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How Sunday’s results impacted idle Patriots’ pursuit of No. 1 seed, AFC East
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The Broncos are 7-2 vs. AFC opponents and the Patriots are 6-2.
That’s the tie-breaker that dropped the Patriots out of the No. 1 seed position in the AFC playoff picture after Sunday’s game.
Still with four weeks to play, that race could go down to the wire.
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But the Patriots can clinch some things with a win on Sunday. If they beat the Bills, they’d clinch:
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A playoff spot
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The AFC East title and with it at least a first-round home game
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No worse than the No. 3 seed. Division winners get the top four seeds and the AFC North winner can’t win more than 11 games.
Where things stand in race for the AFC’s No. 1 seed:
AFC Top seed
| W |
L |
T |
Pct |
PF |
PA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |
2 |
0 |
.846 |
308 |
235 |
|
| 11 |
2 |
0 |
.846 |
351 |
241 |
With the Patriots idle, the Broncos (11-2) took care of business against the Raiders to pull back ahead of the Patriots, with the help of a tie-breaker.
Still, beginning with Sunday’s game against Green Bay , the Broncos have a brutal finishing schedule with the Chargers, Chiefs and Jaguars looming.
The Patriots’ remaining schedule
The Broncos’ remaining schedule:
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Dec. 14 vs Green Bay
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Dec. 21 vs Jacksonville
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Dec. 25 at Kansas City
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Jan. 4 vs LA Chargers
Where things stand in race for AFC East title:
Buffalo’s win snowy come-from-behind win over Cincinnati , kept them in the race. But they’ll need to beat New England head-to-head on Sunday and get a lot of help to win the division.
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AFC East
| W |
L |
T |
Pct |
PF |
PA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England |
11 |
2 |
0 |
.846 |
351 |
241 |
| Buffalo |
9 |
4 |
0 |
.692 |
376 |
293 |
Bills remaining schedule
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Dec. 14 at New England
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Dec. 21 at Cleveland
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Dec. 28 vs Philadelphia
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Jan. 4 vs. NY Jets
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