Ten & Six With Mike Otto - Week 15 (Thursday Bonus!)

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Well hello again, football fans!  Welcome back to Ten & Six!

Week 15 is upon us and the playoff race is really ramping up.  Fortunately Mike Otto's been guiding us along the whole season and is finally hitting his late-season stride.

Tonight's matchup features two of the more shame-filled franchises in the history of the NFL, with the Cincinnati Bengals visiting the City Of Bro Love, Philadelphia.

Michael, thoughts?

Cincinnati (7-6) at Philadelphia (4-9)

The Bengals are coming off a heart-breaking loss on a last second field goal to the Cowboys. Really though, it's the Bengals, would it feel right if it had happened any other way?

As they have so many times in the past, the guys with tiger stripes on their helmets scratched and clawed to put themselves in the position they desired only to have it ripped away once the game clock read 00:00. I feel for Cincy fans. Being a card-carrying member of the Purple Covenant since I was little, I know just how much heart-breaking losses in big games you should win can hurt. One day we'll have a Vikings-Bengals Superbowl and it will be the first instance in NFL history where both teams somehow lose. Hooray for much-maligned franchises!!

Speaking of maligned franchises, The Eagles are also coming off a down-to-the-wire win in which rookie QB Nick Foles went 31-52 for 381 yards and 3 total TD's (including the game winner with 2 seconds left). Nice performance from the kid, still not buying it though. Bengals bounce back and get a win 26-23.

There you have it, football fans.  Straight from the tiger's mouth.

As always a big thank you to Mike for stopping by.  He'll be back this Saturday to make his picks for the rest of the league and to give us his breakdown of this week's Vikings/Rams tilt.

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