Low Positive

The Bengals had already won the division at that point. If the Bills had lost and the Pats won in Miami, the Pats would won the division. Joe Burrow was limping around at the end of that week 17 game against the Chiefs. Playing him in a meaningless game was have been reckless. What the Bengals were trying to avoid was not the Pats, but rather the Colts. If week 18 had gone according to plan, the Colts would have been the 6 seed and played the 3 seed on the road.

Imagine being a Chiefs fan and having to watch Mahomes State Farm ads as he was choking away the game.

Rams open as a 3.5 favorite.

Only if Cincinnati wins. Those opening games are almost always conference games.

KC actually lost the game by getting greedy at the end of the first half. They kick a FG there and they win the game.

There was an analysis of the all 22 that looked at the line up and the reaction of the players that showed that players expected them to squib or kick ir short.

They drafted offensive weapons, built the D in FA and ignored the OL. They lost the trenches all season, but overcame that. They gave up 9 sacks last weeks. Until the last few weeks, everyone in Cincinnati wanted to run Zach Taylor out of town on a rail so all those on here talking about coaching are missing the point. The Bengals are on a run of luck. They should have lost in Nashville if not for a lucky bounce and caught the Chiefs after an epic game against us. If the Raiders had a QB they should lost that game too. I live here and no one saw this coming. This is a weird league.

Only if Cincinnati wins. They usually don't have non-conference games for those season openers.

Hope the SB is as close as these two title games.

All indications are that he called a squib, but that he lost control of the team in the chaos of the celebration after Josh threw that TD with 13 seconds left. It seems that he never got complete control of the team after that.

I didn't even think of that

All 10 of them?

The Cincinnati Bengals are going to win the SB. Yeah, I get to go to a SB parade! Just not the one I wanted.

Jimmy G to the Pats?

Hello Trey Lance, starting QB of the SF 49ers.

Second year in a row a team gets a home SB.

This is going to OT. Because of course it is.

McVey wasting TOs is going to cost them the game.

It's not about fans. Its about getting to practice at your own facility right up until gameday and getting to sleep at home.

If they win the SB there is no way that they make that change.

I wonder how Trey Lance is feeling right about now?

At least no one gets a home game in the Super Bowl this year.

I think Deebo is my favorite player in the league this side of Josh Allen.

Salary cap is finally working

Oddsmakers had the Bengals at an o/u of 6.5 wins before the season. Nobody saw this coming. They lost to the Bears at home in week two and got smoked by the Browns, again at home. They have won three very close games. At Tennessee last week, if that ball doesn't pop straight up off of the reciever's hands the Titans probably drive down and kick the game winning FG. I have no idea what to think, but the NFL right now is a league with very little daylight between teams.