AmishBengalFan

Watch Ickey show his shuffle off to Buffalo.

Also, don't forget that Monday is "I'm Going To King's Island" Day..... 35 years ago - 1/8/1989

I have the sweater, too: Still fits.

So, did the Current Browns pick up a rent-a-kicker or are they going for two all game long?

Ah, those bring back cracking memories of Villa, eh chap? I remember back in the FA Cup Finals of ought-three that 'Pool had an equalizer denied over a tetchy call when Jurgen was clearly in an overlap with the last Villa defender - I'm certain the Linesman had a quid or two on the outcome of that match, as it was BOLLOCKS to make that call otherwise. Bubble and Squeak!

Today is Sam Wyche's birthday. January 5th. I always make a point to remember people on the anniversary of their birth rather than the random date upon which they were taken from us. We are made better when important people enter our lives, and are diminished when they depart. Let's choose to celebrate the former. Happy birthday, Coach.

Update..... the Playoff Machine had an error it in yesterday that has apparently been fixed. I stupidly relied upon it being accurate, so my scenarios and flowchart captured that error. It incorrectly showed PIT as eliminated with a loss if HOU, TEN, DEN and MIA all won. Turns out, if TEN and DEN both win, then the HOU-IND and DEN-MIA games don't matter, PIT are the 7 seed. The corrected scenarios are: PIT eliminated if: (1) PIT loses + JAX win (2.) PIT loses + LVR win (3) JAX win + BUF win (regardless of what PIT does) PIT gets the 6 seed if: (1) PIT win + TEN win + MIA win PIT gets the 7 seed if: (1) PIT win + JAX win + MIA win (2) PIT win + TEN win + BUF win (3) PIT lose + TEN win + DEN win Which simplifies the flowchart: CBS lists these: PITTSBURGH can clinch a playoff berth with: 1. PIT win + BUF loss 2. PIT win + JAX loss or tie 3. PIT win + HOU-IND tie 4. PIT tie + JAX loss + HOU-IND doesn’t end in a tie 5. JAX loss + DEN win + HOU-IND doesn’t end in a tie If we ignore the word "tie": PITTSBURGH can clinch a playoff berth with: 1. PIT win + BUF loss 2. PIT win + JAX loss 5. JAX loss + DEN win Which matches the flowchart.

They booed Andrew Luck when he announced his retirement. Fuck them.

I've got this weirdly colored Bengals ski cap - officially licensed - but it sure looks like Lions colors: I'll be wearing it to the game on Sunday along with my St Louis BattleHawks AJ McCarron jersey, as I transition from being a Bengals regular season fan into a Lions playoffs fan. And why not, David Montgomery and Sam LaPorta carried my fantasy team to the Fantasy Bowl this year. And to whomever mentioned a Bills-Lions SuperBowl this year, count me in!

If y'all want PIT to be sucking rocks and miss out on the playoffs, there are a LOT of ways this can happen: PIT eliminated if: (1) PIT loses + JAX win (2) PIT loses + LVR win (3) PIT loses + HOU win + MIA win (4) JAX win + BUF win (regardless of what PIT does) PIT gets the 6 seed if: (1) PIT win + TEN win + MIA win PIT gets the 7 seed if: (1) PIT win + JAX win + MIA win (2) PIT win + TEN win + BUF win (3) PIT lose + IND win + TEN win + DEN win (4) PIT lose + HOU win + TEN win + DEN win + BUF win It's stupidly complicated, so here's a flowchart. The green OUT circle is where we want them to go: For the hated Colts, it's easier: If IND>HOU, they make the playoffs - Will be 4 seed if TEN>JAX - Will be 6 seed if JAX>TEN + MIA>BUF - Will be 7 seed if JAX>TEN + BUF>MIA If HOU>IND, they're eliminated

2024 Opponents: HOME: BAL CFT PIT LVR KCC PHI WAS TEN AWAY: BAL CFT PIT LAC DEN DAL NYG NEP CAR Based on 3-year AFC and 4-year NFC rotation. (In 2020 we played at DAL/NYG and hosted PHI/WAS, and in 2021 we played at DEN/LAC and hosted LVR/KCC) TEN/NEP may be reversed, but I think we travel to the AFC East opponent (because we hosted Buffalo this year), so we would host the AFC South opponent.

Well.... if it's any consolation, we secured the 4th place schedule for 2024. That means at New England (4-12), vs Tennessee (5-11) and at Carolina (2-14)... combined (11-37 0.229) Based on the standings right now: Baltimore gets Miami (11-5), Jacksonville (9-7) and Tampa (8-8)... combined (28-20, 0.583) Cleveland gets Buffalo (10-6), Indianapolis (9-7) and New Orleans (8-8)... combined (27-21, 0.563) Pittsburgh gets Jets (6-10), Houston (9-7) and Atlanta (7-9)... combined (22-26, 0.458_=) We're gonna feast.

What's the KC drop count now?

Recommending a thread title change. Browninghead

Whoops, that was last year's photo. This year's tree:

Here, tradition dictates that the Bengals tree stays up until Epiphany, the end of our season, or whenever I get around to it... whichever is later.

Isobel's GameDay artwork this week pokes fun at the harlot in the balcony... ...and the child in the baby carriage throwing a tantrum.

E Too soon. Every four months, dude, as if you didn't think about saying it before. Lol.

Maybe if you say it three times ..... : )

But CFT's opponent tonight is from their 4th place schedule. Nobody else in the North gets to play the Jests this year. We played BUF from our 1st place schedule. CFT is feasting due to the lack of schedule strength tonight, IMO.

For the record: - As tiring as it is to always see the predictable cutaway to the VIP booth whenever the Chefs do something commendable on the field, I get why the networks are doing this. They're catering (pandering?) to the demographic that wants to see it - teens and non-football chicks. They're taking the opportunity they've been gifted with and are running with it. I don't doubt that a percentage of "Swifties" tune in to Chefs games specifically to see her. - I don't mind her rooting for her boyfriend. If I were a Homosexual Man and had a boyfriend playing football, I would cheer like a junior high girl when he did something good, too. Sure, she's in her 30s and it's not a great look, but when she's shown next to Mahomes' wife, even acting all sophomoric likes that still makes her look like the "adult in the room." - I have to admit, until recently I had no idea who she was. I even saw those Capital One commercials where some girl picks out a cardigan sweater and didn't have a clue that that was a pop culture reference. Now, thanks to the NFL, there's no doubt that I know who she is. So add her own marketing to that done by the NFL and the networks, and it seems like there's no segment of the population left out of the equation. If someone like me now knows who Taylor Swift is on sight, how many non-football TV viewers now know who the Chefs (and their opponents) also are in sight? More exposure equals more fans equals more revenue equals higher salary cap numbers. No, I don't get all "swoony" when they show her on TV, and I cringe when I see things like that handshake thing she did with Mrs Mahomes, but at least I know it's coming.

Well said. Quitting on the season sends a message to others as well.

Well, ESPN and Fox are showing all 16 games on Jan 7 right now. There's no "intel" here. https://www.espn.com/nfl/schedule/_/week/18/year/2023/seasontype/2 The league will flex two of the games into Saturday (430 and 815) and one of them into Sunday night. They have to do that no fewer than 6 days before, so either this Sunday or Monday they'll make the decision. I expect it will come during the GBP-MIN Sunday Night Football game, as there's no MNF game this week.

CFT enters the week 2 games behind BAL and 2 ahead of PIT. If they catch BAL they win the division as they would hold the tiebreak. If PIT catches them they finish 3rd as PIT would hold the tiebreak. If we want CFT to come into the Week 18 with nothing to play for, they need to make no ground on BAL this week AND lose no ground to PIT. This happens with a win and BAL beating MIA, or a loss and PIT losing to SEA. Since a MIA victory clinches the East, keeping the Fish out of the Wildcard mess and pushing BUF (whom we beat) into that, I want MIA to beat BAL. So I want CFT to lose to the Jests tonight. Which isn't likely. But it's still something I want, not unlike Chickengirl.

Eh, I'm grounded. Will have to enjoy the game from Casa de Amish. Wish I could offer the ticket to someone else, but it's not mine to distribute. I hope to get my travel privileges back in time for next weekend's game against CFT.