April 24, 201412 yr Home: Falcons - Completely different team on the road than in the dome. Bengals should win Titans - Should win Panthers - Should win Ravens - Tough matchup but should be favored at home Jaguars - Should win Browns - Tough to predict how the Browns will fare this year Steelers - Should win, but they're still a division rival Broncos -Tough matchup, Broncos will win. Road: Ravens - Hope to split with them Patriots - Tough to beat in Foxboro but at least it's early in the season Colts - Favor the Colts simply because they're at home. Saints - Loss Texans - Still don't know who their QB is which favors Bengals Buccaneers - Bengals could be favored Browns Steelers Honestly I don't think it's too bad of a schedule in terms of the quality of their opponents. Obviously nothing is easy in the NFL, but I LOVE playing Titans, Panthers & Jags at home. Don't mind playing ATL at home, either, although I wish it was later in the season so one of their WR's would be hurt. At New England & NOLA are brutal matchups. At Colts is tough but doesn't scare me. At Texans is very winnable, same with at Tampa. I don't like having 5 of the last 7 games on the road. Those 3 consecutive road games at the end of November (@ Saints, @ Texans, @ Bucs) are going to be HUGE games. Tough break playing @ Pitt on a short week after hosting the Broncos. I also don't like having a bye that early.
April 24, 201412 yr And Brandon Phillips is still a Red, so there's that. Just back to worrying about your old defense and OL.
April 24, 201412 yr Home: Falcons - Completely different team on the road than in the dome. Bengals should win Titans - Should win Panthers - Should win Ravens - Tough matchup but should be favored at home Jaguars - Should win Browns - Tough to predict how the Browns will fare this year Steelers - Should win, but they're still a division rival Broncos -Tough matchup, Broncos will win. Road: Ravens - Hope to split with them Patriots - Tough to beat in Foxboro but at least it's early in the season Colts - Favor the Colts simply because they're at home. Saints - Loss Texans - Still don't know who their QB is which favors Bengals Buccaneers - Bengals could be favored Browns Steelers Honestly I don't think it's too bad of a schedule in terms of the quality of their opponents. Obviously nothing is easy in the NFL, but I LOVE playing Titans, Panthers & Jags at home. Don't mind playing ATL at home, either, although I wish it was later in the season so one of their WR's would be hurt. At New England & NOLA are brutal matchups. At Colts is tough but not impossible. At Texans is very winnable, same with at Tampa. I don't like having 5 of the last 7 games on the road. Those 3 consecutive road games at the end of November (@ Saints, @ Texans, @ Bucs) are going to be HUGE games. Tough break playing @ Pitt on a short week after hosting the Broncos. I also don't like having a bye that early. Lots of great points CC.
April 24, 201412 yr Not for lack of trying, as you well know.... No kidding, wish we could sign a petition.
April 24, 201412 yr In all seriousness, if I was a Bengals fan, I'd hope that the season didn't hinge on the last 2 weeks.
April 24, 201412 yr As a life long Bengal fan I just get the feeling what goes up must come down. With this schedule I see a 7-9 team unless Dalton shocks the football viewing world.
April 24, 201412 yr Steelers host the Browns who are loaded and 4 days later go to Baltimore to start the season. No favors from the scheduling gods there. they'll be lucky to enter week 3 with a full roster. Saving grace for P'burgh - they go out of the eastern time zone once - and that game is in the Midwest.
April 24, 201412 yr Author As a life long Bengal fan I just get the feeling what goes up must come down. With this schedule I see a 7-9 team unless Dalton shocks the football viewing world. This is what cracks me up. If the Bengals have a good season, they won in spite of Dalton. However, if they go 7-9, it was Dalton's fault.
April 24, 201412 yr This is what cracks me up. If the Bengals have a good season, they won in spite of Dalton. However, if they go 7-9, it was Dalton's fault. That is not how I read it, I believe he is saying if Dalton has a big year so will the Bengals. He doesn't think it will happen, but admits it might.
April 24, 201412 yr This is what cracks me up. If the Bengals have a good season, they won in spite of Dalton. However, if they go 7-9, it was Dalton's fault. I don't think that's what JA was saying exactly, but I agree with your sentiment 100%.
April 24, 201412 yr Saving grace for P'burgh - they go out of the eastern time zone once - and that game is in the Midwest. I guess the NFL really wants the Steelers back in the playoffs. Their schedule is ridiculously easy.
April 24, 201412 yr That is not how I read it' date=' I believe he is saying if Dalton has a big year so will the Bengals. He doesn't think it will happen, but admits it might.[/quote'] Spot on.. It's a very difficult schedule. It's also a QB driven league, AD puts the team on his back and goes off like a Luck, Rivers, in recent years I think the Bengals will go to the playoffs. Those QBs had less or not as good of weapons also. Cincy has built the team around AD and it's time for him to elevate his game. It would impress me and everyone a lot more if he came out and said I'm gonna play this season out, then show them why I should be paid 15 million. I don't think he trust himself enough to do that. I fear he could be a pitcher that teams are starting to figure out (take Green away) make him force tight passes into small spaces. I'm not the biggest AD supporter on the field at least. I've always looked at him as a Chad Pennington but he's not even to that level yet. Maybe in 2014?
April 24, 201412 yr Spot on.. It's a very difficult schedule. It's also a QB driven league, AD puts the team on his back and goes off like a Luck, Rivers, in recent years I think the Bengals will go to the playoffs. Those QBs had less or not as good of weapons also. Cincy has built the team around AD and it's time for him to elevate his game. It would impress me and everyone a lot more if he came out and said I'm gonna play this season out, then show them why I should be paid 15 million. I don't think he trust himself enough to do that. I fear he could be a pitcher that teams are starting to figure out (take Green away) make him force tight passes into small spaces. I'm not the biggest AD supporter on the field at least. I've always looked at him as a Chad Pennington but he's not even to that level yet. Maybe in 2014? :scared:
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