure hope the NFL
> comes up with some kind of a plan to prevent this sort of thing from
> happening.  I'm not sure what the solution is, but something will need to be
> done.  I really think having more inter-divisional games in week 16 and 17
> would reduce the chances of a team clinching things early.
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Mark S. Clark <clark.m.s at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Btw, with the Bengals seemingly having their spot in the playoffs pretty
>> much set in stone (division winner, host first round game), do they have a
>> reason to want to beat the Jets?
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