AmishBengalFan Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 Current AFC North Standings: 5-4-0 Baltimore 4-5-0 Pittsburgh 3-5-1 Cincinnati The Bengals are 1.5 games behind Baltimore but play them twice. The Bengals are 0.5 games behind Pittsburgh but play them once. If Cincinnati runs the table to finish 10-5-1, we will win the division. And while that may be unlikely, as long as we sweep those guys and lose no more games than they do, we will still win the division. Both of them would have 6 losses to our 5-1/2, not counting games against other opponents. If we lose one, but both of them lose one as well, we're still division champs. Besides our head-to-head games, here's everyone's remaining schedule: Ravens: at Dallas, Miami, at New England, Philly, at Pittsburgh (and 2 against us) Stealers: at Cleveland, at Indianapolis, NY Giants, at Buffalo, Baltimore, Cleveland (and 1 at PBS) We play: Buffalo, Philly, at Cleveland, at Houston (+2 vs Baltimore and 1 vs Pittsburgh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 I was thinking about this earlier but since you mentioned everyone's schedule? We are entering Week 11 of the 2016 season and have played 3 home games. One of which was a Thursday night. Someone tell me again how there's no NFL bias? Don't be offended when I laugh in your face - it's involuntary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatternMaster Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 48 minutes ago, T-Dub said: I was thinking about this earlier but since you mentioned everyone's schedule? We are entering Week 11 of the 2016 season and have played 3 home games. One of which was a Thursday night. Someone tell me again how there's no NFL bias? Don't be offended when I laugh in your face - it's involuntary. One of our home games was in London, the other owners clearly don't like the way MB runs his franchise and they screw us over anytime they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, PatternMaster said: One of our home games was in London, the other owners clearly don't like the way MB runs his franchise and they screw us over anytime they get. Yeah being as we are not (yet) the London Bengals I do not count a game on the other side of the Atlantic as a home game. As for MB.. No trouble believing the other owners are tired of his sanctimonious bullshit, or maybe it's simply the role of a small market team. I also suspect they felt the Bengals embarrassed the league by trying to play by the same rules as the Stoolers. We're supposed to be the designated punching bag & by swinging back instead, we made the game too violent for their "player safety" party line. Avoiding a crippling CTE lawsuit and/or outside regulation is the NFL's #1 priority right now. IDK what it is exactly but it's clear we're getting the shit end of the stick for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeIslandFan Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 The stoolers got away with blatant face mask against Dallas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 10 hours ago, T-Dub said: Yeah being as we are not (yet) the London Bengals I do not count a game on the other side of the Atlantic as a home game. As for MB.. No trouble believing the other owners are tired of his sanctimonious bullshit, or maybe it's simply the role of a small market team. I also suspect they felt the Bengals embarrassed the league by trying to play by the same rules as the Stoolers. We're supposed to be the designated punching bag & by swinging back instead, we made the game too violent for their "player safety" party line. Avoiding a crippling CTE lawsuit and/or outside regulation is the NFL's #1 priority right now. IDK what it is exactly but it's clear we're getting the shit end of the stick for whatever reason. The Marvengals play not to lose and they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 13 hours ago, AmishBengalFan said: Current AFC North Standings: 5-4-0 Baltimore 4-5-0 Pittsburgh 3-5-1 Cincinnati The Bengals are 1.5 games behind Baltimore but play them twice. The Bengals are 0.5 games behind Pittsburgh but play them once. If Cincinnati runs the table to finish 10-5-1, we will win the division. And while that may be unlikely, as long as we sweep those guys and lose no more games than they do, we will still win the division. Both of them would have 6 losses to our 5-1/2, not counting games against other opponents. If we lose one, but both of them lose one as well, we're still division champs. Besides our head-to-head games, here's everyone's remaining schedule: Ravens: at Dallas, Miami, at New England, Philly, at Pittsburgh (and 2 against us) Stealers: at Cleveland, at Indianapolis, NY Giants, at Buffalo, Baltimore, Cleveland (and 1 at PBS) We play: Buffalo, Philly, at Cleveland, at Houston (+2 vs Baltimore and 1 vs Pittsburgh) Stealers have an even easier schedule than we do. And this year, if we don't win the division we don't get in. Even if we did get in, though, this team isn't going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 The simple fact of the matter, however, is that the Bengals do control their own destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Le Tigre said: The simple fact of the matter, however, is that the Bengals do control their own destiny. I thought the media controlled our destiny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Dr Tarzan| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Ok....everybody concentrate....real hard....without shitting yourselves, of course....think 1970 over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 5 hours ago, Le Tigre said: The simple fact of the matter, however, is that the Bengals do control their own destiny. 4 hours ago, Numbers said: I thought the media controlled our destiny... Marvin controls our destiny. How's that for the Debbie Downer through of the day? I'm thinking another tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 4 hours ago, Numbers said: I thought the media controlled our destiny... No, that would be the NFL...and they decide every teams' destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 7 hours ago, High School Harry said: The Marvengals play not to lose and they do. That's the funny thing about that. If you keep playing not to lose and you keep losing anyway, logic should tell you that if you play to win you should win more often. Somebody get Marvy on the horn, stat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Le Tigre said: No, that would be the NFL...and they decide every teams' destiny. So, your earlier quote stating " Bengals do control their own destiny " is implying that the Bengals are the NFL. As such, we are the deciding factor in our destiny ? You'd have thought we would've won a long time ago. If not, the Bengals control ZERO in regards to their destiny. 6 and 10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 56 minutes ago, Bunghole said: That's the funny thing about that. If you keep playing not to lose and you keep losing anyway, logic should tell you that if you play to win you should win more often. Somebody get Marvy on the horn, stat! Actually it's true what you say. Some people call it luck and a person or team has the ability to improve their odds of winning. Problem is, we lost that ability some time in the beginning of the 90's IMHO. Going for two, 4th down short yardage, TD vs FG try, fake plays, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeds Orange Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 What's going to suck is finishing 8-7-1 while Pittsburgh finishes 9-7, and knowing that the playoff streak was broken by a missed extra point. After looking at the remaining opponents, there's a decent chance of that happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeIslandFan Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Ain't gonna happen, because of Marvin Lewis's Achilles' tendon. He never changes his starting game plan. Run, run, throw to green. 2nd half...run , run, throw to green. Teams bracket us on their schedules because they don't have to game plan. Lewis is predictable so why waste a game plan day. Teams look past us and plan for who their playing next .Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeIslandFan Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 What's going to suck is finishing 8-7-1 while Pittsburgh finishes 9-7, and knowing that the playoff streak was broken by a missed extra point. After looking at the remaining opponents, there's a decent chance of that happening.Good old Nugent to the rescue Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInDaJungle Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Well, it's better to start slow and finish strong going into the playoffs if that can happen. The NFL is always an any given Sunday league. Any team can put together a hot streak. I have to believe that the problems can be fixed... Better discipline on Defense, a long term benching of Ced for Winston or Fisher. Give Dansby's snaps to Vigil. We looked better in the first half coming off the bye, we didn't play for 60 minutes. Heck, just a few lucky games where some big plays get made on D could be the difference. The question is, if it's fixable, when is it going to get fixed? I think there's a sense of complacency. This is a team that just wants to get back to the playoffs and prove themselves. With the run they've had, they're taking the regular season for granted, and are now just starting to remember that it takes a lot of hard work to even get to the stage where you get to prove yourselves. Hopefully some of the under performing units on this team find their collective sacks and come out to play for the next 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 This fucking guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turningpoint Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 So we still control our own destiny if Pitt loses 1 more game and we win out!!!! Let's do this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhowdy54 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Watch we win the division at 7-8-1 and then win a playoff gameSent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Name the 4 wins. After yesterday, I am wondering if even another win is possible. In any other year, watching the Rats and Stealers as weak as they are, we would be elated. Now, all you can feel is ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turningpoint Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Le Tigre said: Name the 4 wins. After yesterday, I am wondering if even another win is possible. In any other year, watching the Rats and Stealers as weak as they are, we would be elated. Now, all you can feel is ill. Texans, ravens, browns, Stealers and ravens again are all wins with a healthy AJ Green and an accurate Nugent. If we can figure out a way to gut a W Sunday I think we could pull this shit off, but I am a massive Homer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 I am with you on the homer train. I am also just as perplexed as to why this is happening. Each internet expert here has their fool-proof reasonings, but I still look back a short 11months ago and see basically the same team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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