This may as well be a playoff game for the Cincinnati Bengals who are hosting the Denver Broncos. If Cincinnati loses their hopes for the postseason are over.
Quarterback Joe Burrow has not let this team go away quietly this year. After this team lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers following their bye week to drop to 4-8, their playoff hopes were all but dashed, and it seemed like, inevitably, they'd be eliminated soon.
The only hope Cincinnati had left was to win out and hope for some help along the way.