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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 1921599" data-attributes="member: 360">Hmm... at 14-2, the Pats can only tie with the Steelers.At 13-3, the Pats could tie with the Chargers or Colts (but not both), and/or the Steelers. They win a two-way tie with the Colts, and lose to the Steelers, based on head-to-head.Since the Pats and Chargers didn't play, conference record is the next tiebreaker, so it would depend on how the Pats got to 13-3. If they lost to the Jets and beat the 49ers, the Chargers own the tiebreaker based on a better conference record. If they beat the Jets and lost to the 49ers, then it proceeds to the next tiebreaker, but the Chargers and Pats have fewer than 4 common opponents (just Indy and the Jets), so then it goes to "Strength of Victory", and it's impossible to figure that one out.In a three-way tie with the Chargers, Pittsburgh would be eliminated based on conference record, and then the previous Pats/Chargers rules would apply. In a three-way tie with the Colts and Steelers, the Pats win if they beat the Jets (and so have the best conference record); with the same conference record it gets very messy. Same deal if the Chargers and Pats tie at 12-4.</blockquote>