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Colts vs. Jaguars: How the AFC South Breaks Down if the Colts Win Sunday

December 17, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

This Sunday the Indianapolis Colts host the Jacksonville Jaguars in what has been billed as a must-win game for both teams.
Jacksonville comes into the game as the underdog, although they defeated the Colts at home this season in thrilling 31-28 fashion. Josh Scobee boomed a 59-yard field goal as time expired to send Peyton Manning and the Colts home losers on Oct. 3.
The stakes this Sunday could not be higher for the Colts, whose consecutive playoff appearance streak is in serious jeopardy.  If they lose, the season will pretty much be over.  Even if they were to make up the final two games to pull into a tie with the Jags, Jacksonville would own the head-to-head tiebreaker.  A wild card berth, while not out of the question, would require an intervention by God himself (God not available for comment).
But, should the Colts win on Sunday, it pulls Indianapolis and the Jaguars even at 8-6.  So, we look to the NFL tiebreaker rules and apply them to scen...

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