NFL Playoff Picture: AFC Playoff Picture if Season Ended Today

December 20, 2010   ·   Zachary D. Rymer   ·   Jump to comments

NFL Playoff Picture: AFC
If the season were to end after 15 weeks, then we'd be talking playoff matchups right now. As it is, we're still talking about who is going to make the playoffs at this point.
Regardless, now that the action in the AFC is complete for Week 15, we have a concrete idea what the playoff matchups would be if things held out in the last two weeks.
The New England Patriots would be your No. 1 seed, and both they and the No. 2 seed Pittsburgh Steelers would get the first round byes.
From there, your AFC West champ Kansas City Chiefs would be the No. 3 seed, and the AFC South champ Indianapolis Colts would be the No. 4 seed.
As far as the wild cards go, the Baltimore Ravens would be the No. 5 seed, and the New York Jets would be the No. 6 seed.
So your wild card matchups would be the New York Jets at the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Baltimore Ravens at the Indianapolis Colts.
If you want Super Bowl predictions, I will defer you to Blea...

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