We still have hope

[combatbengal]

On NFL.com, they are conducting a pole and the Bengals are leading. I don't think our Def will get us to Miami but I do think we'll make the playoffs. OK I hope we do. Here is the pole as of this morning.

If the current division leaders stay true to form and the AFC West produces the top wild card, which of these AFC teams could get the second wild card?

33%Cincinnati Bengals

28%Kansas City Chiefs

24%New York Jets

15%Jacksonville Jaguars

Total Votes: 108965

[BengalPimp]

On NFL.com, they are conducting a pole and the Bengals are leading. I don't think our Def will get us to Miami but I do think we'll make the playoffs. OK I hope we do. Here is the pole as of this morning.

If the current division leaders stay true to form and the AFC West produces the top wild card, which of these AFC teams could get the second wild card?

33%Cincinnati Bengals

28%Kansas City Chiefs

24%New York Jets

15%Jacksonville Jaguars

Total Votes: 108965

KC's top receiver Tony Gonzalez is out with a shoulder injury......and you know the second Damon Huard starts to slip up, they'll put in Trent Green, who is probably 1 more concussion away from retirement...The Jets will start their meltdown this week vs. Chicago....Jacksonville has a tough schedule, and a QB controversy as well(and thats NEVER a good thing)

we are by no means out of it.....4 of our losses are by 8 points(TD and 2pt conv.) or less, so our Defense doesnt have to shut anybody out, just give up 1 less TD, and our Offense will light it up...Forget Sundays game...The Chargers have the highest scoring offense in the league, the only other Good offenses we have to face are Indy(27.7 points per game) and New Orleans(25.4).....and just in case nobody noticed..THE CHARGERS CAME INTO THAT GAME WITH THE #2 DEFENSE IN THE NFL...AND WE DROPPED 41 POINTS ON THEM.

[rwalling]

On NFL.com, they are conducting a pole and the Bengals are leading. I don't think our Def will get us to Miami but I do think we'll make the playoffs. OK I hope we do. Here is the pole as of this morning.

If the current division leaders stay true to form and the AFC West produces the top wild card, which of these AFC teams could get the second wild card?

33%Cincinnati Bengals

28%Kansas City Chiefs

24%New York Jets

15%Jacksonville Jaguars

Total Votes: 108965

Fine. Then what? Can this defense get off the field against any AFC playoff team? Indy? Denver? NE? Don't think so. That's really frustrating.

[combatbengal]

Dude, we will find a way to win the game. I love what the walls stated. The def doesn't have to shut teams down. All they have to do is find a way to stop one or two scores. If we can find a way to get some more take aways (like last year), we havea great chance to get to the post season!

[NYBengalfan]

When we do fix everything, anything can happen. Everyone left the Squeelers for dead last season, and look at what happened

[Ox]

The problem is, at this point we need help from others to get to the playoffs. That is never a good position to be in. Actually, it pretty much sucks.

[derekshank]

We have a tie-breaker against Kansas City... so that is nice, but as crazy as it sounds... I think the Jets are in the best position to get that wild-card spot. They might be the least talented of the teams listed... but their schedule is cake after next week against Chicago.

Houston, Green Bay, Buffalo, Minnesota, Miami, and Oakland. Man... if we had that schedule coming up, we'd all be a lot more confident.

[BengalByTheBay]

The problem is, at this point we need help from others to get to the playoffs. That is never a good position to be in. Actually, it pretty much sucks.

Bingo! I hate having to rely on other teams losing rather than just winning out ourselves. Unfortunately, with the brutal schedule it just doesn't seem realistic that we can get through without at least 1 or 2 more losses. As such, we have to hope for a pretty wholescale meltdown by a few teams.

[combatbengal]

Any team can loose at any time. Can't take any team lightly. Look at what we did to KC a few years back. We've only lost one DIV game. I know we can beat all three of those teams, so that's 3 more wins! If The Colts have home field advantage when we play them, they'll probably sit the starters!

[Tasher]

We have a tie-breaker against Kansas City... so that is nice, but as crazy as it sounds... I think the Jets are in the best position to get that wild-card spot. They might be the least talented of the teams listed... but their schedule is cake after next week against Chicago.

Houston, Green Bay, Buffalo, Minnesota, Miami, and Oakland. Man... if we had that schedule coming up, we'd all be a lot more confident.

Jets Sched:

19-Nov Chicago

26-Nov Houston

3-Dec @Green Bay

10-Dec Buffalo

17-Dec @Minnesota

25-Dec @Miami

31-Dec Oakland

I know that the Jets are somewhat the darlings of the media and the NFL after they bet the Pats, but this team is still not playoff caliber yet. they have three games on the road at places that are very tough on visition teams, plus the game against the Bears.

I see at least three losses in there, and maybe one or more "surprises," as well. they will finish no better than 9-7.

The problem is, at this point we need help from others to get to the playoffs. That is never a good position to be in. Actually, it pretty much sucks.

Bingo! I hate having to rely on other teams losing rather than just winning out ourselves. Unfortunately, with the brutal schedule it just doesn't seem realistic that we can get through without at least 1 or 2 more losses. As such, we have to hope for a pretty wholescale meltdown by a few teams.

Well, I, for one, am not too proud to start RIGHT NOW, unabashedly asking for what we need!

Okay?

We need to put our energies into a useful and POSITIVE pursuit!

To that end, I have compiled (for this week) our nightly prayers and mantras to repeat ad nauseum to channel the appropriate energies and summon the spirits of the pigskin and Football Gods:

Atlanta Falcons to beat the Baltimore Ravens, Amen.

Chicago Bears to beat NY Jets, Amen.

Cincinnati Bengals to beat NO Saints, Oh Lord Deliver Us.

Oakland Raiders to beat KC Chiefs, Amen.

San Diego Chargers to beat Denver Broncos, Amen. ( We still play Denver so we can beat them head to head to get the WC tie breaker, if we cant catch the Ravens for the Div.)

NY Giants to beat Jacksonville Jaguars, Amen.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace only work for the Bengals to save face, Amen.

:angel:

PS: Since I am equal opportunity, inclusive and supportive of a diverse fan base, please liberally (or conservatively, if you so choose) substitute the religion, following, or whatever as you see fit for your flavor of religion, druidisim, voodoo, pagan, muslim or what have you for my christian oriented closings.

[LesterLyles]

The Jets shouldn't be taken lightly. W/ a healthy Pennington, they are a proven playoff team and aren't that unchanged from a 10-6 playoff team in 04. I always get a kick of people that use the term "talent". What does that mean? Big play capability? Jets have a ton of talent in the front 7on D and in the back 4 for that mater, have good WRs, and a top 10 Qb. not to mention Mangenius as coach. They are very real!