12-09-2017, 10:45 AM
(12-09-2017, 09:56 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Surprised so many are pulling for the Ravens. I had no idea the hate for the Steelers ran so deep. Just as everyone here is resigned to the fact that the Bengals not making the playoffs; I am resigned to the fact that the Steelers are. One of the teams we need to start losing is the Ravens.
I'll also be rooting for the Patriots, Cardinals, Broncos, and know the Chiefs/Oakland game is going to help us either way. As I said: I like the Bengals more than I hate the Steelers. I would love for that last game of the season to mean something. Either we can squeak in or we can eliminate the Ravens. If the Ravens win this weekend they most likely beat the Browns and Colts and have a playoff spot locked up before we play them.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not pulling for the Ravens as opposed to the Steelers. My attitude would be **** both of them. I'm tired of hearing about how the Balt/Pit games are tough football but full of such slobber-over-one-another respect. If anything I hope someone cheap-shots somebody and a massive fight breaks out, and injuries are sustained that screw them both up for the playoffs, and the NFL talking heads wail and gnash their teeth over the inhumanity of it all.
I'll be at both the Bears and Lions games, with friends and family, cheering for the Bengals, so in that respect the games will matter to me regardless of if we're eliminated from the WC hunt. I'll enjoy the days simply for what they are.
Besides, we'll win Sunday and so will the Steelers, so fret not, our playoff "hopes" stay on the ventilator for yet another week.
