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The Bengals need to win about 5 in a row and hope the Steelers and Ravens lose.

Baltimore plays Buffalo this week which should be an easy win, but then they go to Pittsburg after a bye week, then they play the Browns and Bengals at home (both of which have already beat them), then go to San Diego, then play the Pats and Colts at home, then go to Miami and Seattle, then play Pittsburg at home.

Given that schedule, they'll be lucky to get to 8-8.

The Steelers have a bit easier of a schedule, but it's still not a given.

What I'm getting at is, assuming we get healthy and pull our heads out of our rears and start putting together complete games (offense and defense for four quarters), we have a very good shot at getting a Wild Card (minimum, but division champs would be a long shot).