The road to the division/wildcard isn’t even that long

[SunsetBengal]

(11-13-2023, 09:12 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Squeaking in with the 7 seed is not good.

It was added because of money, not because there were so many good teams who were missing the playoffs. That's why those teams are 0-6 with uncompetitive games more often than not.

It's not like baseball playoffs where getting into the playoffs means anything can happen. Football playoffs generally the better team just wins. I believe something like only 1 of the last 24 teams to play in the Super Bowl didn't win their division that year.

Agreed, this team has shown already that it struggles versus teams with physical lines, on both offense and defense.  The Bengals can be explosive when the conditions are right, but they continue to struggle moving the ball with any consistency on the ground and even through the air when teams have a pass rush dialed in.

Unless this team really gets dialed in on both sides of the line and hits a hot streak, they really could be one and done in a Wildcard matchup.