12-30-2015, 03:14 PM
(12-30-2015, 02:52 PM)Daddy-O Wrote: I'd love to believe that but Denver is not going to waste away a change to get a bye in playing an inferior opponent at HOME. On the road maybe but not at home.
I think it was 2007..? Bengals needed to beat Pissburgh week 17, at home, and the Steelers were already out of playoffs. Also needed a bad Niners team to go into Denver and win. Denver controlling their own destiny.
Yes, the Bengals lost in OT. Didn't seem like a big deal, until Denver blew a big early lead and lost at home knocking them out of the playoffs. Titans ended up in the playoffs as I recall.
Anyway, NFL history is loaded with teams losing, at home, as big favorites, with everything on the line, to a team with nothing on the line.
