This week vs the Steelers is basically the season

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(11-18-2022, 02:22 PM)Sled21 Wrote: It's really not. Sure, winning is better than losing, but if they lose then anything can happen down the road. Allen's elbow if definitely affecting him. Lamar is always one play away from injury or one breath away from covid. Anything can happen, it's the NFL. It ain't over till it's over. Of course, if they lose the season will be over for the wrist slitters, because they will bleed out and die before the big comeback. It's all moot anyway, we won't lose this game.

This. You can go 0-6 and as long as you win more games, division record doesn't matter. It hurts with other teams to have that many conference losses but the only thing that really matters is to win enough games to qualify for the playoffs. Doesn't matter how you get there. 

Every single game of every year is a "must win" so it's silly to constantly post "must win" later, as if it's any different than any other game. People have already pointed out how the 1st game of the year has put them in the pickle they are now but no one would have said week one was a must win. 

Every single game is important when you only have 17 to base playoffs on.