11-19-2022, 10:02 AM
(11-18-2022, 05:36 PM)Mer Wrote: Stop with this must win junk, please. It's only a must win if you loose and are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs due to that lose. 0-6 in the division and winning it is possible even if it hasn't been done before. Just enjoy the ride. We're all Bengals fans so it's not like we haven't experienced a season where we missed the playoffs. As someone posted earlier, anything can happen between now and game 17 and I do believe this team is starting to hit it's stride at the right time just like last year. Who Dey!!
While it is possible, you can safely say it won't happen from a probabilistic standpoint. Going 0-6 in your division removes any margin for error. Being unable to pull out a single game against Cleveland/Pit/Baltimore is a clear sign of where this team is at and they would also lose some of the non-divisional games remaining. The best record ever for an 0-6 team was 7-9 back in 2008. I think they were actually a decent team, but in a pretty tough division. That isn't the case for Cincinnati.
At this point, Cincinnati has doesn't have much room for mistakes. This is a big game this weekend.
