At the start of Wednesday’s press conference, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was asked if Sunday’s game against the Raiders was as close to a must-win game as the Bengals are going to get.
Burrow went even further in his response. Burrow called the game against the Raiders a must-win game and explained why that is the case.
“We’re 3-5,” Burrow said. “You go 3-6, then you basically have to win to get in. The urgency is very high every week from here on out.”
Calling games winnable may be hyperbolic and the math says the Bengals will be alive regardless of their outcome this week, but it’s hard to frame this week’s game any other way.
One of the reasons the Bengals are 3-5 is because they have lost all four of their home games and losing to the Raiders in their building will make it almost impossible to believe they are capable of the kind of game which would allow them to advance to the playoffs this year.
