Just for the record, the Bengals are currently 10th in the AFC.
https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture
The positive news is that at the moment the teams between them and a wild card slot are the Jets, Texans and Bills. The not so positive news is that right now the Ravens, Browns and Steelers are all in and the Bengals win no tiebreakers with them at this point. So absent a plain old better record the Bengals are locked out of anything higher than the seventh spot at the moment.
Obviously things can and will change but they have a lot of work to do if they want to make the postseason this year.