Recreation consequence: The Ravens are formally within the postseason. They beat Pittsburgh on Saturday to clinch the playoff berth and tie the Steelers atop the AFC North. With tiebreakers, Pittsburgh remains to be in first place however the Steelers have the Chiefs and Bengals over the past two weeks. Baltimore has Houston and Cleveland. That is going to go all the way down to the wire.
The Baltimore Ravens aren’t simply locked in a race for the AFC North division with the Pittsburgh Steelers, they’re combating for a wild card berth within the postseason. They’ll make an enormous dent within the division race this weekend clinch a playoff spot within the course of.
Baltimore at 9-5 comes into Week 16 in fifth place within the AFC, and with the Chargers in on Thursday, the Ravens are a half-game up on each Los Angeles and Denver.
Ravens playoff berth clinching situations
The Ravens are three video games away from the non-playoff groups heading into Week 16, in order that they must create only a smidge extra space with a view to clinch. A Baltimore win places them 3.5 video games up the groups tied for eighth place and with solely three video games left, that’s sufficient to do it. At 10-5, the worst they’ll end is 10-7 and the groups tied for eighth all have six losses already.
If the Ravens lose to the Steelers on Saturday, they’ll nonetheless again right into a playoff spot this weekend with some assist.
Baltimore already has clinched a spot forward of the Cincinnati Bengals because of defeating them twice, so losses by each of the opposite groups on the surface wanting in would additionally create the area the Ravens want.
- Colts loss/tie AND Dolphins loss/tie
With 9 losses, the very best they may do is 8-9 and the Ravens have already got 9 wins.
AFC standings heading into Saturday of Week 16
1. y-Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (13-1)
2. y-Buffalo Payments (11-3)
3. x-Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4)
4. y-Houston Texans (9-5)
5. Baltimore Ravens (9-5)
6. Los Angeles Chargers (9-6, wins over DEN)*
7. Denver Broncos (9-6, loss to LAC)*
8. Indianapolis Colts (6-8, 5-5 AFC, win over MIA)*
9. Miami Dolphins (6-8, 5-5 AFC, loss to IND)*
10. Cincinnati Bengals (6-8, 3-6 AFC)*
11. New York Jets (4-10) — eradicated
12. Cleveland Browns (3-11, win over JAX) — eradicated
13. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-11, win over TEN, loss to CLE, win over NE) — eradicated
14. Tennessee Titans (3-11, loss to JAX, win over NE) — eradicated
15. New England Patriots (3-11, losses to JAX & TEN) — eradicated
16. Las Vegas Raiders (2-12) — eradicated
Groups with an asterisk (*) have been eradicated from divisional competition
Groups with an (x) have clinched a playoff spot
Groups with a (y) have clinched their division
