It's been 10 weeks since the Bengals beat a decent team

[*ochocincos*]

Yes, the Bengals have had four losses in the second half of the season, but ALL were to playoff teams.
The only one that was by more than four points was the second Steelers game...McCarron's first game...in which the Bengals were within a TD prior to the pick 6....

Even though the Bengals lost all these games, they showed me something I haven't seen from a Bengals team in recent years...they can compete with the best of the playoff teams.

The Steelers, Patriots, Broncos, Chiefs, and Texans have all lost to teams with losing records at least once this season. Shouldn't they be getting chalked up with a loss too since they can't beat the teams they "should" beat?

Bottom line: the Bengals can compete and beat any team in the playoffs this year. Whether that happens or not, who knows. But at least they've shown they have a shot to do it, unlike some of the previous years.