NFL Playoff Scenarios

NFL Playoff Scenarios, A lot of things needed to fall right for the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and a lot will need to go right for them to make the playoffs but after a roller coaster season, KC fans have to be believing that anything is possible. A loss tot he packers would have eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention.

 Their record already has them out of the Wild Card race and so their only road to the playoffs is by repeating as AFC West Champions. To make up ground, the Chiefs needed to beat the Packers but they also needed the Denver Broncos to lose.

 Both those things happened on Sunday and so now the Chiefs’ road to the postseason is a clear one.
Find out what needs to happen over the next two weeks for the Chiefs to make the playoffs, after the jump.

The current AFC West standings are as follows:
Denver 8-6
Oakland 7-7
San Diego 7-7
Kansas City 6-8
The Chiefs are in a tight spot and they are going to need some outside help but thanks to games against the Raiders and Broncos still looming, the KC can still catch up.

Nfl Playoff Schedule 2011

Nfl Playoff Schedule 2011, (AP) – As one of the strangest NFL seasons – on and off the field – coming to an end, fans can start thinking playoffs, followed by the Super Bowl, then the project. And then, perhaps, nothing. Dark stages. Empty Sunday afternoon and Monday evening. No team fantastic. The collective agreement between the league and players expires March 4. Team owners have gone from optimism to express essentially clamming up to about an agreement with the players’ union in the near future.

Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith stressed the need for substantive negotiations now. Yet the two sides remain far apart on key issues, especially the players of turnover, and a switch for an 18-game regular season.

“If both sides give a little, everyone will have a lot,” Goodell said, “especially the fans.”

Smith counters, “The players believe the lockout will occur.”

They certainly did, “said Tom Condon and Ben Dogra, two agents of the NFL best player, with a clientele that includes brothers Manning, Drew Brees and Patrick Willis.

“I think the players take it very seriously,” said Condon, who was with three other labor disputes: in 1974 as a rookie, with 82 in the negotiations, and as an outside counsel for players in 1987. “They know what is at stake here and all the reaction to the preparation because it was positive. We encouraged them to talk to their player reps, which are their direct lines to the union, to discuss issues and discuss them. ”

Bronco’s safety Brian Dawkins, a veteran of 15 years, said he advised the young players on saving money. Chief’s linebacker Mike Vrabel, a veteran of 14 years and, like Dawkins, a member of the union’s executive committee, added that the NFLPA has asked each officer to discuss saving money with their customers.

“I think players are more sophisticated and the issues are fairly clear. Basically what happened is that the CBA is in place, the owners voted in favor, and certainly the players accepted in 2006. And owners were given the opportunity to opt out, they did in 2008, and they want to recapture some of that money. ”

It is a central issue.

NFL owners say they need much restructured because they can not afford the revenue sharing CBA about to expire. NFL revenues are expected to be nearly 9 billion by 2010, with nearly 60 percent of sales goes designated players. Owners require enormous debts of the stadium construction and the start of the NFL Network and other companies, making it impossible to be profitable.

According to the NFL, the average wage increased by about 35 percent drive from 1.4 million in 2005 and – last year the old agreement – $ 1.9 million in 2009. The numbers this season are not comparable because there is no salary cap.

The players insist the league and the game is in good health, showing huge gains networks, television ratings impressive attendance of solid, profitable marketing partnerships and interests abroad.

Players have asked the teams to open their books. Goodell said that players know where the money is spent in the league “to the penny.”

As the NFL prepares for the final games of the regular season 16 of the season, intense negotiations are not the immediate horizon. Although no deadlines are imminent, it is hard not to worry about 2011 – and beyond.

This does not mean dark and doom-scenario is upon us.

“The best way to get through is to make all parties have an understanding of the ramifications of a decision,” Dogra said. “You are very optimistic because there are smart people on both sides of the table; the sport is most popular and very profitable for all concerned.”

Also remember that the NFL has not missed games due to labor problems since 1987, when players went on strike for the second time in five years.

“If both parties are equally committed and so focused,” NFL vice president and labor counsel Jeff Pash in-chief said, “There is no reason we can not reach an agreement.”

AP Pro Football Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington and AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen in New York contributed to this story.

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