The NFL Thread 2016: New England Patriots Win Super Bowl LI

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Miguel_Zorro said:

Thanks to the strength of the west, it looks like the AFC wildcard requirement could be as high as 11 wins this year.

In the NFC, it was fun pretending that Minnesota was good early on. They might still sneak into the playoffs due to the relative NFC weakness this year.

Probably not 11, although 10 is certainly reasonable. The AFC West is going to spend the last 6 games of the season carving itself up. KC plays Oakland, Atlanta, and Denver twice before season's end. Denver has New England, Oakland, and those two games against KC. Oakland has the easiest schedule out of the three left, with the toughest games being the divisional ones mentioned earlier, but both of those are on the road.