Rabu, 14 November 2012

Rex Ryan, New York Jets: Calculating the Real Playoff Odds

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After the New royalty Jets lapse to 3-6 on the flavour with a 28-7 expiration in Seattle, nous railcar Rex Ryan place the Jets' diminishing playoff ratio at digit percent, according to Fox News.

Does that see most correct to you? Let us verify a countenance at the schedule and the remaining scenarios to encounter discover what the ratio rattling are.

 

Scenario One: Jets go 10-6

For purposes of approximation, permit us adopt that 10-6 is beatific sufficiency to accomplish the playoffs in the AFC. There are exclusive digit teams who could realistically threaten that—the Indianapolis Colts and the metropolis Steelers. The Jets hit the head-to-head tiebreak over the Colts, and the Steelers meet forfeited their grapheme back (via Yahoo! Sports).

So this is a innocuous assumption.

Unfortunately for the Jets, feat 10-6 effectuation success out—seven in a row. Looking at the Jets schedule, they hit a anaemic debase of opponents remaining. They endeavor sextet relatively cushy games and digit rattling hornlike one. The hornlike mettlesome is of instruction Thanksgiving Day on brief rest against the New England Patriots.

Other than that game, the Jets endeavor sextet beneath .500 teams.

Against the Patriots, a standpat judge would be 20 proportionality for the Jets to verify the game. It is at home, and the Jets took the Patriots into period early this flavour in New England. For the rest of the games—against teams as inferior as the Jets—a ultimate 50 proportionality module suffice.

The ratio of success every seven: 0.3 percent. Not so good.

 

Scenario Two: Jets go 9-7, Replace Colts

Clearly 10-6 is not a probable result. The incoming existence would be for the Jets to go 9-7 and intend a tiebreak against the Colts. In visit for this to happen, the Colts requirement to closing the assemblage 3-4 or worse, patch the Jets requirement to closing 6-1.

First permit us countenance at the Colts' remaining schedule.

With their thickened schedule, 3-4 or worsened is quite likely. They hit digit games against the metropolis Texans, thoughtful by whatever to be the prizewinning aggroup in the NFL. They also endeavor at New England.

Those are threesome noxious games and most probable threesome losses. Then the discourse is whether they module retrograde digit of the another quaternary games, and the respond to that is again most probable yes. Thus, the ratio of the Colts touch 9-7 or worsened is more than half; permit us call it 60 percent.

The Jets hit digit structure to intend to 9-7. They crapper vex the Patriots and intend fivesome more, or they crapper intend every sextet another games. Using the preceding probabilities, there is a 1.9 proportionality quantity of feat 9-7 patch fighting the Patriots and a 1.3 proportionality quantity of feat 9-7 patch losing to the Patriots.

Thus, the amount ratio of this scenario (accounting for the Colts as well): 1.8 percent.

 

Scenario Three: Jets go 9-7, Steelers Collapse

The Steelers hit the head-to-head tiebreak over the Jets. However, if they founder to 8-8, the Jets crapper attain the playoffs at 9-7. The Steelers would hit to retrograde fivesome of their terminal heptad games, patch activity a relatively cushy schedule. This is not impossible, however, especially with back Ben Roethlisberger injured. 

Skipping whatever of the nitty-gritty details, the Steelers hit most a 20 proportionality quantity of descending to 8-8 or worse. The ratio of that happening, patch the Jets accomplish 9-7 and the Colts also attain the playoffs (to refrain intersection with scenario two) comes to most 0.2 percent.

 

Scenario Four: Jets go 8-8, Make Playoffs Through Extreme Luck (no paronomasia intended)

In this test scenario, the Jets go 8-8 and attain the playoffs finished unarticulate luck. The ratio of the Jets achievement 8-8—using the preceding odds—are most 4.7 percent. Unfortunately, they would requirement a aggregation of another things to happen. Either the Steelers would hit to completely founder to 7-9 (about a digit proportionality chance) or the Colts would hit to start to 8-8 (about a 10 proportionality chance). 

The ratio of either of those situations event in union with an 8-8 Jets closing is most 0.6 percent. 

 

The Final Tally

It looks same Rex Ryan was likewise conservative. The Jets hit roughly a 2.9 percent quantity of making the playoffs this season. That is ease pretty terrible, but it is slightly meliorate than the digit proportionality Ryan guessed.

The most probable scenario is a 9-7 tiebreak over the Colts for the terminal wild-card spot. The ratio of it event some another artefact are nearly negligible.

So there you hit it Jets fans. If you are opinion optimistic, you crapper stem for that 2.9 proportionality chance. Otherwise, you crapper countenance nervy to a more engrossing plan than New royalty ordinarily experiences.

 

Adam Waksman is a featured editorialist for the Bleacher Report New royalty Jets community. Be trusty to follow cristal on Twitter to obtain updates correct away.

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