Thursday night games

[Storm]

Originally Posted by VA Bengal

I'm not a big fan of Bengals on prime time games

Neither is the rest of America

[tcholas]

Originally Posted by Storm

Neither is the rest of America

[Rrobo9]

Originally Posted by BengalYankee

No, we don't, we need to beat the Steelers and the Ravens. This game means nothing unless we hope to win the division or the 5th spot.

you are incorrect...we win this week and steelers lose, we can just beat steelers next week and will eliminate steelers from playoff picture ...

also we beat eagles but lose to steelers we can still get in if steelers lose to dallas and cleveland.. so this game has importance

[BengalYankee]

Originally Posted by Rrobo9

you are incorrect...we win this week and steelers lose, we can just beat steelers next week and will eliminate steelers from playoff picture ...

also we beat eagles but lose to steelers we can still get in if steelers lose to dallas and cleveland.. so this game has importance

No you are incorrect. We hold our OWN destiny by beating the Steelers and Ravens and losing to the Eagles!!!!

Sit back and let it soak. We control our own destiny for the 6th spot even if we lose to the Eagles.

What we lose out is the Division and possibly the 5th spot if we lose to the Eagles.

[BengalYankee]

Originally Posted by hacker

I think we have to win all three to get in. If we lose this one, they will be in the dumps and will get blown out by the Steelers the next week.,

You mean when everyone thought last year's Raven game was important and we lost it and we found our way into the playoffs only to be blown out by Houston.

Before last week's loss to Dallas I knew that game meant nothing in terms of getting into the playoffs. The same can be said of this week's game with the Eagles.

Some people will have a pity party if we lose to the Eagles, but after a couple of days realize we can still make the playoffs with wins over the Steelers and Ravens.

[D's Nuts and Bolts]

Originally Posted by BengalYankee

No you are incorrect. We hold our OWN destiny by beating the Steelers and Ravens and losing to the Eagles!!!!

Sit back and let it soak. We control our own destiny for the 6th spot even if we lose to the Eagles.

What we lose out is the Division and possibly the 5th spot if we lose to the Eagles.

If we finish with the same record as PIT do we get in over them?

[BengalYankee]

Originally Posted by D's Nuts and Bolts

If we finish with the same record as PIT do we get in over them?

Yes, if we finish with the same record with Pitt and even the Jets we have the tie breaker in our favor!!!!

9-7 with a win over the Steelers and Ravens gets us in!!!!

If the colts lose three in a row. They play Houston twice, which is why Houston losing to the Patriots was important!!!!

If Pitt, Cincy, Indy and the Jets all finish 9-7 then....

5th spot Cincy

6th spot Jets



And Ron Mexico would have a heart attack!!!

[Bengalzona]

Originally Posted by bengaljunky86

im not a big fan of these thursday night games and id like to hear what you guys feel about them...most of the games ive watched have been really sloppy games do in part because teams lack the ability to prepare for the up coming team...i know we can and should win this game but it could be a grinder and a little ugly...any thoughts?

I don't like 'em either. I always forget about them because they are on Thursday. And they always seem to throw a teams' schedule off kilter. And, like you said, things get sloppy. I've seen some good teams come in on a Thursday and look really pukey.

[Picksfor6]

Hopefully we are one of the teams that can win after a Thursday night game the record is like 9-15

[Brunz]

Originally Posted by D's Nuts and Bolts

If we finish with the same record as PIT do we get in over them?

Only if we beat them.

[basballguy]

Originally Posted by Brunz

Only if we beat them.

Not true

We can finish 9-7, lose to baltimore, then lose the spot due to division record.

edit:

so we go WWL
Pitt goes WLW

and Jets do something that doesn't get them to 9.

Pitt is in, we are out.

[Arturo Bandini]

I reserved my day off on friday.

The game is 2am to 5am in Europe.

I hope it will be worth the day off !

[Derrick]

[quote=bradfritz21;2721385]We need to be able to prepare in a shortened period of time and we need to be able to perform on the big stage to finally be considered a legitimate team, so I'm ok with it. In fact, I'm actually happy with it because all eyes are on us and it's a proving ground for this team and for this franchise as a whole to show the world that we're here.

I love that we're the only team on because the entire football world will be watching.

I do think that our small medical staff and training equipment make this harder on us than for other teams, but this is something that we need to be able to overcome because it's not changing, so this is big.
We need to man-up and show up for this game with fire in our hearts

I have doubts they will be able to do it. So many times these coaches have failed to get the players mentally ready for a big-show game. Sorry but I have no confidence in Marvin Lewis and very little in his Coordinators. I really hope it will be different this time.

[Utts]

I have zero confidence in our ability to beat the Steelers if Big Jen is playing at 85% of his capacity or better. He will kill us by scrambling and hitting guys on extended crossing routes.

I'm not at all saying they can't beat them, I just don't see them bringing their A-game and closing the deal.

[XenoMorph]

Originally Posted by Captain Happy Pants

I'm not a big fan of Bengals on prime time games

We got a Prime Time WIN whoohoo..

[XenoMorph]

Originally Posted by Utts

I have zero confidence in our ability to beat the Steelers if Big Jen is playing at 85% of his capacity or better. He will kill us by scrambling and hitting guys on extended crossing routes.

I'm not at all saying they can't beat them, I just don't see them bringing their A-game and closing the deal.

considering most of their points vs the Chargers came in garabage time im liking our chances.

[ExtraNirvana]

They ****. Who chose Thursday night and why?

[basballguy]

Since we won....

I LOVE THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES!!!!

10 DAYS REST TILL PITTSBURGH!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[pat5775]

Originally Posted by BengalsFan024

We got a Prime Time WIN whoohoo..

No we didn't.

Contrary to what the score tells you, the Bengals did not win that game. The Eagles lost it. There is a big difference.

[basballguy]

Originally Posted by pat5775

No we didn't.

Contrary to what the score tells you, the Bengals did not win that game. The Eagles lost it. There is a big difference.

Did you watch the same game we did?

Yes our offense struggled, but our defense didn't.

We won the game.

[SHRacerX]

Originally Posted by THEBURG

If we win Thursday , we will be ahead of the Steelers, until Sunday, then they lose, we will be on the way, just have to beat them at their own place.

Actually, the steelers can win or lose against Dallas and it only matters if the Bengals were to lose to Baltimore the final week. The Bengals have to beat them head to head to knock them out. The steelers could lose to Dallas, but get in by beating the Bengals anyway. Because the tie breaker would go no further than head to head. Beat pittsburg and the tie breaker (just between pitt and Cincy) goes all the way to common opponents, and they lost to....



wait for it.......





wait for it.....







The Oakland Raiders!!! Carson Palmer, the gift that keeps on giving!


None of this matters without beating pittsburg head to head, though. The only other scenario (leaving the Jets out, because I simply don't see them running the table) is the Colts lose both their games to the Texans and also lose to the Cheifs (in KC). As unlikely as the Cheifs game would sound, the Colts have to travel to Houston then travel to KC. Back to back road games are never easy. And the Cheifs have a very good RB, which is the weakness of the Colts defense. Quinn is playing much better than Kassel, also.

So, although I would much rather just beat pissburg in 9 days, there is that one chance that the Colts lose out and lose the tiebreaker to the Bengals at 9-7. Of course, the Bengals would have to beat Balt in week 17, but they will likely be resting starters as they won't be able to change their seeding.

[pat5775]

Originally Posted by basballguy

Did you watch the same game we did?

Yes our offense struggled, but our defense didn't.

We won the game.

Yes I saw the same game you did, and I saw huge mistakes by the Eagles time and time again. It had A LOT more to do with them f*****g up than it did with our defense making plays.

I saw the Eagles receiver holding the ball like a loaf of bread on the first drive. I saw the worst underthrow I've ever seen by Nick Foles. I saw the Eagles RB completely s*** his pants and flat out drop the ball when Pat Sims came near him. I saw a lineman on the Eagles kick return team choke and drop the ball.

I want to give the Bengals most of the credit for the win but that would be unrealistic. If they play that poorly against just about any other team, they will lose and lose bad.