Conversation. The Bengals were the 4th seed in the AFC. The Rams were the 4th seed in the NFC. This marks the first time in Super Bowl history that both teams are the 4th seed or lower.
What was the Cincinnati Bengals’ seeding this season?
Bengals break the NFL’s longest conference championship game drought and record the franchise’s first road playoff victory. In the wild card round last week, the erased its greatest winless playoff stretch. Saturday’s surprising 19-16 triumph ended the franchise’s lengthy absence from the postseason.
- Cincinnati goes to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1988 season, breaking the NFL’s longest hiatus between conference championship games at 33 years.
- Since the 1989 postseason season, they have not reached the conference championship game, the longest drought of any team.
- Each time the Bengals reached the AFC Championship Game, they played in the Super Bowl (1981, 1988).
This will be the Bengals’ first road AFC Championship Game, as they will meet either the or the following week. The Bengals are the No.4 playoff seed, while the Chiefs and Bills are the Nos.2 and 3, respectively. Before Saturday’s victory over the Titans, the Bengals had never won a road playoff game in team history, losing their previous seven trips (0-7). 
Who is the AFC’s top seed?
AFC Standings
| Team | Record | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo | 4-1-0 |
| 2 | Kansas City | 4-1-0 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 3-2-0 |
| 4 | Baltimore | 3-2-0 |
What was Cincinnati’s playoff seed?
What the victories of the Bengals and Bills Mean for the Divisional Round What the victories of the Bengals and Bills Mean for the Divisional Round On Saturday, the fourth-seeded Bengals defeated the fifth-seeded Raiders, marking Cincinnati’s first playoff victory in 31 years, while the Bills defeated the Patriots in the evening game in Buffalo. 
Saturday, when Devin Singletary scored one of his two second-quarter touchdowns, Josh Allen hoisted the running back. Credit. Mark Konezny/USA Today Sports, as reported by Reuters The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders for the second time this season by a score of 26-19, while the Buffalo Bills defeated the New England Patriots by a score of 47-17 to move to the N.F.L.
divisional round. Saturday’s results settled the most of the AFC playoff bracket, leaving just Sunday’s meeting between the No.2 seed Kansas City Chiefs and No.7 seed Pittsburgh Steelers to decide next week’s pairings. The No.4-seeded Bengals will likely travel to meet the No.1-seeded Tennessee Titans the following weekend, while the No.3-seeded Buffalo Bills might face Kansas City in a rematch of last year’s AFC championship game, which the Chiefs won.
In the case of an upset on Sunday, the Chiefs would face the Titans (and possibly Derrick Henry) in the following round, leaving the Bills and Bengals to battle it out in the wild card round. The Bills quarterback, who threw for 308 yards and five touchdowns while also rushing for 66 yards, had the Patriots on their heels from the beginning.
The Bills scored on all four of their first-half possessions to establish a 27-3 lead in front of their home fans at Highmark Stadium on Saturday night. The Bills had won four of their previous five regular-season games. Even though it was 7 degrees at kickoff, the Bills’ second-coldest home game ever, they did not let up in the second half, causing the already energized fans to go into a frenzy.
In an AFC East rematch that confirmed the division’s new hierarchy, Buffalo outperformed the Patriots in every facet of the game despite being the underdog. New England’s defense had allowed 17.8 points per game, the second-lowest average in the league (behind Buffalo’s 17.0), but it was unable to stop the Bills’ offense, which converted six of seven third-down attempts, scored the most points of the season, and saw Allen complete all but four of his pass attempts.
- Mac Jones, the Patriots’ rookie quarterback, who overachieved for the most of the season, appeared outclassed for the majority of the game, completing 24 of 38 passes with two interceptions.
- His two touchdown throws occurred late in the game, and after the middle of the third quarter, the Bills’ win was never in doubt.
Mitch Trubisky was permitted to play on the Bills’ last series while Allen was allowed to rest late in the fourth quarter. After two decades of Patriots supremacy, the Bills made the victory appear almost too simple. The crowd, however, was so accustomed to watching Bill Belichick-coached opponents defeat their Bills that they danced, chanted, and stomped until the final whistle.
As the last seconds ticked away, they cheered, “Hey, hey, farewell!” Tyler Boyd, left, of the Cincinnati Bengals, celebrates his second-quarter touchdown throw with running back Joe Mixon, center, and receiver Ja’Marc Chase. Credit. Emilie Chinn/Agence France-Presse The vast majority of players on both sides had never participated in a postseason contest, yet one side received significant playoff preparation.
The Bengals’ 26-19 victory over the Raiders at Paul Brown Stadium on Saturday, the franchise’s first playoff victory in 31 years, might prove beneficial when Cincinnati travels for the Divisional Round the following week. The Raiders, who hadn’t entered the playoffs since 2016 and hadn’t won a playoff game since 2002, suffered from a lack of preparation and relaxation.
Joe Burrow guided the Bengals’ high-powered offense to scores on four of their first-half plays, connecting with Tyler Boyd and C.J. Uzomah for touchdown passes. In the second half, the Bengals had difficulty moving the ball and were hindered by at least one penalty not called against the Raiders. Burrow, who completed 24 of 34 passes for 244 yards and no interceptions, provided just enough offense to counter the Raiders, who moved the ball much more effectively in the second half due to big plays by quarterback Derek Carr, running back Josh Jacobs, and a number of crucial penalties on the Bengals.
Carr and the Raiders staged a furious try at a comeback in the fourth quarter with no timeouts and fewer than two minutes remaining while down 26-16. Carr kept the game tight by completing a throw to DeSean Jackson on fourth-and-5 from the Raiders’ 44-yard line.
- With fewer than four minutes remaining, the Raiders made a field goal to cut their deficit to 26-19.
- On the subsequent possession, the Bengals burned more than two minutes of clock time but were unable to score.
- Ja’Marr Chase, a rookie receiver, ended with nine receptions for 116 yards.
- With 1:51 remaining, the Raiders grabbed the ball back at their own 35-yard line.
Carr connected with Jacobs for a 15-yard gain, and the Bengals were penalized for roughing the passer, allowing the Raiders to cross midfield. Without time outs, Las Vegas had little room for mistake, and Cincinnati’s previous postseason failures added to the tension.
Have the Bengals won their division?
Chiefs. In Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, clinching a postseason berth and the AFC North title. This video features all of the most memorable events from that game.
Who is the top seed in the 2022 AFC playoffs?
| SEED | TEAM | RECORD |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Titans | 12-5 |
| *2 | Chiefs | 12-5 |
| *3 | Bills | 11-6 |
| *4 | Bengals | 10-7 |
