Battle for Seeding or Rest Battered Starters?

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(12-24-2022, 12:16 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Dead on.  I responded already and said much of the same, but you bring up a good point about the Ratbirds.  They are turd soup.  A big bowl of it.  They are doing exactly what they did last year and that is collapse because of a variety of reasons.  It is funny how irrelevant they seem, even at 9-5.  They just scored 3 points against the Browns.  I would not be the least bit surprised if Des Ridder (now starting in ATL) gets his first win as a starter (+7.5 points for entertainment purposes).  He was driving the Falcons to win last week and his WR fumbled after a big first down near midfield.  20 more yards, they at least go to OT with a FG, or maybe win it all.  

The Rats host pissburgh the next week (and probably lose) and that would make a Week 18 win for the Bengals irrelevant, should Cincy win today in New England.  In that case, it is all about "help".  If Seattle can pull off the upset today in KC, then next MNFs game will be HUGE and would likely dictate the #1 seed between Cincy and Buffalo.  An odd possible scenario is that the Bengals win, KC AND Buffalo lose today, the Bengals would still need to beat Buffalo next monday as the tie breaker.  Amazingly, if that happened and Cincy won, the Bengals STILL would need to win the last week of the season against the Rats because they would be tied with KC and hold the tiebreaker. 

That's a lengthy way of saying the Bengals almost certainly will need to win all three games and get help from Seattle to get the #1 seed.  The #1 seed would be massive, but I would not think the season is over in any way if they don't achieve it.  But you can bet I will be f'n pissed about the missed extra point (and chip shot FG) week one.  Ugh.

Who Dey!  And....Go Seahawks!

I wouldn't pin my hopes on Seattle as much as i would the Raiders in LV. They'd love nothing more than to beat KC...simply to beat KC. They don't like each other. Knocking them out of #1 would be icing on the cake.