Season not over: big picture

[Beaker]

(10-10-2016, 11:19 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote:  That would put us at 9-6. Good enough to make the playoffs?

Seeing as 9-6 is only 15 games, and we play 16, then no, 9-6 is not good enough to make the playoffs.

Not making the playoffs will accomplish two things:

1. Remind the fanbase just how difficult and special it is to make the playoffs. A fact they've forgotten since the Bengals have made it 5 years in a row.

2. Prevent the Bengals from losing an 8th straight playoff game. Unless things change drastically, we have no hope of winning a playoff game this season. The team has already shown that it is a second tier team that will regularly lose to the upper echelon teams.

All that said, wouldn't it be the shit if the Bengals backed into the playoffs at 9-7 and, given no shot to win, pulled the upset to break the streak?