10-17-2016, 01:30 PM
(10-17-2016, 01:01 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: This is silly. We lost to some of the best teams in the league. Yeah, we probably won't make a run in the playoffs but we should still win in the playoffs. Look at who we lost to. @Steelers, Broncos, @Cowboys, and @Patriots. All of those teams are top teams in the NFL. We could have won most of those games too (other than the Cowboys they beat the shit out of us) if the refs actually called the game fair. The rest of our schedule is a cake walk, especially if Big Ben isn't back when we play the Steelers again. We could easily go 8-2 to finish the year.
We aren't as good as what we were last year, but we are every bit as good as we were in 2014, 2012, or 2011.
The difference in these games was more than a call here or there from the refs.
-The Bengals offensive line has been pretty bad.
-The Bengals can't run the ball.
Those are 2 really bad issues to have. I could name more.
And to use losing to 4 playoff teams as evidence that we could win a playoff game...when we had opportunities in each of the past 5 years...Some years playing a 6 seed that backed into the playoffs...
