Here is the complete 2023 Bengals Schedule: What is everyone's thoughts?

Week	Date		Opponent	Time (ET)
1	Sept. 10	at	Cleveland	1 p.m. (CBS)
2	Sept. 17	vs	Baltimore	1 p.m. (CBS)
3	Sept. 25	vs.	Los Angeles Rams	8:15 p.m. (ESPN, MNF)
4	Oct. 1	at	Tennessee	1 p.m. (FOX)
5	Oct. 8	at	Arizona	4:05 p.m. (FOX)
6	Oct. 15	vs	Seattle	1 p.m. (CBS)
7	Oct. 23	BYE	BYE	BYE
8	Oct. 29	at	San Francisco	4:25 p.m. (CBS)
9	Nov. 5	vs	Buffalo	8:20 p.m. (NBC)
10	Nov. 12	vs	Houston	1 p.m. (CBS)
11	Nov. 16	at	Baltimore	8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)
12	Nov. 26	vs	Pittsburgh	1 p.m. (CBS)
13	Dec. 4	at	Jacksonville	8:15 p.m. (MNF, ESPN)
14	Dec. 10	vs	Indianapolis	1 p.m. (CBS)
15	Dec. 15 or 16	vs	Minnesota	TBD (TBD)
16	Dec. 23	at	Pittsburgh	4:30 p.m. (NBC)
17	Dec. 31	at	Kansas City Chiefs	4:25 p.m. (CBS, New Year’s Eve)
18	Jan. 6 or 7	vs	Cleveland	TBD (TBD)

I have the Bengals going somewhere between 12-5 and 13-4. Ceasars has both the Chiefs and Bengals at 11.5 wins.

I’d take the over on both.

I could see 14-3 even 15-2 but really it all comes down to injuries and efficiency.  If the defense can pick up where it left off last season, I'd say they have a great shot at 4 or less losses.   Struggle a bit out of the gates again and 5+ losses is certainly possible.  

14 and 3 if they have to play the last game of the season for playoff seeding. If they already have their playoff seed locked going into the last game, then 13 and 4.

One thing is for sure the offensive line gets tested right away. Three of the four first games are against pass rushers like Garrett, Donald, and Simmons. Then you get the great 49ers  d line a few weeks later. 

One of the things that I hate with schedules like this one, is that you end up playing one of your division opponents twice (Ravens), before you play at least one against everyone else (Steelers).  Absolutely no reason for that.  In fact, I don't see why it's so hard to break your repeated opponents into two halves of the season.

I am interested to see how Zac Taylor handles the preseason this year. We all saw how the beginning of the season played out last year because the starters played little to no preseason snaps. I am hoping for a better start to the year but also understand wanting to keep your starters from getting hurt in meaningless games. It is a tricky balance. 

1 hour ago, Kenny Powers said:

I am interested to see how Zac Taylor handles the preseason this year. We all saw how the beginning of the season played out last year because the starters played little to no preseason snaps. I am hoping for a better start to the year but also understand wanting to keep your starters from getting hurt in meaningless games. It is a tricky balance. 

I think it’s hard to judge rather how he handled the preseason was good or bad. Considering the Joe Burrow has never got to have a normal type of season and training camp. His rookie year was the covid year. 2nd year coming back from ACL, and then last year the emergency appendectomy that made him lose 15 pounds to start the season. So hard to I think the big reason for the slow starts has more to do with Burrow not having a chance to truly have a normal off season, more than how they handled preseason games. 

2 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

I think it’s hard to judge rather how he handled the preseason was good or bad. Considering the Joe Burrow has never got to have a normal type of season and training camp. His rookie year was the covid year. 2nd year coming back from ACL, and then last year the emergency appendectomy that made him lose 15 pounds to start the season. So hard to I think the big reason for the slow starts has more to do with Burrow not having a chance to truly have a normal off season, more than how they handled preseason games. 

Probably a lot of truth in all of that. Knock on wood but this should be a "normal" offseason for Burrow. I am not sure what the answer is regarding player reps in the preseason but I'll trust Taylor after the results he has been getting. 

I see 14-3 or 13-4 as a ceiling. 10-7 as floor. 
 

This is a tough schedule and don’t forget how slow the Bengals start and always drop 1-2 games they shouldn’t. I can see Arizona or Indy being that game this year. 

On 5/11/2023 at 9:34 PM, 16thBBall Fan said:

15 Dec. 15 or 16 vs Minnesota TBD (TBD)

Figures the game my girls want to see is the one that is in limbo.