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He's Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk Live co-host and contributor to Football Night in America.

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The most must-win game of the weekend is which game in the NFL?

Well, I would have said last night's game, the 49ers desperately needed to avoid going

0 and 3 in their division, and they even more desperately

needed to avoid blowing another lead to a division rival. But now that that one's over, it's got

to be the Bengals on Sunday night. And I'm not saying that, so I get my check this week from NBC.

But the Bengals are desperate at 1 and 4. And yeah, they start slowly every year, but the slow start has continued.

They fall to five losses.

And Dan, I don't know that there's a magic number of losses that disqualify you from the

playoffs with seven spots per conference and 17 games.

Nine and eight, I would think, is the absolute minimum to get in.

They're already halfway to eight losses through five games.

They need this one on Sunday night.

What teams do you feel great about?

Here we are mid-October.

Could you put, I feel great about this team or teams?

No, no, because the teams that I think are the best don't have the best records. I think the 49ers and Ravens are the best teams I've seen so far, but they have flaws. And the 49ers are, what, three and two? Three and three. And the Ravens are three and two. So the Vikings are a flawed five and oh. The chiefs are a flawed five and

I guess I feel good about the chiefs because we know they get better as the season goes on.

And these wins now are just money in the bank that will make it easier for them to force

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