How Bengals can still steal AFC’s No. 2 playoff seed on Sunday

Thanks to Saturday’s results, the Cincinnati Bengals can no longer obtain the AFC’s top seed in the playoffs.

But they can still secure the second seed and home-field advantage for most of the playoffs if they beat the Cleveland Browns and certain other things happen.

With the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Denver Broncos on Saturday, they take the top AFC seed if Tennessee loses to the Texans on Sunday. If the Titans win that matchup, they’ll be the No. 1 seed.

As for the Bengals, they can obtain the No. 2 seed if the following things happen: They beat the Browns, the Texans upset the Titans and either a Bills win over the New York Jets or a Patriots loss to the Dolphins.

That’s three things for the Bengals to hope for and it’s hoping for quite a lot. The 11-5 Titans aren’t likely to lose to the four-win Texans. Of course, they did in Week 11, 22-13, but it will depend on how motivated the rebuilding team is to play the spoiler on Sunday.

Either way, the Bengals will have to take care of business against the Browns in Cleveland.