With their dramatic victory over the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, the Bengals became the latest NFL team to go from worst to first in its division. If anything, Joe Burrow & Co. earned a few bonus points; the Bengals were in the AFC North basement for three consecutive seasons before turning things around. The Eagles, another last-place team in 2020, will join Cincinnati in the postseason, while the 49ers have just under a 60% chance of joining them, according to ESPN's Football Power Index.
We could see three of the eight last-place teams from 2020 playing postseason football in two weeks.