10-16-2015, 09:50 AM
(10-15-2015, 06:08 PM)McC Wrote: I never said they had no chance. How can you have home field advantage with two losses in five games played. Have you won a home game?
My opinion has way more to do with where the Bengals are than where the Bills are. The Bengals, last January, got to that place where they finally said F this, we're done being who we were. They finally said enough is enough and acted on it. And so far, they are playing on a different level than ever before, and this is a team with 40 wins the last 4 years. This is a level the Bills haven't gotten to yet.
The Bengals know how to attack Rex's D. It goes back farther than the 49 points. And there have never been this
many weapons or this QB playing at this level.
The Bengals D has given up some big play and way too many yards. But when it was money time, they have made the clutch plays. They have gotten the stops.
I just think the Bengals are farther along in their development than the Bills. Because of that, your guys will have to be too close to perfect to sustain a 60 minute win. Is that possible? Maybe.
Maybe your D will do what no other has done so far. Maybe your offense will do what no other has done.
And just hope your coach doesn't have your team TOO amped up. Just hope his desperation doesn't become their desperation.
To me, it comes down to margin for error. Believe it or not, the Bengals have made plenty of mistakes so far and have much that needs to be and can be improved. That's the scary part of the story. The Bengals can and will be considerably better than they have been so far.
Yes, Buffalo beat Indy at home in week 1. Forgive me if I don't consider losses to two future HOF QBs as not having a home-field advantage. If you don't think they have one, go back and watch what they did to Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers in their most recent trip here.
Again with regard to attacking Rex's D, the same logic applies to the Bills. I understand that Cinci hasn't had this many playmakers before; neither has Rex on defense. In New Jersey, Rex had Revis, Cromartie, and some decent LBs for most of his time there. In Buffalo, he's got a defensive line with 3 perennial pro bowlers plus Jerry Hughes. He's got two CBs who, right now, some folks are calling the top tandem in the game (personally I'd give it to Denver's duo of Talib and Harris Jr, purely on longevity).
What's happened in the past with Jay Gruden's offense against the NJ Jets means zero. It's like me saying that Buffalo knows how to put up 24 points on Cincinnati's D with a 4th string QB because that's what happened in 2013. They're both non-sequitur statements.
You may believe that the Bengals will win, and I can't blame you. My point is that basing it on what they've done against defenses that don't really have any resemblance to this one doesn't make sense.
Again, we shall see...
