LOS ANGELES, December 30, 2013-The 2013 NFL regular season is now in the history books. The AFC playoffs are set.
1.) 13-3 Denver Broncos
2.) 12-4 New England Patriots
3.) 11-5 Cincinnati Bengals
4.) 11-5 Indianapolis Colts
5.) 11-5 Kansas City Chiefs
6.) 9-7 San Diego Chargers
How we they here: While their could has been plenty of movement among the top four seeds, no changes took place. They all won in Week 17 by double digit margins and held serve. Kansas City was locked into the five seed and the only team in either conference who had the option to rest starters.
The San Diego Chargers had all of the football gods smile upon them. Had either the defending champion Baltimore Ravens or Miami Dolphins won, San Diego would have been out. They both lost. Chiefs Coach Walrus Lite Andy Reid did bench his starters, and San Diego barely survived beating the Chiefs' backups in overtime.
Had San Diego lost, the Pittsburgh Steelers would have been in the playoffs. Instead, the Ravens, Dolphins, Steelers, and previously eliminated New York Jets all finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs. The January 4 and 5 wildcard matchups:
San Diego Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts
The New England Patriots and Denver Broncos have first round byes and the week off. Denver has home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
January 11 and 12 are the divisional matchups:
If San Diego wins, they are at Denver. If Cincinnati wins, they are at New England. The winner of the other wildcard game would not know their opponent until this wildcard is settled.
Predictions: The bottom four seeds are tomato cans. There are upsets every year, but this is a year to go with the favorites. New England and Denver are on a collision course to meet in the AFC Title Game on Sunday, January 19th. The football world wants to see Peyton Manning and Tom Brady duel again, and this year it will happen. Follow Eric Golub on Twitter @TYGRRRREXPRESS Eric Golub is an independent writer for the Communities. Read more from Eric at his TYGRRRR EXPRESS blog. Follow us on Twitter @wtcommunities
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Eric Golub is a politically conservative Jewish blogger, author, public speaker, and comedian. His book trilogy is "Ideological Bigotry," "Ideological Violence," and "Ideological Idiocy."
He is Brooklyn born, Long Island raised, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1990. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Judaism, and his MBA from USC. A stockbrokerage professional since 1994, he began blogging on March 11th, 2007, the three year anniversary of the Madrid bombings and the midpoint of 9/11. He has been inflicting his world view on his unfortunate readers since then. He blogs about politics Monday through Friday, and about football and other human interest items on weekends. Contact Eric Golub
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