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Bengals challenge fuels Jets’ caution about slim playoff hopes

Cue up the line for the Jets this week from “Dumb and Dumber” when Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas says: “So you’re telling me there’s a chance.”

As unlikely as it remains, the Jets are alive mathematically for the playoffs after their three-game winning streak. A team that was left for dead at 1-7 and had talk swirling about making a coaching change has righted itself and next faces an 0-11 Bengals team followed by a 2-9 Dolphins squad, leaving some extremely optimistic Jets fans dreaming about postseason play,

Now, the odds of the Jets actually making the playoffs are slightly better than your “husky” cousin skipping dessert at Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.