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Am I the only one that hopes we don't make the playoffs? I don't think I can take another shootout where our defense gives up 40 points and we lose by 3.

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48 minutes ago, Cat said:

Am I the only one that hopes we don't make the playoffs? I don't think I can take another shootout where our defense gives up 40 points and we lose by 3.

I'll take a 42-40 win if it comes to that.

 

 

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19 minutes ago, saphead said:

It looks like as long as we win on Sunday we live to fight another week? 

Yep...

Lotta fight left in the his team regardless of mishaps .

I hope they make it.

 

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17 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

I don’t picture you as the “get better draft position” type. You watch enough NBA—after the first 5 picks, everything is a crapshoot. 
 

I figure that…much like last season…May as well win. Getting to 9-8…whether they make the playoffs or not…will help with the overall attitude of the team going forward. 
 

Of course, none of us has an iota of control over what they do or don’t do. 

 

Don't you remember all the "dead cat bounce" years of the 90s where the team would win the last game or two and Mike Brown would proclaim they were on the right track and don't need any changes?

 

4 hours ago, High School Harry said:

Colts remaining opponents:  Tennessee, Giants, Jacksonville

 

Miami remaining opponents: San Francisco, Cleveland, Giants

 

Denver remaining opponents: Chargers, Us, Kansas City

 

Could be interesting with lots of variables down to Kansas City resting starters

and can Tenn or Giants or Jacksonville pull a game out of their ass.

 

Giants aren't going to win another game, they are tanking hard to stay ahead of the Raiders for the top pick.

 

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4 hours ago, High School Harry said:

Could be interesting with lots of variables down to Kansas City resting starters

and can Tenn or Giants or Jacksonville pull a game out of their ass.

Or Pisspuke resting their starters against us. 

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Since this thread has the word "schedules" in it....

 

The NFL has fixed the date/time of our Week 17 game against Denver at PayCor.  It was previously one of five TBD games in a "Flex" Pool, but we now know when it will happen.

 

Saturday (12/28) at 4:30pm.  Broadcast is on NFL Network.

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The offense is geared towards beating the Black/Gold Bastards with their starters. Fuck them. 

 

One game at a time. It begins Thursday with the LAC knocking the ever-loving crap out of the Mules. 

 

Next...

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2 hours ago, sparky151 said:

Don't you remember all the "dead cat bounce" years of the 90s where the team would win the last game or two and Mike Brown would proclaim they were on the right track and don't need any changes?

As I recall, the 2 years where that rubbish came into play...was at the end of the 1996 season (Coslet won 7 of the last 9 games--with Blake) and 1997 (Coslet won 6 of the last 8--during the Boomer Fun Ride). There were no such delusions at any other time--at least from my vantage point. 

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On 12/15/2024 at 6:50 PM, KA14_HOF said:

 

Another knuckle-dragging cretin who thinks leaping, twisting backwards, spreading his legs and grabbing his penis as he crosses the goal line is something other than disgusting & perverted.

 

A disgusting act

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On 12/15/2024 at 7:48 PM, AmishBengalFan said:

5: BAL 9-5

6: DEN 9-5

7: LAC 8-6

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IND 6-8

MIA 6-8

CIN 6-8

 

We've ot a new scenario!

 

We win out (CLE, DEN, at PIT)

IND lose 1 (TEN, at NYG, JAX)

MIA lose 1 (SFF. at CLE, at NYJ)

DEN lose 3 (at LAC, at CIN, KCC)

 

Or

 

We win out (CLE, DEN, at PIT)

IND lose 1 (TEN, at NYG, JAX)

MIA lose 1 (SFF. at CLE, at NYJ)

LAC lose 3 (DEN, at NEP, at LVR)

None of those scenarios are good.

 

By looking at that the Bengals aren't making it even at 9-8

Strange things could happen though.

 

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6 hours ago, Shebengal said:

Or Pisspuke resting their starters against us. 

Not gonna happen Hary.

They'll be looking for home field advantage if in play.

Tomlin may rest a few for playoffs, So m thinking less snaps but he's going for the jugular in this division.

 

Stealers way..

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1 hour ago, claptonrocks said:

None of those scenarios are good.

 

By looking at that the Bengals aren't making it even at 9-8

Strange things could happen though.

 

Not pointing at you, mate…but I so often wonder why posts start with “would be great if x happens”, and then conclude “but that won’t happen”

 

There is a prose element I came across in school for these sort of statements…but can’t recall the name. 
 

Oh well. 

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3 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

Not pointing at you, mate…but I so often wonder why posts start with “would be great if x happens”, and then conclude “but that won’t happen”

 

There is a prose element I came across in school for these sort of statements…but can’t recall the name. 
 

Oh well. 

Great Expectations  I would surmise..

Then I wake to reality by the absurdity of it all..

 

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You never know in the NFL,  I just want meaningful Bengals football as far into the season as possible. 

I don't really get into the draft much, unless it's a #1 pick or something. 

 

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1 hour ago, saphead said:

You never know in the NFL,  I just want meaningful Bengals football as far into the season as possible. 

I don't really get into the draft much, unless it's a #1 pick or something. 

 

Yeah the off season is like the Hot Stove League in baseball. All the jabber about “they should do this” and “they should not do that”. It has its own degree of fun I suppose, but nothing as enjoyable as at least having a glimmer of a chance, while the season is still ongoing 

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Stealers can clinch the North with a win this week against Baltimore.

 

If PIT (10-4) wins the North, there's a good chance they'll be staring at the #3 seed before their final game, as they won't catch KCC (13-1), they're prolly not catching BUF (11-3), and they're a game up on HOU (9-5).  This is especially truewhen looking at these teams schedules over the next two weeks:

 

KCC (HOU PIT DEN)

BUF (NEP NYJ NEP)

PIT (BAL, CLE, CIN)

HOU (KCC BAL TEN)

 

An unmotivated Week 18 PIT team makes our job easier.  But how to we also get a motivated KCC team for that final week?  Read on.

 

Scaling out for a moment, this week's LAC/DEN game will remove one of the two scenarios.  I feel its more probable that DEN will lose their final two (actually, just their final one, since we have to win out and they play us next week), than LAC losing their final two to NEP/LVR. To make it easier for us to hold serve, we want KCC to have something to play for, and we want PIT to -not- have the same, in week 18.

 

So.... here's what I think our rooting interests are:

 

Week 16:

CIN > CLE (naturally)

LAC > DEN  (preserves the Denver scenario)

PIT > BAL (giving them the North)

KCC > HOU (knocking HOU 2 back of PIT with 2 to play, virtually locking them into the #4 seed, and putting KCC out of reach of PIT, locking PIT into #2 or #3 seed)

BUF > NEP (to keep pressure on KCC, and to allow them to remain ahead of PIT)

 

At this point:

KCC 14-1 West Champs

BUF 12-3 East Champs

PIT 11-4 North Champs

HOU 9-6 South Champs

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BAL 9-6

DEN 9-6

LAC 9-6 (with h2h over CIN, I think they're a clinched Wild Card)

CIN 7-8

 

Week 17:

CIN > DEN (nturally)

PIT > KCC (denying KCC the #1 seed and forcing them to play a meaningful game next week)

BAL > HOU (locking HOU into the #4 seed)

BUF > NYJ (virtually locking PIT out of the #2 seed)

--- at this point, KCC/BUF are fighting over the #1 seed.  Since there's no way BUF is losing to NEP in Week 18, KCC knows they MUST win to take the #1 seed and the bye, PIT knows there's no way they can improve from the #3 seed, and with HOU already locked-in as #4, PIT is virtually locked-in as #3.

 

Week 18:

CIN > PIT (PIT has incentive to rest)

KCC > DEN (KCC secures the bye, eliminates a division foe, and sends CIN to the playoffs to play BUF.  From KC's perspective, just about as good as it gets)

 

Weirdly, if the Week 16/17 games playout as above and PIT does accept the #3 seed without fighting to try to get #2 (hoping for a BUF loss to NEP), them losing HELPS them with the first round matchups.  #3 plays #6, which is probably LAC.  BAL will be the #5 seed as their win vs HOU (wk 17) and presumed win against CLE (wk 18) sends them back to HOU in the playoffs.  PIT as the #3 seed knows they can avoid the toughest two Wild Card opponents.... BAL (5) and CIN (7).  So not only would they get to rest their starters, they get an easier path....

 

To all of this, add one MIA loss and one IND loss and we're good!

 

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