09-18-2015, 09:19 PM
(09-18-2015, 07:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: It's also full of people who think being objective means constantly predicting close games. Heck, half the board was talking up the Raiders defense last week and saying it'd be a "tough game".
I respect the Chargers and I don't think it will be a blow out, but I don't think it's homerism to realize the Bengals are an overall more talented team playing at home. It's not a prime time or playoff game, either. For those reasons, I think the Bengals could win comfortably. Maybe not a blowout, but I think a prediction of 28-17 is reasonable.
Just because you don't always predict scores like 17-14 doesn't mean you're a homer.
With Andy playing very, very well and our CBs playing lights out, I'm not too worried about this team until they give me a reason to.
I think I was more nervous going into Oakland in week 1 than I am with SD coming here even though they're clearly a better team than the Raiders. I'm just more confident with the Bengals seeing them completely wreck someone out of the gates like they did.
I don't understand why people would think it's being a homer to predict the Bengals by multiple scores, but I also respect the predictions that are within just a few points too. That short passing game against our LBs could be dangerous. I'm very confident in our offense going into this one regardless of the Chargers' secondary being great.
