Wildcard Watch

[*bengalfan74*]

(11-15-2018, 10:32 AM)YsCascadia Wrote: I don't know why so many are giving up on a divisional win.

The Steelers have the TOUGHEST schedule out of the AFCN and everyone is acting like we can't "catch" them.

@Jags, @Denver, Chargers, @Raiders (they should win this one easily, but the traveling beforehand is brutal).  @NO, NE and to finish up with us in Pittsburgh.

You're telling me that you think the Steelers beat everyone one of those teams?  With all of that traveling?

We have the reeling Ravens, the Browns twice (no we will not split with them), Raiders and Broncos in Cincinnati and the Chargers in LA, before playing the Steelers.

We have 5 potential wins while the Steelers have 5 potential losses.  It is fair to say we have the better shot at winning 3 out of 5 than they have of winning 2 out of 5.  Hell it isn't impossible for us to win all but 1 while the Steelers lose all but 1.  If that were to happen then the records for the AFCN would be Steelers 7-8-1 and the Bengals would be 11-5.  Even if the Steelers win 1 or 2 more games, they will only have a 8-7-1 or 9-6-1 record.  If they Bengals drop 1 other game, they would have a 10-6 record.  Where we would get hurt is if we finish with the same wins as the Steelers, since they have that tie.

The Steelers easily beat the Jags, Broncos, and Raiders that gives them 9 wins. Of the Chargers, Saints, and Patriots they'll probably win one = 10. I could see the final game against us as a do or die, for us. How you reckon that will turn ?