Season Predictions

[Essex Johnson]

(08-10-2016, 09:24 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: Before camp started I was cautiously optimistic about how this team would do.  My scenario was based with the assumption Lafell and Boyd would fill the missing slots, and the Bengals would overcome responding negatively when the Steelers push their buttons, and with no long term injuries to any key players.

With the news about Billings now and all the other injuries that have occurred, without any serious hitting going on, and before any preseason games have been played, I am thinking this could end up more like the schtick prediction I made in the Bold Predictions thread.

I feel a season ahead much like the Ravens had last year.  Maybe an 8-8 year??

Would love to be wrong about it!!

Most teams go through injuries in the preseason, hell some go down in the offseason workouts.  Sure are injuries thin our depth but when you look at the core outside of "Eiffert" what injury so far really has hit a starter from last year ?  You can;t pencil Jackson or Billings in as a starter and we don't even know yet of Billings status.  Until we start losing people like Dalton, Green, Hill, Aktins there is no way you can compare our injuries to the Ravens last year.  Though I do think people forget that the Ravens were like 1-5 I think before they really were hit with the major injuries to their starters. 

I like what I have seen so far of Lafell and Boyd and still feel confident 10-6/11-5 is in the cards for this team