AFC Playoff Outlook: Chargers, Ravens Lead as Colts Eye Wild Card

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00:00Let's look quickly at the AFC playoff picture where the Chargers and Ravens really have

00:08a stranglehold on this thing along with Denver at eight and five.

00:12And then honestly beyond that, I mean, you can't rule out Indianapolis because if they

00:15did win out, they would be 10 and seven, but boy, it doesn't, I don't think the Dolphins

00:22are going to win out at five and seven and I think Cincinnati is out of it.

00:25So I mean, can Indianapolis run the table here, Jacob?

00:28I mean, they barely beat New England last week.

00:30It's okay.

00:31I feel like the AFC is pretty much set.

00:34It feels like it.

00:35I think the Colts will have a chance.

00:37They're on by this week.

00:38Then they have a key week 15 game with the Broncos that will determine basically whether

00:44or not the Colts will have a chance to make the playoffs because if they lose that one,

00:48it's going to be very hard for them to climb into the wild card race because basically

00:52the Ravens and Chargers would just have to win once more to put that kind of three game

00:56gap between themselves and the Colts and then the Broncos would have a head-to-head

00:59tiebreaker.

01:00So it's looking like we know the seven playoff teams.

01:03The one thing I'd keep an eye on though is the Texans.

01:06They're kind of in a scenario where they haven't played particularly well of late.

01:11So if the Colts get a little bit hot and the Texans continue to be cold, I mean, they barely

01:15beat the Jaguars even after Trevor Lawrence left the game this week.

01:19I wouldn't rule out Indianapolis working its way into that division race.

01:22So I'm going to be keeping a close eye on that.

01:25The Texans have the significant advantage, but they do have some weaknesses on that defense,

01:29especially against the pass.