Post BYE - Where do we stand?

[kevin]

(11-06-2022, 06:03 PM)GridironMonarch Wrote: Moving on past the BYE week...Azuwie out long term (pretty much for the year), Chase (temporarily) out, anyway...do we have a chance, guys?

I say yes...but my glass is usually half full.

What say you?

I like to do The Math.

Bengals at 0-3 can NOT lose another AFC NORTH game and make Play-offs.   They MUST win at Pittsburgh, Beat Browns in Cincinnati, Beat Ravens in Cincinnati and go 3-3 in the AFC NORTH

That gives Bengals 8 Wins.  They will need at least 2 more and a 10-7 record.  

Bengals Must WIN 2 of these 5 games.  Tennessee, Kansas City,  Tampa, New England, Buffalo.   Yes, 5 tough teams but Bengals only have to WIN 2 of them to reach 10-7.   Some of them are in Cincinnati.  

Now what if Bengals only go 2-4 in the AFC North but still finish 10-7 record ???   That trying to go in the back door is the hard way and often that back door slams in your face.  Bengals need to beat Steelers and Browns after the Bye Week.  Maybe they will be in Play-Offs before the last game of season of Ravens at Cincy, who knows, but Bengals MUST beat Pittsburgh and Cleveland the first 3 weeks after the bye week. 

So The Math is there.  The AFC Champs of 2021 can still GET HOT and go 10-7 or Better.  

However if the Bengals come out FLAT and get SWEPT by Steelers,  I would say that would about Kill any Play-Off hopes.  

So I would like to see Bengals come out and beat Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Cleveland and be at 8-4 on the season.   I think Bengals Play-Off chances would look much better sitting at 8-4 and 2-3 in the AFC NORTH.   With the Bengals now at 5-4 and 0-3 in the AFC NORTH, the Bengals need to come out of The Bye Week  HOT and TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.