09-03-2015, 10:15 AM
(09-02-2015, 06:18 PM)clevelandsdad Wrote: New here, thanks for having me!
When the average NFL fan of a good NFL team see's a game with Oakland on the schedule, they usually circle that one as the game I might be able to miss for work, family etc. Even as a Bengals fan, I always feel good about playing them.
But like every year, Week 1 provides an air of uncertainty. This year, I believe it is accentuated with young Derek Carr seemingly budding, his new plethora of weapons (Cooper, Crabtree), and the human heat-seeking missile Khalil Mack. History also doesn't seem to favor us in Oakland, although I don't believe that matters too much.
As a Bengals fan, is there reason for genuine concern for this matchup? We definitely have a better roster, and better matchups across the field. But I'm always afraid of that Week 1 upset.
Well this will be Daltons first chance at winning in Oakland... he and the team during his tenure have been doing well at breaking the bad streaks.. This one will fall next. I think our D outmatches their O... And overall our O should outmatch the D...
Then theres that elusive one at the end of the season they still have to conquer.
