Where is the praise for the prime time win?

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(10-05-2016, 01:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You can say whatever you want, but it sounds silly.

How can prime time losses be bigger and more important than other regular season losses, but prime time wins are not?

Please explain the logic in that argument.

If you're talking strictly wins, they're all pretty much equal in importance with division and conference wins being a bit more important due to tie breakers.

The OP was wondering where the love was because he felt the narrative is, the Bengals can't win in primetime. That's obviously not true because the Bengals can and have won in primetime.

The lack of love is due to it being a thursday night game against a team with a losing record. We've already seen instances of that before so it's received with a ho hum reaction.

Primetime wins against winning teams are seen as more important because they show you are able to play with and beat good teams. That's important because you will not play a team with a losing record in the post season (with the one exception in the history of the nfl).

As i've cited twice, the Bengals last beat a team with a winning record in primetime in 1997. That's kind of telling.

Bengals are 4-4 on thursday night, pretty well below .500 on monday night and they've never won on sunday night in 7 tries. The nfl tries to make almost everyone play on thursday night so you are more likely to face a team with a losing record. Sunday and monday nights, predominantly, are better teams with mostly winning records.

A win is a win in the standings, mostly, with the previously stated division and conference wins being more important in the playoff picture. A win in primetime has a much wider range of importance, depending on when and who it's played against.