 As Raven's fans, we know Raven's path to the playoffs is simple. It's straightforward, it ain't no beating around the bush, it ain't no going through all these hoops and all these loops. All they need to do to get into the playoffs, beat the Cincinnati Bengals. You win and you're in. And this is a similar playoff scenario to the one from three years ago where they were in the same situation week 17 and all you gotta do. Things have worked out in your favor to where you don't need help anymore. You don't need assistance anymore. You don't need anybody to help you get to the playoffs anymore. All you gotta do is win and you'll be set. Straight forward. So we know the Raven's easiest path to get to the playoffs is by beating Cincinnati this Sunday, taking care of business and boom, you're in and then that's where anything can happen. And especially with these Ravens having gotten hot at the right time, the offense has been clicking a lot more. The defense, they've even though they've been bending, they ain't been breaking too much. But still, this team, all they gotta do is win and get in. But what about some other scenarios? And I know we don't even want to think about the Ravens going through those other scenarios. We don't want to envision the Ravens having to go through those other scenarios, but it is any given Sunday. So we just want to be mindful of what the Ravens could possibly have to go through to get in. And we want to cover every single way that the Ravens can make it into that playoff race. Let's get into it. So right now, there are four playoff spots remaining with five teams fighting for them. And they each have a 10 and five record. The Titans, the Dolphins, the Browns, the Ravens and the Colts. So all of these teams can have an impact and can have an effect on each other. But let's start off with some of the more simpler approaches to the Ravens entering the playoffs. The Browns play the Steelers and in a game that some of us thought would end up being for the division, we thought it may be for the AFC North, but with the Steelers victory over the Colts last week and the Browns lost to the Jets, it is no longer. So that made the Steelers the official AFC North champions. And now they face a Browns team who's needing to win to get in. And that's all they need. They don't need any help as well. And they actually got some help because Mason Rudolph is going to be the starter, TJ White, he's not playing and there's going to be a few other Steelers starters that won't be playing. Now the Browns, they suffered a bit too because Denzel Ward, he'll be out of this game and they have another player out of this game as well. I believe it's Malcolm Smith. But when the Browns play the Steelers for the Ravens, they could get in the playoffs if the Browns lose to the Steelers because that will give them, if the Ravens win or lose, that will give the Browns a 10 and 6 record. And if they say the Ravens lost to the Bengals, then they would have a 10 and 6 record, but had to head tiebreaker over the Browns and then. So another scenario, although it is unlikely, but still any given Sunday, but another scenario that could help the Ravens get to the playoffs would be the Colts in the Jaguars game and the result of that, if the Colts ended up losing. Now we know that's extremely unlikely because the Jaguars, they locked up that number one pick and they don't want to do anything to tamper with it. They don't want to do anything that infects it or impacts it. They just want it to be theirs and that's it. So I would expect the Jaguars to just come out and this just really be a walk through. But if the Colts somehow lost to this Jaguars team, that would put them at 10 and 6. And again, if the Ravens lost, which you better not, but if the Ravens lost, they will be 10 and 6. So what happens? Ravens beat the Colts in the head to head tiebreaker. Ravens would be in. So another team that could help the Ravens get in would be those Miami Dolphins. Now, safe instance, the Ravens don't lose to the Bengals, but they don't beat them either. The game ends in a tie. Then if the Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins, and you know, Buffalo Bill, they're feeling it right now. They just they end the playoffs, they get a home playoff game and they get fans too. So, oh, you know, they're riding a high right now. But if they were to beat the Miami Dolphins and the Ravens and Bengals tied, then boom, Ravens would be in. Dolphins would be out. Another scenario would be if the Ravens tie with the Bengals and the Titans actually found a way to lose to the Texans. Now, I know what y'all are thinking, wow, that really sounds crazy. Titans losing to the Texans. You got to think this is a division game. And just like Ravens division game against the Bengals, this is a division game with the Texans. They're out of it. And these division teams, they want to play spoilers. Misery loves company. And they like, hey, if we ain't in, we don't want you all to get anything. And we want to do everything possible to remove you from the playoff equation. So, Texans are going to be bringing it. They're going to be playing hard. So this is one not to sleep on, because, as you know, in the NFL, anything can happen. Another scenario that would help the Ravens get to the playoffs is if they tied with the Bengals, but also the Browns ended up tying with the Steelers. That would put both of them with the same record. And again, the Ravens already swept the Browns. So that would put the Ravens in over the Browns. And one more scenario that would put the Ravens in would be if the Ravens tied their game with the Bengals and the Colts tied their game with the Jacksonville Jaguars. That would give them both a 10, five and one record. And the Ravens already won that head to head matchup. So Ravens would be in and Colts would be out. So these are all the different scenarios that the Ravens could use to get into the playoffs. But again, even though we talked about them, even though we thought about them, even though we went over them, the only one we want is for the Ravens to take care of business against the Bengals and get in. We don't want any of the crazy stuff. We don't want any of the head to head tie breakers, this and that. No, we just want the Ravens to take care of their own and get in because it did work out for the Ravens long term, because we wish they would have took care of more business earlier in this season. But you know what? They weren't clicking like they've been clicking recently. So as long as Ravens handle that stuff this Sunday, they should be good to go. And we don't even want to worry about the rest of this mess. We don't even want to worry about that. We don't want to have to go through that. We do not want any dependent on anybody else anymore. We got it last week. It worked out last week, but we don't need it. So Team Keep It Clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Thank you for watching. Make sure you check out the latest episode of the Team Keep It Clean podcast as we reflected on the year that 2020 has been for us and for Team Keep It Clean just as a whole. I love you all. I appreciate you all. And we out.