Now the true test begins

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(11-21-2022, 11:42 AM)Synric Wrote: Four of those seven games are against the current division leaders lol (Bill's are still tied for the divison lead I believe).

Bengals have a tough road ahead of them needing at least 4 more wins. At least the schedule is like 2 road 2 home 2 road 2 home.

Yep, the Bills are tied with the Dolphins right now.

The saving grace of the rest of the season is that MIA and BUF both have 3 more divisional games while NE and Jets have two (each against MIA and BUF).

I'm putting the least likely wins as KC and BUF, although they are home games and Bengals found a way to beat KC twice last year, so it's not 0% chance.
TEN I think is next for least likely unless the Bengals can get up on them early to reduce Henry's rushes. I know the Bengals did beat them in the playoffs, but Henry was just activated the day of or the day before that playoff game recovering from a big injury. I think he's going to do better against the Bengals this time around.
If the Bengals can't beat KC, BUF, or TEN, they could still make the playoffs, but they'd have to get at least 3 wins between BAL, CLE, TB, and NE, which will not be an easy feat.

Don't rule out the Chargers either. While they are currently behind the Bengals at 5-5, they get to play IND, DEN, ARI, LAR, LV, all of whom have losing records. Their only true difficult games left are TEN and MIA. I could see them going 5-2 the rest of the way and getting a WC spot.