(01-08-2023, 10:11 AM)motoarch Wrote: Because we have such a successful history against back ups.

(01-08-2023, 10:48 AM)kevin Wrote: That is such a weak excuse for losing today before game is played.  AFC CHAMP BENGALS are better than that, they do not need such lame excuses built in for losing.   

I am very happy it is not Lamar Jackson on his game today. This we can't beat back-up QBs excuse for losing is just weak, and AFC CHAMP BENGALS are better than that. 

(01-08-2023, 10:11 AM)motoarch Wrote: Because we have such a successful history against back ups.

(01-08-2023, 10:02 AM)kevin Wrote: Let me also add that if Bengals would lose today, they can still get a home field play-off game next week on a Coin Flip and Ravens would be a road team.  

So Bengals can get home field advantage next week by simply winning today, or if they lose they can still get home field advantage next week on a Coin Flip.  So I can't say everything is going against our Bengals. 

Also Lamar Jackson is out, and I fail to see why some fans would rather play him today than a back-up QB.  Plus Ravens back-up QB was on limited practice this week and list questionable for todays game with arm and shoulder problems.  Fans on here saying they don't want Bengals to play against a back-up QB either is weak.  That they are afraid of back-up quarterbacks.  That is just weak.  Then others saying Bengals may have to face Lamar Jackson next week, wah, wah, wah.  Then win today or win the coin flip and make Ravens or Chargers have to play IN THE JUNGLE.  

So win today and avoid the coin flip, a coin flip Bengals have a 50 / 50 chance of winning I might add.   As for Bengals playing a good team and maybe a good QB next week in the play-offs, that has nothing to do with Bills game cancelled.  There are no easy teams in the play-offs. Anybody that thought the Bengals would get an easy team in the play-offs was wrong anyway.  Any team that makes the play-offs in the AFC or NFC is a good team.  There are no last place teams in the play-offs. So crying about who Bengals play in the play-offs is just petty and crying in your beer nonsense.  

I hope Bengals win today and avoid the coin flip,  but it is set up that Ravens could beat Bengals twice, lose the coin flip and Bengals still get a home play-off game and Ravens don't.  So I can not say everything is going against our Bengals.  I'm sure not going to go along with this crying about having to play a back-up QB today that some are doing, that is just weak.  Bengals should be happy it isn't Lamar Jackson on his game today. 

What I liked about AFC CHAMP BENGALS up to now is they were willing to play at Tennessee, at Kansas City, play Super Bowl at Rams home stadium, making a statement that they will play any team, any place, and Bengals are still good enough to Win. That is why my mood has been PROUD the last 12 months, because I became very Proud of our Bengals for NO QUIT and winning AFC Championship mostly on the road.

The Bengals started 4-4 this year, and that is what put Bengals behind the 8 ball, but Bengals have won ever since and are back to being the team that will play Anybody, Any place, Any Time. That is why my Mood for this team has been Proud for 12 months.

GO BENGALS and as Raiders slogan use to be, " JUST WIN, BABY ".  Go out there and avoid this coin flip thing, beat Ravens without Lamar Jackson today. But let's not build in all these excuses for losing that some are doing. The world is not against The Bengals, that is just a weak excuse for losing, as George C Scott said in the pool Hustler movie. Let's stop drinking the losers Kool Aid that the world is against our Bengals, that is a drink for losers, not our Bengals who I am very proud of.

I agree with Murdock. Win Today. However I must add that if Bengals lose, they still have a 50 / 50 chance on a coin flip, so it's impossible to say the world is against the Bengals. As Murdock and me are saying, Go Out And Win Today. Enough of this crying in your beer stuff over a cancelled game. Be happy that player is dong better, and go out and Win today.

(01-07-2023, 11:05 PM)kevin Wrote: With the added Coin Flip and such, we see posts of it's The Bengals against the World.  However news that Lamar Jackson is out Sunday is good news to Bengals trying to win and avoid this Coin Flip thing.

We can add Chiefs won. If Bengals win Sunday, it may well be that no Coin Flip and no Neutral Site in AFC Championship is required. I would like to see such last second rule adaptions not happen.

With the injured Bills player doing better in hospital, just get back to playing football and beat Ravens without Lamar Jackson at the helm.

     

(01-08-2023, 12:01 PM)t3r3e3 Wrote: I’d rather play the Ravens again than the Chargers.  Chargers defensive studs are all healthy now, that offense has firepower, and they have a good o line.

(01-08-2023, 12:26 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Is this right, because I don't think it is. My understanding is that if any combination of Bills/Bengals/Chiefd are playing each other in the AFCCG, it is at a neutral site.

(01-08-2023, 12:01 PM)t3r3e3 Wrote: I’d rather play the Ravens again than the Chargers. Chargers defensive studs are all healthy now, that offense has firepower, and they have a good o line.

(01-08-2023, 12:31 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Chargers and Jags will be a good game. Two teams with young QBs playing in their first playoff games.