As things stand right now, the Patriots are at No. 3, and they would face either the Bengals or Steelers in the wild card round, and then, the Broncos the following week in Denver in a divisional playoff game. If they dropped to No. 4 – mostly likely, into a tiebreaker they would lose with the Ravens – they would face the Colts in the first round at Gillette, and then, on to a meeting with the Texans. On paper, those are far more favorable matchups than the idea of traveling to Denver and facing the Broncos, particularly when you consider the fact that the Patriots had no issue beating Houston and Indy.
Interesting points by Chris and I’m inclined to agree with him. The 4th seed looks like a better road, but we’ll have to wait until week 17 for that. The problem is you never know, the Broncos could lose one and then the door opens to the two seed. And yeah, two seed > four seed.
