10-24-2015, 06:20 PM
What a tremendous opportunity to put the prime time woes behind them. They stepped up to win a big prime time game near the end of last season against Denver virtually saving their postseason berth. At home for back-to-back prime time games against the Browns and Texans is a great way to make their debut under the lights this season. Very winnable games. This team just doesn't seem like one that is going to have such a colossal let down as they did in nearly the very same scenario against Cleveland last season.
As for the road games, it's definitely a good year to catch San Francisco. Meanwhile, we will get another late showdown with the Broncos, this time in Denver. Considering how Manning's play deteriorated later in the season last year, I'm very curious to see if that pattern continues this year. All four of these games are quite winnable for the Bengals and this team has to thrive in the spotlight if they are ever going to get to where they want to be. Two wins out of these four is the absolute worst they can do (and would be at least mildly disappointing to some). Three is realistic. Four probably gets them a first round bye.
As for the road games, it's definitely a good year to catch San Francisco. Meanwhile, we will get another late showdown with the Broncos, this time in Denver. Considering how Manning's play deteriorated later in the season last year, I'm very curious to see if that pattern continues this year. All four of these games are quite winnable for the Bengals and this team has to thrive in the spotlight if they are ever going to get to where they want to be. Two wins out of these four is the absolute worst they can do (and would be at least mildly disappointing to some). Three is realistic. Four probably gets them a first round bye.
