The Bengals beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Saturday night to keep their playoff hopes alive. After ending the regular season with a four-game winning streak, Cincinnati is now 9-8 and enters Sunday as one of three teams in contention for the final AFC wild-card spot.
It will all come down to Week 18 in the Bengals' playoff push, as they'll need some win - and some help - to get into the postseason.
After the Cincinnati Bengals narrowly beat the Denver Broncos, the AFC playoff picture has gotten a lot more complicated.
The Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a wild overtime win Saturday over the Denver Broncos. That ensured they would be alive and have a clinching scenario in Week 18. With the AFC games in the books for Week 17, the Bengals now know their path to the playoffs and what needs to happen next week.
In the end, the Bengals scored late in overtime as Tee Higgins completed the hat trick and gave Cincinnati a 30-24 win over the Denver Broncos Saturday. It’s the team’s fourth straight win as they get back to .500 at 8-8 and have themselves a pulse in the playoff picture entering Week 18.
With some major help from Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, the Colts will take the field today against the New York Giants with their playoff hopes still intact. The Giants will enter today’s game with only two wins and having lost their last 10 games in a row. The Colts are the more talented and better team and need to operate as such.
The Indianapolis Colts’ playoff hopes stay alive for the time being with the Broncos losing to the Bengals on Saturday.
Wide receiver Tee Higgins is officially listed as active on the Bengals' injury report for their Week 17 soiree with the Denver Broncos. Despite having been a healthy fixture in Cincinnati's lineup for the last month, Higgins was battling several issues involving his knee and ankle.
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