Last week's Divisional Games

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(01-07-2022, 09:23 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Forgot about that game and why do Christmas and Bengals playing the Vikings go together so often lol. 

 Plus went out to hike the Grand Canyon in 88 and 89 as well which could blur that memory somewhat before moving back to Louisville and becoming a season ticket holder in 91.  

Yes, I was talking about the game between the Bengals and the Vikings on Christmas that had HUGE repercussions for teams in the AFC and NFC.


Unfortunately, the Bengals lost.



"Minnesota won the NFC Central with the resulting 10-6 record but lost badly to the 49ers in the Divisional playoff. At 8-8, Cincinnati ended up not only out of the postseason but at the bottom of the AFC Central (the three other teams all made it into the playoffs, although Houston and Pittsburgh were only a game better than the Bengals at 9-7. The Steelers would have been eliminated had Cincinnati won)."


So for an AFC point of view this game affected the AFC Central. For a NFC point of view it affected a number of teams as well.