{"id":179111,"date":"2023-01-06T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cincinnati-bengals-lose-challenge-to-nfl-changes\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:19:05","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-lose-challenge-to-nfl-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cincinnati-bengals-lose-challenge-to-nfl-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals lose challenge to NFL changes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cincinnati Bengals are not happy with the NFL’s updated playoff scenarios that were released late Thursday night.<\/p>\n

While they have every reason to feel this way, the team ultimately lost its fight to the NFL on Friday.<\/p>\n

After officially canceling the Week 18 Bills at Bengals game, the NFL needed to map out what Week 18 would like for the Bengals, Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs. All three teams had a lot at stake heading into Monday’s game.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are 11-4 and are currently a game and a half up over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North standings. By default, when the NFL declared the Bengals would only play 16 games this year, the Bengals became the AFC North champions, regardless of what happens in Sunday’s game.<\/p>\n