jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (11/20/84)
Here are the Richardson ratings after week 12. My guess is that the AFC playoff teams will be Pittsburgh (by default), Denver, Seattle, Miami, and New England. The Raiders have a game against Miami, plus three others that should be easy, while New England plays Dallas, St.Louis, Philadelphia, and Indianapolis, but the Patriots have been probably the most consistent team in the league this year, and I've been told that a tie with the Raiders would go in the Patriots favour, so I predict the Pats will win enough games to make the playoffs. I'm looking forward to the two games between Denver and Seattle. Don't ask me about the NFC. I have no idea how ties will be broken between Washington, the Giants, Dallas, St.Louis and the Rams. If somebody wants to fill me in, I'd appreciate it. I don't even know what the general tie-breaking criteria are or the order in which they're applied. By the way, I owe the oddsmakers an apology. I said they must have been nuts to pick the Packers over the Rams. I still don't know how they figured that one out. Last This WEEK 12 Week Week TEAM (DIV) GP W L T PCT GOOD BAD RATING RESULT 2 1 DENVER (AW) 12 11 1 0 0.917 10.0 0.6 0.892 W Minn 1 2 MIAMI (AE) 12 11 1 0 0.917 9.6 0.9 0.863 L SDie 4 3 SEATTLE (AW) 12 10 2 0 0.833 9.1 1.1 0.833 W Cinc 3 4 SAN FRANCISCO (NW) 12 11 1 0 0.917 8.5 1.1 0.805 W Tamp 7 5 LA RAIDERS (AW) 12 8 4 0 0.667 7.5 1.4 0.753 W Kans 6 6 NEW ENGLAND (AE) 12 8 4 0 0.667 6.1 1.5 0.691 W Indi 9 7 CHICAGO (NC) 12 8 4 0 0.667 7.4 3.0 0.684 W Detr 5 8 WASHINGTON (NE) 12 7 5 0 0.583 6.3 3.5 0.619 L Phil 12 9 NY GIANTS (NE) 12 7 5 0 0.583 6.6 4.5 0.590 W St.L 8 10 DALLAS (NE) 12 7 5 0 0.583 7.0 4.9 0.585 L Buff 15 11 SAN DIEGO (AW) 12 6 6 0 0.500 4.7 3.0 0.572 W Miam 10 12 LA RAMS (NW) 12 7 5 0 0.583 6.1 5.0 0.545 L GBay 11 13 ST. LOUIS (NE) 12 6 6 0 0.500 5.8 5.0 0.533 L NYGi 16 14 PHILADELPHIA (NE) 12 5 6 1 0.458 4.3 4.7 0.482 W Wash 18 15 GREEN BAY (NC) 12 5 7 0 0.417 4.1 4.7 0.473 W Rams 19 16 NEW ORLEANS (NW) 12 6 6 0 0.500 3.8 5.4 0.433 W Pitt 13 17 NY JETS (AE) 12 6 6 0 0.500 4.0 5.7 0.432 L Hous 17 18 KANSAS CITY (AW) 12 5 7 0 0.417 3.8 5.5 0.431 L Raid 14 19 PITTSBURGH (AC) 12 6 6 0 0.500 5.0 6.7 0.429 L NOrl 21 20 CINCINNATI (AC) 12 4 8 0 0.333 2.0 5.9 0.340 L Seat 20 21 INDIANAPOLIS (AE) 12 4 8 0 0.333 2.5 6.4 0.334 L NEng 22 22 TAMPA BAY (NC) 12 4 8 0 0.333 3.2 7.7 0.314 L SFra 23 23 DETROIT (NC) 12 3 8 1 0.292 2.0 7.3 0.280 L Chic 25 24 CLEVELAND (AC) 12 3 9 0 0.250 1.7 7.2 0.269 W Atla 26 25 MINNESOTA (NC) 12 3 9 0 0.250 1.6 7.4 0.256 L Denv 27 26 BUFFALO (AE) 12 1 11 0 0.083 1.2 8.2 0.206 W Dall 24 27 ATLANTA (NW) 12 3 9 0 0.250 2.3 9.5 0.197 L Clev 28 28 HOUSTON (AC) 12 2 10 0 0.167 1.7 9.9 0.161 W NYJe -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff