***Week 15 GameDay Thread - Bengals @ Buccaneers***

[Bengalholic]

Cincinnati Bengals (9-4)  vs   Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-7)

Sunday, December 18th, 2022 at 4:25 PM on CBS

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Announce Crew: Jim Nance, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson

Referee: Adrian Hill

{Streaming: Link 1 - Link 2}

Betting Line: Bengals -3.5

[*michaelsean*]

Nice to have a game with a little less pressure. Not a divisional game or against a team like KC.

[*pally*]

One of the game-day captains has to be Alex Cappa. The other one might be Mitch Wilcox who is from the Tampa area.

[TecmoBengals]

Time to take the North and run away with it.

[Goalpost]

Hell of a name we are playing today....that Brady dude.

[jfkbengals]

By my math (and the ESPN Playoff Machine seems to confirm it), wins today and Saturday lock us into the postseason, with the division title decided by the Week 18. All 3 games are winnable.

[jfkbengals]

(12-18-2022, 01:14 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Hell of a name we are playing today....that Brady dude.

I think father time has caught him. He's thrown a shit ton of passes over the last 3-4 weeks, and they have started looking like soft balls. Still have to be sharp on defense, as his mind is still there and the well thrown balls will get still hurt you, but he's just not something to fear anymore, IMO. His arm isn't as bad as Peyton in his final season, but even then Peyton's brain was enough to help his defense stay ahead on the scoreboard.

[sandwedge]

(12-18-2022, 12:11 PM)pally Wrote: One of the game-day captains has to be Alex Cappa.  The other one might be Mitch Wilcox who is from the Tampa area.

I would put Karras out there also, hell just let the entire OL go out for the coin toss

[M.W.]

This should be a good time for us Bengals fans.

[masonbengals fan]

Win today would go a long way in winning the division.

[cinci4life]

Houston up 14-7 on KC right now.

[*Awful Llama*]

I will never like these 4:05/4:25 games.  It just throws the whole day out of synch.  I'd prefer an 8:15 start to this.  

Just getting my pissing and moaning out of the way before kickoff 

[*michaelsean*]

(12-18-2022, 04:11 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I will never like these 4:05/4:25 games.  It just throws the whole day out of synch.  I'd prefer an 8:15 start to this.  

Just getting my pissing and moaning out of the way before kickoff 

Seventeen games on Sunday at 1:00 pm would be great.

[Bengalholic]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Joes watching the early games <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhoDey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhoDey</a> <a href="https://t.co/RHXeZe1nQn">pic.twitter.com/RHXeZe1nQn</a></p>&mdash; Mark Slaughter (@MarkVSlaughter) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkVSlaughter/status/1604559045926453254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote> 


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Higgins and Chase watching the early games <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhoDey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhoDey</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEDogWmmoS">pic.twitter.com/fEDogWmmoS</a></p>&mdash; Mark Slaughter (@MarkVSlaughter) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkVSlaughter/status/1604557388098555906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote> 

[*michaelsean*]

(12-18-2022, 04:32 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Joes watching the early games <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhoDey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhoDey</a> <a href="https://t.co/RHXeZe1nQn">pic.twitter.com/RHXeZe1nQn</a></p>&mdash; Mark Slaughter (@MarkVSlaughter) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkVSlaughter/status/1604559045926453254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote> 

“Ooh let’s try that today JaMarr “

[*Synric*]

I miss Larry Ogunjobi in Stripes. Hes playing really well.

[Bengalholic]

20 might be the magic number today.

Bengals 9-1 when scoring 20 or more.
Bucs 0-6 when allowing 20 or more.

[jfkbengals]

(12-18-2022, 04:11 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I will never like these 4:05/4:25 games.  It just throws the whole day out of synch.  I'd prefer an 8:15 start to this.  

Just getting my pissing and moaning out of the way before kickoff 

I don't mind it when the game is played in a time zone that is playing the game at 12 or 1 local time, but I agree it is BS when two EST teams are playing in that slot.

[Bengalholic]

Chief 16-14 over Houston right now in the 3rd. Would love to see an upset in this one...but it's the Texans.

[Bengalholic]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> inactives: <br><br>CB Mike Hilton (knee)<br>CB Jalen Davis (thumb)<br>OL D’Ante Smith (healthy)<br>OL Jackson Carman (healthy)<br>TE Hayden Hurst (calf)<br>DE Trey Hendrickson (wrist)<br><br>ACTIVE: WRs Tee Higgins (hamstring), Tyler Boyd (finger), Trent Taylor (hamstring)</p>&mdash; Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) <a href="https://twitter.com/pauldehnerjr/status/1604566068068061186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote> 


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Inactives for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CINvsTB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CINvsTB</a> ️ <a href="https://t.co/fJyZXEwcRW">pic.twitter.com/fJyZXEwcRW</a></p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buccaneers/status/1604565953110589442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote>