Pro Football Focus released its latest 2023 season simulation and has the Bengals finishing with the most wins this season.
PFF’s latest simulation has Cincinnati earning a league-high 11.36 wins and drafting 32nd overall.
This simulation was only for the regular season.
Of course, the Chiefs finished right behind the Bengals with 11.17 wins, and they are the only two teams in the simulation to reach over 11 wins in 2023.
That’s crazy with Joe Mixon at RB . Seems low for us and KC
He might not have enough speed to be a running threat at the pro level. He should be able to win the 3rd down back spot based on his receiving ability.
Looking back at his highlights I just don’t see the speed for him to ever start.
Browns play Bengals tough, I'm sorry to say. They don't seem to care if we have Burrow, Chase, Higgins, Boyd, Mixon. Browns have beat Bengals with Smash Mouth football. They hit us with Chubb and the other good RB's they have and they pound us in the trenches with their O Line and D Line. They play a rough Defense on us. Browns are all over our Dink Pass stuff and short pass stuff. Browns have Chubb and other RBs, but Browns have hit long passes on Bengals more than on other teams, Mayfield or whoever, and Watson will be no different. So it's a good mix of Smash Mouth with Chubb, and also long bombs air game.
Week One at Cleveland is no easy game. Cleveland will be out to punch Bengals in the nose. Plus Browns do a lot of pushing and shoving after the plays that refs never call. These teams don't like each other.
Starting the season at The Dawg Pound in Battle of Ohio means Bengals better be ready. Browns have beat Bengals a lot lately with Smash Mouth Football, and also hitting some wide open deep passes. They usually have a tough D, but their offense is like the 1950's or 1960's Browns of good tough RB's but the ability to throw the ball.
I hope Bengals win, but since Browns have been winning most of the Bengals vs Browns games lately, Bengals will have to be on their game to get out of Cleveland with a win.
Anybody that says Bengals will win easy, I hope so myself, but past games with Browns tell me this will be one hard Week One game for both teams. Browns love to hit Bengals in the nose and play Smash Mouth. Their O coaches love that they have a stable of RBs to go with Chubb.
A tough game right off the bat. I'm rooting for Bengals, but no way I would bet money on this one.
As always though, GO BENGALS. Can they win at Cleveland ? Yes. A hard rival game on the road though. Bengals better knock the rust off in preseason, and be ready for Dawg Pound Home Opener.
In 2021 when Bengals went Super Bowl, the worst Bengals looked that year was the first Browns game. Coach Taylor went pass happy never even trying to use Mixon. The Browns countered by being all over Bengals pass catchers and throwing Burrow on his rear end. One of the worst coached games ever as Coach Taylor tried to play Touch Football as Browns played Tackle Football. However Coach Taylor learned from that beating, and used the run more on way to Super Bowl. You can't try to play flag football or touch football with The Browns, they will pound you into the turf. If you do not mix the run with the pass against Browns, and try to pass every play, that's a good way to lose and a good way to lose your star quarterback for many games.
Seems Corey Dillon is taking issue with not being elected to the Bengals Ring of Honor yet. I agree he's deserving, but does he really think he should be in before three HoFers and two other potential HoF candidates? What say you?
Every year has a narrative. 2 years ago it was o line. Last year it was the line again. And we all hate constantly talking about the o line.
So what narrative will dominate the board by week 8?
In a perfect world we are talking about Burrow chasing Peyton’s single season TD record, we’re sitting at like 7-1 and we are the class of the AFC.
Worst case we are STILL harping in the o line.
To answer my own question i think the narrative id be most happy to be a thing, week 8 is how we are gonna find minutes for Myles Murphy because he’s playing so good.
We used a 1 rounder on him so fair or not that comes with expectation. I would be giddy to be discussing how we may have to take Hubbard out because Murphy is just doing so well
Somebody likely made this point ready somewhere, but I don't recall seeing it....and this board pretty dang slow these days so....
Recall how we all had Devin Bush targeted for our pick...only to have the Stealers trade up just before our pick and take him?
Well, Bush ended up being a turd who regresses every year. So they merely saved us from ourselves. But not only that, if we had taken him we likely would not have drafted Germaine Pratt in the third Rd. A player who only keeps getting better and IMHO has turned into clutch and stud LB...that Pit will have to face for another 3 years.
Just a satisfying tidbit for my fellow Stealer haters...
. Seems low for us and KC
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