After weeks of scoreboard watching, hoping against AFC rivals, and calculating the percentage chances of making the playoffs, the Bengals (7-8) have reached a conclusive moment of the season: Win on Sunday against the Denver Broncos (9-6) at Paycor Stadium (4:30 p.m., NFL Network), or the 2024-25 season will be a losing one with no postseason.

The Bengals are clinging to slim playoff chances going into Saturday's must-win game against the Broncos. Cincinnati only has a 1% chance to qualify for the postseason according to the latest DVOA model.

The Denver Broncos are in good shape to contend for one of the two remaining playoff spots in the AFC. The Bengals are on the bubble and in danger of missing out.

Pittsburgh's offense wasn't playing its sharpest game, either. It may have been only 25 total yards short of the Chiefs, but it was severely outmatched through the air: it scored no passing touchdowns to Patrick Mahomes' three as he out-tossed Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson by 115 yards.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have played one of the most brutal schedules in the NFL over the past three weeks and things definitely have not gone well during that span. Starting in Week 15, the Steelers had to play three games in 11 days and the team responded by getting blown out in all three games.

On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers fell 29-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs to extend their current losing streak to three g