The Cincinnati Bengals’ playoff likelihood is on their final legs and so they face two playoff-bound opponents within the last two weeks of the season. Cincy wants assist with a purpose to make the playoffs, however additionally they have to maintain their very own enterprise beginning on Sunday.
The Bengals are favored to try this, per FanDuel Sportsbook, and so they’ve been put in as an 8.5-point favourite.
It’s probably not time to sugarcoat issues. The Bengals have to win out to make the playoffs. They’re 2.5 video games out of the playoffs with solely three video games left to play. Cincy must get to 9-8 to have any likelihood and so they want the Broncos to lose to get to 9-8.
Tiebreaker implications
This sport doesn’t have a lot of a tiebreaker affect apart from the general file. The Bengals have already got a loss to the Chargers, and Cincinnati performs the Broncos in Week 17. If Denver, Los Angeles, and Cincinnati are all tied on the finish, the primary tiebreaker would get rid of both the Broncos or Chargers as just one workforce from every division can advance into the tiebreak.
At 9-8, the Bengals will probably be forward of the Broncos and behind the Chargers because of the head-to-head outcomes.
If the Dolphins or Colts could make a run, different issues may come into play. In that case, this is able to assist in the AFC file tiebreaker, for certain, and doubtlessly within the file vs frequent opponents.
