Playoffs? We’re talking about playoffs?
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Yes, we are…
“So you’re saying there’s a chance”…
Bengals - I was playing with the ESPN Playoff Generator this morning. Here’s what @Mik needs to have happen…
Bengals need to win out to get to 9-8, then Broncos or Chargers need to lose the rest of their games. They play each other Thursday, so one of the two will likely lose. The loser just needs to lose 2 more times after that. The Chargers last 2 games are the Patriots and the Raiders. Two very winnable games… The Broncos last 2 games are against the Bengals, then the Chiefs. That’s your most likely shot, so pull for the Broncos on Thursday. THEN… you still need the Colts and Dolphins to each lose 1 more game. You guys are at 5% probability of making it…
The Bengals aren’t the only team still in the hunt! None other than @Jolly ’s Saints still have a .0001% chance of making the playoffs. They can’t make the Wildcard, but they can still win the division IF they win out and Tampa and Atlanta both lose the rest of their games.
Steelers, naturally, are already in. A win on Saturday gets them the division and all but assures them of the 3rd seed. There is a small chance that they can get the #2 seed, but would need the Chiefs to lose the rest of their games.
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Plus, Denver losing all their games is believable. The Chargers? I'd have to see the schedule, but I doubt it. Bengals beating Pittsburgh? Nahhhhhh.
@Mik said in Playoffs? We’re talking about playoffs?:
Plus, Denver losing all their games is believable. The Chargers? I'd have to see the schedule, but I doubt it. Bengals beating Pittsburgh? Nahhhhhh.
If the Broncos lose out, you don’t need the Chargers to lose out. What they do is irrelevant at that point… Of course, you still need MIA and IND to each lose one more time.
And Pittsburgh will likely be locked into the 3 or 5 seed by that point and will be managing snap counts.
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Well, looks like Mik’s going to be rooting for the Steelers on Wednesday & the Browns on Sunday…
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Nothing like spending Christmas morning listening to pregame analysis…
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Colts are down to the NY Giants… That’s pretty damn miraculous… Everything is going the Bengals way EXCEPT for Pittsburgh losing to KC, meaning they will be resting their starters against Denver.
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I’m not sure the fans should be calling for the firing of a coach that had you in the SB 3 years ago, and has had 3 (going to be 4) winning seasons in a row.
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Well crap. The Bengals now only need 3 things to happen:
*Jets beat the Dolphins (While the Jets have played badly this year, they are a team loaded with talent that is pissed). That’s feasible.
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The Chiefs have to beat the Broncos. The Chiefs will be starting a fair number of backups, but those backups aren’t necessarily that bad. Carson Wentz looked like a quality NFL starter a few years ago, and has gotten to spend a year working with one of the best coaches in the league and the best QB in the league. In addition, the rest are f the backups would love an opportunity to prove something. It is quite possible that the Chiefs pull this off and it would only be a mild upset.
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That leaves Bengals beating the Steelers. My life would be so much easier if the NFL scheduled this game after the Jets/Dolphins and Chiefs/Broncos. But they didn’t. They scheduled the game for Saturday night. So at that time, the Bengals will still be alive and in the hunt. So now Luke and I (both Steeler fans) will be watching the game with Karla and Finley (both Bengals fans)…
To make matters worse, the only game before the Steelers/Bengals is the Baltimore/Browns game. While Baltimore really should win hands down, it’s a divisional game between two teams that hate each other, the Browns have nothing to lose, and a dominant defense. They are also starting a 4th string QB that the Ravens have no tape on, and weird things happen. IF the Browns pulled off the upset, Pittsburgh would be playing for the division, and will want to go all out. I am ALMOST at the point of hoping Baltimore wins and the Steelers decide to rest players… But even if Baltimore wins, Pittsburgh still has to get the stench of a 3 game losing streak off of them. Plus, there’s a chance that Pittsburgh could lose the 5 seed to the Chargers, so it’s important to win this game. Just not as important as it is for the Bengals…
On second thought, I may not watch this game, instead maybe we’ll all go out to the circus that’s in town or something…
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I hope Cincinnati makes it in. I want to see them take on Buffalo.
