The Bengals have slipped further behind in the AFC North after a loss to the Buffalo Bills, but a weak divisional picture means that they are not fully out of playoff contention yet.

On Sunday, the Bengals lost 39-34 to the Bills, despite holding the lead throughout the majority of the game. It is a crushing loss that now sees the Bengals' playoff hopes hanging on by just the slimmest of threads. Advertisement

Going forward, the Bengals' most likely path to the postseason now appears to be by clinching the AFC North. After the team's latest loss, Cincinnati is guaranteed to finish with no better than a losing 8-9 record this season, and because of that, is likely to run into a tough wild card picture across the AFC as a whole over the next few weeks.

However, the reason that the Bengal

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