The end of the NFL season is near, with 2 more weeks of play left. The first round of the playoffs is the wildcard. When 4 teams from AFC play against each other, and same for the NFC. The AFC wildcard right now consists of these four teams; Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, and Kansas City Chiefs. The top teams in the hunt right now for those wildcard spots are Jets, Colts, and Jaguars. Out of all of these teams the Chiefs, Steelers, and Jets all have the same record of 9-5 making this race really tight. My pick for the AFC wildcard right now is that the Jaguars will take the Texans spot to play against the Chiefs, otherwise leaving the race the sam. Meanwhile, in the NFC the four teams in the wildcard spots for now are the; Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and the Washington Redskins. The top teams in the hunt are the Falcons, Eagles, and Giants. Unlike the AFC, I don't think that any of the spots are going to change for the NFC wildcard. The teams who have already clinched there spots in the divisional round are the Patriots and Bengals in the AFC and the Panthers and Cardinals in the NFC. In the divisional round the Patriots will play the lower seeded team that wins in the wildcard in the AFC. The Bengals will play the higher seeded team that wins the wildcard in the AFC. The same thing happens in the NFC, the lower seeded wildcard team will play the undefeated Panthers, and the higher seeded wildcard team will play the Cardinals. My pick for the wildcard is the Steelers beating the Broncos, and the Chiefs(no bias even though they rock) beating the Jaguars. After that, the Patriots will face the Steelers, and the Bengals will play the Chiefs. As much as I love the Chiefs, sadly I don't think that they will be able to beat the Bengals. And, I think that the Patriots will beat the Steelers if they don't cheat. In the NFC the Panthers will face the Seahawks after they supposedly beat the Redskins. And, the Packers will face the Cardinals as the other 2 teams in the divisional round. After those two games, my pick is that the Panthers will face the Cardinals beating them and heading towards the Super Bowl. On the other hand, the Patriots will beat the Bengals and head to the Super Bowl too. That leaves Super Bowl 50 with the Patriots verses the Panthers. My pick for the Super Bowl will be coming right after the playoffs.
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| Tom Brady and Cam Newton |
