Thanks to their 17-10 loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New England Patriots dropped from the second down to the third seed in the AFC’s playoff race. Now, with only two games left in the regular season, the reigning conference champions face a realistic chance that they will have to play on wild card weekend for the first time since the 2009 season:
3. New England Patriots (9-5)
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5-1)
As we talked about yesterday, however, the Patriots are actually not in that bad of a position.