Bengals +6 This Week?

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(10-20-2021, 06:47 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The Bengals are improved, but I don't know if I would be throwing away $200 like that, Bfritz.

Ravens vs Bengals in the Joe Burrow era are 2-0 with an average score of 32.5 to 3.
Ravens vs Bengals in the Zac Taylor era are 4-0 with an average score of 34.25 to 9.
Ravens vs Bengals in the Lamar Jackson era are 5-0 with an average score of 32.2 to 11.4.

I have seen nothing the last 5 games against the Ravens that would make me want to risk $200. That's about as ugly of a one-sided beatdown as there has ever existed.

Remember the first game last year, the defense only gave up 17 points (there was a fumble returned for a TD) and some of those points were on a short field from another turnover.  

I got hammered from someone on here (honestly forget who) by saying in the offseason that I had seen flashes from Lou as a solid DC and used this game as one of the examples.  Remember what personnel he was trotting out there last year, and they had a solid game on defense (the first game).  

It will be interesting to see how our LBs fare against Lamar now that there is a better front four in front of them.  They should be clean and able to run.  I bet we see a lot of Rico Allen as well.  If I remember, he used Darius Phillips that week 1 game a lot on blitzes and he had an incredible game.  To be fair, though, Lamar wasn't 100% that game and had to be more passer than runner. 

Man, I tell you what, though.... I have not been this excited about a game in a long time.