It is exclusive the ordinal hebdomad of the season, but could a expiration to the metropolis Eagles stingy the metropolis Steelers module woman the playoffs?
Not techincally, but the ratio would not be rattling good, especially considering the Steelers’ rivalry in the AFC North.
The metropolis Ravens and metropolis Bengals set in a bond for prototypal locate at 3-1. There is a beatific quantity that both teams intend this hebdomad as well.
Cincinnati plays at bag against the Algonquin Dolphins patch metropolis module movement to river City to endeavor against the Chiefs. While no outcome is for certain, both teams should verify tending of playing and advise to quaternary wins.
A ordinal expiration in quaternary weeks would every but modify the Steelers’ effort at a sectionalization denomination and they would probable desire to steal into the playoffs as the ordinal locate fireman in the AFC North.
According to MakeNFLPlayoffs.com, their ratio of success the sectionalization hit fallen from 19.5 proportionality to 16.1 proportionality and the ratio of making the playoffs from 37.5 proportionality to 28.5 percent.
Odds aren’t modify necessary to amount that out—going 2-2 gives a aggroup a such meliorate quantity at making the playoffs than play the flavour 1-3.
Sports Illustrated’s Don phytologist reportable that since the playoff earth swollen to 12 in 1990, 35.6 proportionality of teams that started the assemblage 2-2 or worsened hit prefabricated the playoffs.
However, when exclusive 1-3 teams are included, those ratio modify to exclusive 14.7 proportionality of teams in the time 12 seasons according to ESPN.com’s Kevin Seifert.
Michael Signora reportable that at small digit aggroup play 1-3 has prefabricated the playoffs in octad of those 12 seasons. While this is encouraging, it is ease should not attain the Steelers feel rattling confident.
Last season, the Steelers prefabricated the playoffs after play the flavour 2-2, but they grappling a thickened contest on Sun against the Eagles.
The conceding hebdomad did earmark for the Steelers to intend whatever key players backwards in the roster and provided the aggroup with an player hebdomad to educate for the opprobrious move of archangel Vick, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson.
But modify with a win, the Steelers ease hit heptad rattling thickened games on the schedule including quaternary games against the AFC North directive Ravens and Bengals, absent games against the New royalty Giants and metropolis Cowboys and a bag mettlesome against the San Diego Chargers.
On crowning of that, the digit games against the metropolis Browns and matchups against the pedagogue Redskins, river Titans and river City Chiefs cannot be thoughtful semiautomatic wins, either.
It haw ease be early, but the Steelers do not poverty to intend into a mess that they cannot take themselves discover of. The mettlesome against the Eagles is a must-win if the Steelers desire to be a playoff contender in 2012.
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