Eh, maybe not.
The Bengals currently lose most tiebreakers. Which is why they are in 10th place in the conference.
This game was 0 percentage points on the divisional scale and only a few percentage points on the wild card scale.
The Chiefs are not a wild card contender. The Bengals losing to the Chiefs wouldn’t matter at all. The Browns have a 1.5 game lead on us with 4 games to go. The Bengals losing to the Browns likely won’t matter.
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Have you run the math on this? Because I have. This game was a few percentage points.
This game was a “want” not a “need”.
If the Bills win out, we are in.
Yeah this was not a game we needed.
It would have been nice for the Vikes to win but the Bengals are going to lose at least 1 (if not 2) of their remaining games.
The Bengals have the Chiefs, Steelers and Browns left.
They are losing at least one, if not two, of those games.
I would have loved a Bengals loss here but I don’t think it matters playoffs-wise.
Dallas is a good team but they’re 2-2 against teams with a winning record. Definitley not a juggernaut.
8 of their 10 wins against teams with a losing record.
Honestly, I just have something to be positive about! This is the most rejuvenated i’ve felt since the 2020 season. I feel like this team is clicking again.
It’s all falling into place!
Houston will be without their stud QB and stud WR.
If Houston drops to the Titans, they will go to 7 losses with games against the Browns and Colts left.
And the Steelers/Colts play tomorrow. So one of them is guaranteed to drop to 7 losses.