12-14-2021, 10:28 AM
It'll be a tight finish in the AFC. 13 of the 16 teams are currently in the playoff race.
Luckily for the Bengals, only 3 of their losses are in conference so they will have tiebreakers over most other teams vying for the last 2 playoff spots (Cleveland, Denver, Baltimore, Miami and Buffalo have 5 conference losses each). I list Denver there but, obviously, if they beat us, they'd hold a higher tiebreaker against us than conference record, but it's still worth noting. The Colts, Chargers and Titans only have 3 losses as well, so we're going to need them to take a few losses to really feel comfortable with getting into the playoffs at 9-8, but it does feel plausible that we can make it in as long as we get our division games right.
The way I see it, we need Cleveland to lose to GB and we need Denver to basically lose out after beating us.
Luckily for the Bengals, only 3 of their losses are in conference so they will have tiebreakers over most other teams vying for the last 2 playoff spots (Cleveland, Denver, Baltimore, Miami and Buffalo have 5 conference losses each). I list Denver there but, obviously, if they beat us, they'd hold a higher tiebreaker against us than conference record, but it's still worth noting. The Colts, Chargers and Titans only have 3 losses as well, so we're going to need them to take a few losses to really feel comfortable with getting into the playoffs at 9-8, but it does feel plausible that we can make it in as long as we get our division games right.
The way I see it, we need Cleveland to lose to GB and we need Denver to basically lose out after beating us.
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