NFL Playoff Picture Has Been Reshaped by the Two-Point Runback

December 6, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments


Take a trip with us into an alternate reality.
The Raiders are in complete command of the AFC West, two games ahead of the 8-4 Chiefs, three ahead of the 7-5 Broncos, who are scrambling just to earn a Wild Card bid. 
The Steelers sit all alone atop the AFC North. The 6-6 Ravens hardly pose a threat. No one has taken them seriously since they handed the Browns their first win of the season back in Week 2.
The 8-4 Falcons hold a one-game lead in the NFC South, but it is hardly safe. The Buccaneers are a threat, and the 6-6 Saints have three divisional games left and some impressive wins on their resume, including an upset of the Broncos.
Yes, most of the records above look wrong. No, I'm not writing this column from dollar draught night yet again. These standings come from Earth Prime, a parallel universe where everything is the same as it is here except for one tiny ripple in the space-time continuum: on Earth Prime, extra points and two-point conversions ...

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