Yup

When I saw this thread at the top my first thought was geessh this guys drunk already

(10-29-2024, 02:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Bengals play the Raiders, Ravens, and then the Chargers in the next 3 games. While no game is a gimme - especially with our defense - Raiders and Chargers are beatable and we were a bad snap on a FG away from beating the Ravens (who just lost to the Browns) earlier this season. We could realistically win all 3 games and be over .500.

You don't need to smoke anything to think this could happen. 

It definitely helps tho 

(10-29-2024, 03:40 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Phil, you just typed a lot of words to say you've been hitting the bong hard. :)






The sad reality is, the rest of the AFC is mid. So as it stands, they're #9 with 3 teams right in front of them with 2 they still have to play. One with a crappy QB. One with a QB that takes himself out of games because he's "tired" and one with a coach that is stuck in the 80s with his offensive philosophy and has a shit-ton of injuries. 

Playoffs are still there for the taking for a "normal" Bengals team. The question becomes, can they pull their proverbial heads out of their asses or are they just a bunch trash talking delusional bitches?

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see this was a bumped thread.
EDIT PART DEUX: Just got a pair of free tickets to the Raiders game. Booyah.

(10-29-2024, 04:33 PM)Millhouse Wrote: It definitely helps tho 

(10-29-2024, 04:51 PM)PhilHos Wrote:

(10-29-2024, 02:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Bengals play the Raiders, Ravens, and then the Chargers in the next 3 games. While no game is a gimme - especially with our defense - Raiders and Chargers are beatable and we were a bad snap on a FG away from beating the Ravens (who just lost to the Browns) earlier this season. We could realistically win all 3 games and be over .500.

You don't need to smoke anything to think this could happen. 

There is much parity for the last WC spot, but I don;t see Bengals beating Ravens in Baltimore and will be a tough one in LA since Chargers play very sound football on both sides of the line and have a solid  coach.  Then we have to go to Dallas, so best case next 4 games looks like 2-2 which will not improve our playoff chances 

(10-29-2024, 07:54 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: There is much parity for the last WC spot, but I don;t see Bengals beating Ravens in Baltimore and will be a tough one in LA since Chargers play very sound football on both sides of the line and have a solid  coach.  Then we have to go to Dallas, so best case next 4 games looks like 2-2 which will not improve our playoff chances 

Yeah, but then we just have to run the table, winning the last five, and we're 10-7.  Easy peasy, as some will no doubt insist.  

After Sunday's whiteout debacle my orange-colored specs lie mangled on the ground.  Looking at the schedule this team might be 7-10, or maybe even 6-11 when it's all said and done.  I hate typing that beacuse I wanted them to pull this out, and I believed they could a week or two back.  I think maybe they've just run out of runway.  

Hopefully we get better, but not so good that we get anything other than the 7th seed because we can't win at home.

(10-29-2024, 09:51 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Hopefully we get better, but not so good that we get anything other than the 7th seed because we can't win at home.

I’m also concerned in how good they get. If they Bungle it, we’re going to be out of a top 5 pick.

How can anyone watch this team and think playoffs? Seriously. They beat the browns, giants and panthers. This team has 3 pro bowl players, and only 1 first team pro bowler. We have a BUNCH of average to below average players. The Browns have a better roster than us, they just don’t have a QB. How is it possible were worse than last year and we did t have Burrow? Because we did an awful job at attacking free agency. We signed a bunch of mid level guys. Everyone acted like Geisicki, Stone and Bell made us Super Bowl contenders.

Here’s our recent picks

Hill isn’t very good for a 1st round pick
Murphy is a bust
CTB is not good
Turner is bad
Jenkins is a body (so far)
Mims shows some hope but it’s not a guarantee
Yoshi, Charlie Jones suck
Jordan battle can’t beat Stone or Bell for playing time
Burton can’t even get on the field to compete
Sample was never good and a wasted 2nd round pick
Zach Carter was cut
Carman Jackson was cut

The rest of the picks don’t deserve mention.

This is going to take 3 years to turn this team in to a contender again. If they’re lucky. Most likely we’re entering the 2008 Carson Palmer era of football.