Bengals playoff hopes may very well be in the Kansas City Chief's hands

[iowahwky4cinci]

Steelers always so adept at playing above their talent & pulling things out of their @$$es, but they can't get this done.
Figures.

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 05:27 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: the way of the loser, have to root for someone else to win. Andy Reid would never, when we change coach

(10 hours ago)ERIC1 Wrote: andy Reid did not lose two starting tackles, his starting running back a tight end..his number 2 receiver missing games and playing with a chronic hamstring problem....numerous key players on both the defensive line and defensive backfield..and Mahommes playing @ 50% his first five games..but again..don't get me wrong..Bengals need to enlarge their scouting department and get a real GM

All of what you say makes sense, but is unlikely to happen. The text of the quote that you replied to stands true.

[Essex Johnson]

(8 hours ago)reuben.ahmed Wrote: let's not ever think zac and lou have excuses for sucking when compared to all time greats. it is statistically amazing how well our offense generally performs in combination with how terrible the defense is. zac and lou have done nothing to fix it for 2 years.

I blame orga ization more fhan Zac on defense, Zac has actually done well this year on offense as playcaller and personel.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

This is disappointing, but not unexpected. The Steelers have been crap for a month except against us.

Anywho, I don't think:

1) We'll win out
2) Indy will lose again

If I am wrong and we beat Denver, then we can start worrying about the Chiefs.

[QueenCity]

Think we may be toast but will hold out hope till it's official. Would like the Bengals to at least make the last week interesting.

[reuben.ahmed]

(6 hours ago)Essex Johnson Wrote: I blame orga ization more fhan Zac on defense, Zac has actually done well this year on offense as playcaller and personel.

I can agree to this, although I think Zac must have some say since he's the HC. Must be protecting Lou. That is the great part of not taking responsibility for wins or losses, there's nobody to blame, then there's nobody to fix it, and there's nobody to fire. Everyone WINS! Except the fans lol.

I woudl say Zac's first 2 game record out the gate is primarily on his plate, he's the HC. Who else is there to blame? It's a pattern.

[*Awful Llama*]

(5 hours ago)QueenCity Wrote: Think we may be toast but will hold out hope till it's official. Would like the Bengals to at least make the last week interesting.

Agreed.  At least win Saturday and keep the pressure on the other teams "in the hunt."  

[reuben.ahmed]

This article seems like Chiefs are going to sleepwalk and get 2 weeks off, then go on and win the SB like nobody expected.

NFL would make more excitement if they didn't let it happen, at the end.

Congrats Denver for losing to us on Saturday and beating the Chiefs backups handily. Will Andy Reid even be at the game or will his backups be making the calls.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43159475/chiefs-grateful-playoff-bye-clinching-afc-top-seed

They are looking for the playoff bye since they had an early bye week during the regular season, and mahomes not sure if he will play in the final game, they are going to love that 2 weeks off and not having Burrow to look forward to. Maybe Zac won't be here next year or Lou, so we have a chance of winning one of those first 2 games and not be in this position, again.

I can see them resting, Denver wins, Bengals win out and miss the playoffs - then the Bills or someone else beats the chiefs in the playoffs and the story is "maybe we shouldn't have rested" - since we've heard that before. Man we can have a story for everything lol.

[Nepa]

(3 hours ago)reuben.ahmed Wrote: This article seems like Chiefs are going to sleepwalk and get 2 weeks off, then go on and win the SB like nobody expected.

NFL would make more excitement if they didn't let it happen, at the end.

Congrats Denver for losing to us on Saturday and beating the Chiefs backups handily. Will Andy Reid even be at the game or will his backups be making the calls.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43159475/chiefs-grateful-playoff-bye-clinching-afc-top-seed

They are looking for the playoff bye since they had an early bye week during the regular season, and mahomes not sure if he will play in the final game, they are going to love that 2 weeks off and not having Burrow to look forward to. Maybe Zac won't be here next year or Lou, so we have a chance of winning one of those first 2 games and not be in this position, again.

I can see them resting, Denver wins, Bengals win out and miss the playoffs - then the Bills or someone else beats the chiefs in the playoffs and the story is "maybe we shouldn't have rested" - since we've heard that before. Man we can have a story for everything lol.

Yeah, Mahomes has more or less say they expect to be resting starters. He said it will be up to Andy Reid, but that they need the break. The game is also at mile-high Denver. Shame, as Burrow would be a front-runner for MVP if the Bengals hadn't had such a pitiful defense for most of the season.