I'd think we'd need 10 wins for wildcard. Maybe 9.

We'd need to finish 8-4 for 9 wins.

(10-07-2024, 06:32 PM)kevin Wrote: Bengals are only 2 games out of 1st place, with 5 division games left to be played.  Also do not be surprised if Bengals are 5-4 when they play Ravens again and climb to 6-4.  

I could see that if it were the offense that was struggling, but, sadly, it's the defense and they don't have the dawgs to get any better.  The Bengals will simply have to outscore their opponents, because the Bengals defense isn't stopping any offense, except maybe Pitt, but Pitt's defense is so good it's a wash.

(10-07-2024, 07:13 PM)TKUHL Wrote: That’s pretty optimistic.

Optimistic?  How can any Bengals fan be TRULY optimistic?

(10-07-2024, 08:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I don't really give a damn about winning the division or not.
It's AFCCG or bust, IMO.

Can this team beat the Chiefs, Texans, or Bills in primetime in the playoffs?

The funny thing is I do actually think we could beat the Chiefs and Bills. The Texans not so much.

(10-07-2024, 07:14 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: We're 2 games back...5 games into the season.

Exactly. We’re only 2 games back because we haven’t played enough games yet. Give it about 4 games and we’ll be at least 4 games out of 1st

(10-07-2024, 08:38 PM)Whacked Wrote: Last time the Bengals started 1-4 was 2019.
We went 2-14. lol
Ohhh and our D was better.

They were 0-5 in 2019... Hell they were 0 for September, October, and November that year. The defense was about the same. They sucked then, and they suck now.

(10-07-2024, 10:12 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: Exactly. We’re only 2 games back because we haven’t played enough games yet. Give it about 4 games and we’ll be at least 4 games out of 1st

We've played as many games as anyone in the league. We're only two games back because Pittsburgh and Baltimore aren't all that, and the Browns are probably worse than we are. Their offense is atrocious, and our defense is pathetic.

(10-07-2024, 10:34 PM)jason Wrote: We've played as many games as anyone in the league. We're only two games back because Pittsburgh and Baltimore aren't all that, and the Browns are probably worse than we are. Their offense is atrocious, and our defense is pathetic.

They deserve everything they’re getting for that Watson contract. And Baker having success elsewhere while Watson is pure ass is just the cherry on top.

(10-07-2024, 08:58 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Maybe this year Zac will bench Joe on Andy's birthday.

Lol. Why would I not be surprised lol. Ahhhh

(10-07-2024, 10:32 PM)jason Wrote: They were 0-5 in 2019... Hell they were 0 for September, October, and November that year. The defense was about the same. They sucked then, and they suck now.

Yikes. They were even worse than I remembered. lol

(10-07-2024, 09:07 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I'd think we'd need 10 wins for wildcard. Maybe 9.

We'd need to finish 8-4 for 9 wins.

We had 9 last year and missed. 

6 teams went 9-8 in 2023 and 5 of them didn't make the playoffs.
4 teams went 9-8 in 2022 and 2 of them didn't make the playoffs. 
5 teams went 9-8 in 2021 and 4 of them didn't make the playoffs.
That's 26.7% over the last 3 years for a 9-8 record making the playoffs.

Think you need 10 to have any degree of comfort, even more so considering we're already 0-3 in the AFC, so we're almost certainly not going to win that tiebreaker. So a 9-3 finish.

(10-07-2024, 07:05 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Iv'e said before and I will say it again. If the defense could improve to simply being bad, instead of horrendously awful, this offense can carry the team on a serious win streak.

The AFC is not strong this year. 3 WC spots will be up for grabs.

This is spot on.

(10-07-2024, 06:53 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: My God. We beat the Panthers. We're 1-4. We basically need to win out to win the division. The way we're playing we will be lucky to win 8 games.

Outside of the Ravens, the whole division lost Sunday Relax...

(10-07-2024, 07:16 PM)Destro Wrote: We beat arguably the worst team in the league, headed by their back-up, the ghost of Andy Dalton. Will win some, for sure. Playoffs are a very long shot, even with the charity extra teams they let in, but the AFC North will not be anywhere close. This is almost trolling.

Or, you could say we arguably took the best team in the league to within 1point of beating them. 
And the AFCN is still very close.

(10-07-2024, 08:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I don't really give a damn about winning the division or not.
It's AFCCG or bust, IMO.

Can this team beat the Chiefs, Texans, or Bills in primetime in the playoffs?

Yeah, but winning the Division (or the Wild Card) gets you into the playoffs where the records are all re-set to 0

(10-07-2024, 08:58 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Maybe this year Zac will bench Joe on Andy's birthday.

Yeah, Joe is putting up MVP numbers and Zac is going to bench him.....

(10-08-2024, 08:16 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Yeah, Joe is putting up MVP numbers and Zac is going to bench him.....

(10-07-2024, 06:32 PM)kevin Wrote: Bengals are only 2 games out of 1st place, with 5 division games left to be played.  Also do not be surprised if Bengals are 5-4 when they play Ravens again and climb to 6-4.  

please pass whatever koolaid this is

(10-08-2024, 11:44 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: please pass whatever koolaid this is

It's orange, baby!  OH YEAH!

(10-07-2024, 06:32 PM)kevin Wrote: Bengals are only 2 games out of 1st place, with 5 division games left to be played.  Also do not be surprised if Bengals are 5-4 when they play Ravens again and climb to 6-4.  

Right on, kevin! Don't let these doom-and-gloomers put out the fire of optimism in your heart. WHO DEY!