If your favorite team didn't make the playoffs this year and you're looking for a bandwagon to jump on for the postseason, you have 14 different options, but only one of those options is a good one and that option is the Cincinnati Bengals.With the NFL playoffs right around the corner, we're going to give you three reasons why you should jump on the Bengals bandwagon. Of course, if you do jump on the bandwagon, just keep in mind that to formally be accepted, you have to be willing to put chili on your spaghetti for the rest of your life.The obvious reason to jump on the Bengals bandwagon is because Joe Burrow is the most likable person on the planet. THEY GOTTA PLAY US Cincinnati (@CincyProblems) But that's not the only reason to cheer for the Bengals this postseason. Let's check out the other three reasons why you should be rooting for the Bengals between now and the Super Bowl. If there's one thing almost all sports fans have in common, it's that they love to support an underdog, and the Bengals have certainly qualified as one this year. With Cincinnati coming off a season where it made the Super Bowl, the idea of the Bengals being an underdog might not make a lot of sense, but let me explain.Before the 2022 season started, the oddsmakers in Las Vegas viewed Cincinnati as the THIRD-best team in the AFC North even though the Bengals were the defending division and conference champions. Back in May, the Browns were actually the FAVORITE to win the division after for Deshaun Watson. The current odds for the Browns, Ravens, and Bengals to win the Super Bowl, AFC, and AFC North via Offseason Chopz (@Pchopz_) After Watson was hit with a 11-game suspension in August, the division odds flipped, but once again, the Bengals still weren't favored. After Watson's suspension was announced, the Ravens were viewed as the favorite in the division. The Ravens have won 20 preseason games in a row! Will they extend that streak this season? Baltimore is the favourite +160 to win the AFC North and has the 5th shortest odds to win the AFC +1000 at . TSN EDGE (@TSN_Edge) The Bengals had so many doubters this year that the team actually put together a nice video collage of everyone who said they had no chance at making the playoffs in 2022. Last years predictions were a little offheres to better takes in 2023 Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) After the Bengals started 0-2 -- with three-point lo ses to both the Steelers (Week 1) and Cowboys (Week 2) -- things only got worse, and at that point, everyone pretty much started to write them off. The Earl Campbell Jersey Bengals are 0-2.No team has made the playoffs after starting 0-2 in the last 3 seasons.The Super Bowl hangover is real. StatMuse (@statmuse) The Bengals defied the odds last season by becoming one of the biggest preseason long shots to ever make it to the Super Bowl, and they've once again defied the odds this season by bouncing back from from an 0-2 start to win the division. Even though the Bengals will be heading into the playoffs with the AFC's longest winning streak (eight games), they're still viewed as the underdog in terms of getting to the Super Bowl. Yes, they are favored to beat the Ravens on Sunday, but they're definitely not the favorites to get to the Super Bowl out of the AFC. Both the Chiefs (+160) and Bills (+200) have much better odds than the Bengals (+420).Just like last year, no one is expecting the Bengals to get to the big game, but the Bengals don't care what anyone else thinks because they know if the Bills or Chiefs or any other AFC team wants to get to the Super Bowl, "They gotta play us" before that can happen. Now outside of the locker room. Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) And based on that new mantra, it seems that the Bengals are pretty confident that they can beat anyone. "We keep saying they gotta play us for a reason." Ja'Marr Chase. Mike Petraglia (@Trags) Before the 20
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