AFC playoff picture, Week 12: Titans-Colts highlights slate
There are a litany of good games in the NFL’s Week 12, but the AFC playoff picture will be most impacted by Titans vs. Colts.
With the NFL Season hitting Thanksgiving, we’re now hitting the playoff push. Each week, we’ll take a look at the AFC playoff picture and NFC playoff picture.
Here’s how the AFC playoff picture looks through Week 11 action:
1. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-0)
2. Kansas City Chiefs (9-1)
3. Buffalo Bills (7-3)
4. Indianapolis Colts (7-3)
5. Tennessee Titans (7-3)
6. Cleveland Browns (7-3)
7. Las Vegas Raiders (6-4)
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8. Baltimore Ravens (6-4)
9. Miami Dolphins (6-4)
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The two biggest games on the AFC side are divisional matchups. For starters, the Titans and Colts see each other for the second time in three weeks, this time in Indianapolis. In the last meeting, it was Philip Rivers and Co. winning with ease, taking advantage of Tennessee’s special teams blunders.
The winner will have sole possession of first place in the AFC South, while the loser goes into the wild card bracket.
Meanwhile, Thanksgiving gives us a fantastic nightcap with the Steelers hosting the Ravens. Pittsburgh is attempting to run its record to a perfect 11-0, while the Ravens are simply looking to keep hope alive. At 6-4, Baltimore is desperate and trying to avenge a loss from a month ago at home to the Steelers, in which Lamar Jackson suffered four turnovers.
Elsewhere, the Chiefs are on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are trying to get on track after losing of their previous three. Kansas City is streaking in a different direction, having won five straight. If the Chiefs win, they go to 10-1 with a Sunday night affair against the Denver Broncos on deck at Arrowhead Stadium.
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In Buffalo, the Bills come off their bye week and welcome in the three-win Los Angeles Chargers. Josh Allen’s team will try to stay a game ahead of the Dolphins, who draw the winless New York Jets at MetLife Stadium this weekend before coming home to host the Ryan Finley-led Cincinnati Bengals.
In the North, the Browns go on the road for a date with the one-win Jacksonville Jaguars, who are riding a nine-game losing skid. Cleveland can get to 8-3 before the schedule toughens, with the Steelers, Ravens and Titans are on the docket in December and January.
Lastly, the Raiders attempt to bounce back going cross-country to face the Atlanta Falcons, who are trying to pick up their fourth win of the season.
