I think people are blowing this loss out of proportion. It could def cost us a playoff berth, but it's almost impossible to go into New Orleans and beat the Saints, and we almost won playing against 2 teams at the same time. The Saints and the Zebras.
That Ridley fumble was terrible (why was he in there instead of Samuels?!) and the Juju fumble ended the game, but in my opinion the thing that cost us the game was the Refs. They gave New Orleans 1st and Goal on a bull**it call instead of a turnover on downs. 7 points obviously made a huge difference in the game.
I still can't believe that Colbert and the Rooneys haven't forced Tomlin to have a challenge guy in the booth. I thought that there was definitely a fumble when they called it incomplete and that we should have fought that.
Also, I don't hate the fake punt call, but I wish it had been a pass. I just didn't see any chance for a run to succeed on 4th and 5.
That said, I don't think we're dead. The Browns are a talented team and I think that they have a 50/50 shot of upsetting the Ravens at home. Lamar will be facing the biggest pressure of his career, and the Browns love to play spoiler. We need to beat Cincy no matter what, so hopefully the team can just focus on that on Sunday and not screw that up. I might tear out all my hair if the Browns beat (or tie) the Ravens, but we lose to the Bengals...