Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
9-8 is pretty much their ceiling at this point.
They have 6 games against the AFC North left and they have no defense to speak of.
AFC North games are built on uglying it up and winning late with defensive stands. The Bengals ain't winning those. If they're lucky they manage to go 3-3 in those games.
So they need to find 6 other wins? Not impossible, but not easy. Giants, Panthers, Faid, Broncos, Titans and then hope to steal 1 of the three against Dallas/Philly/LAC?
Does 9-8 get them into the playoffs? No, i don't think it does.
But hey, maybe they'll get to take advantage of that cake last place schedule again next season. So they've got that going for them....which is nice.
|
Despite the Steelers record, no one is running away with that division. The Ravens aren’t good enough to do that and the Steelers certainly aren’t.
In the next two weeks the Bengals ceiling is 2-3. If they do that, since they play each other, then that also means the Ravens ceiling is 2-3. At that point it’s basically starting over for the division race even if they are both behind the Steelers still.