Pittsburgh Will Be The 6th Seed

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(12-21-2015, 04:39 PM)Beaker Wrote: That's entirely the wrong outlook. It is just about guaranteed the Bengals will face the steelers. But we have to start wrapping our brains around the fact that the Bengals are the better team. Even when we lost to the steelers the second time out, we held ben to zero TD throws with our decimated secondary. On top of that, two costly INTs gift wrapped 14 points for the steelers. Take away those and the Bengals win 20-19 with3/4th of their starting secondary out and playing their back up QB.

There will be no sweeter way to end our playoff woes than beating our most hated rivals. I say we have three weeks to start changing the way we think and go into this playoff game with every fan believing that we will take them down! Can you imagine the momentum going into the next playoff game if we have just shut up the steelers and their fans? If we truly want to make it to the SB, we are going to have to beat good teams. I say, let's start with the steelers!

Agree completely.  The 600 lb gorilla on their back would be removed with not only a playoff win, but a win over their nemesis.

And before everyone crowns the steelers as AFC Champs, I will remind you what they are doing right now:  throwing the ball.  50 times a game.  They have zero balance and as the weather begins to turn, that will have an impact on their ability to move the ball. They are feasting on beat up secondaries.  Hopefully, ours will be back 100% when they play again.