Hello, rock bottom
It’s not even Thanksgiving and the Las Vegas Raiders cannot win the AFC West division tile.
If they lose Friday at the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos and Los Angles Chargers win, there will be no tiebreaker ways for the Raiders to make the playoffs.
Based on a tiebreaker, they are in the 16th and last slot in the AFC standings. Here are the ugly details:
Note: In the standings below, only the pertinent tiebreakers are listed. Teams marked with an asterisk have been eliminated from winning their division.
AFC standings after Week 12
1. Kansas City Chiefs (10-1)
2. Buffalo Bills (9-2)
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3)
4. Houston Texans (7-5)
5. Baltimore Ravens (8-4)
6. Los Angeles Chargers (7-4)
7. Denver Broncos (7-5)
8. Miami Dolphins (5-6)
9. Indianapolis Colts (5-7)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-7)
11. Cleveland Browns (3-8, 3-3 AFC)
12. New York Jets (3-8, 3-5 AFC, win over TEN)
13. Tennessee Titans (3-8, 3-4 AFC, loss to NYJ)
14. New England Patriots (3-9)*
15. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9, 2-4 AFC)
16. Las Vegas Raiders (2-9, 2-7 AFC)*