(10-18-2015, 11:35 PM)CornerBlitz Wrote: I'll be honest, our schedule has been fairly easy so far but that all changes in the coming weeks with some of the toughest road games you could possibly have. Regardless, we are 6-0 and have done it in an impressive fashion.

(10-19-2015, 09:16 AM)jj22 Wrote: This is a common attack against the Bengals, but the Bills did have a winning record. The win against the Seahawks doesn't look as good now as they're just not that good this season. I keep waiting for one of the teams we beat to win, or at least look competent. It hasn't happened yet this season. We're 6-0 tho, and that's all that matters. We've beat the teams we should have.

(10-19-2015, 10:15 AM)jj22 Wrote: The legion of Boom has went Bust. They aren't scaring anyone. Good teams or bad. They should have lost to the 1-5 Lions. Just as they did to the good teams. The win against them no longer looks like anything to write home about.

(10-19-2015, 10:20 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: Every win in the NFL is something to "write home about".  This isn't college football.  The Bengals don't need style points to get in the playoffs.  They need wins.  We've faced some pretty good defenses and made them all look silly for the most part.  

(10-19-2015, 10:29 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Easy? Easy? Pfffft.... They make it look easy.

- 2nd toughest schedule in the NFL at the start of the season based off of strength of opponents 2014 standings.

- They have dominated the 1st (Seattle), 2nd (KC), 3rd (Buffalo), and freaking 4th (SD) ranked passing defenses from 2014. http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/passing/position/defense/year/2014

- To those bitching about the Bengals pass D, just be sure to factor in their opponents are playing catch-up all game and have to throw it. Of course the passing numbers will be bigger.

Easy? Nobody should say the Bengals have had it easy. Part of the reason their opponents have a losing record is because they have played the Bengals. Which also drops their defensive rankings. Up through week 5 the Bengals were 20% of the opposing team's schedule.

Let the season play out before analyzing or wasting brain power on that kind of crap.

(10-19-2015, 10:41 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: If and when we beat the Steelers, I would love to just have games against the Broncos, Packers, Panthers, and Patriots (the remaining unbeaten). I think we'd beat them all, barring any cheating/ref interruptions in the Patriots game.

(10-19-2015, 10:24 AM)jj22 Wrote: We have. And all the other teams they've played have made them look equally silly too. No need to take anything away from our wins, however those who point out that the teams we beat can't win a game have their talking point. At least they haven't used the passer rating against those teams to downplay Dalton's hot start.

(10-19-2015, 10:49 AM)djs7685 Wrote: 1. If anyone points out that we keep beating teams that can't find wins, as you said, it's a perfectly reasonable assessment. All that I've heard on these boards over the years is how the Lucks and Bradys of the world have it easy because of their "soft schedules". If those guys are going to get blasted for it, then the same people doing the bashing should at least take a minute to look at who we've played so far. Last years rankings don't mean shit now. However, we have been looking great for the most part and the fact that not many of our opponents look good isn't a reason to think the 2015 Bengals aren't for real. This is a great team regardless of who they're beating.

2. I don't think it would be very justified if anybody would try to downplay Andy's season, if you look at the numbers, we've played against the....

6th, 14th, 16th, 22nd, 24th, and 27th teams as far as passer rating allowed goes.
5th, 7th, 22nd, 24th, 27th, 30th teams in pass YPG allowed.

We've played some top half defenses and still performed very well against them. If there's any part of this team I'm worried about right now, it surely isn't the offense. We could very easily be considered the best offensive driven team in the NFL right now.

Fans of other teams are still up to their old schtick regarding the Bengals though. Anything football related that I post on social media is still just met with "hahaha losers they're just going to get killed in the playoffs as usual" by all of the local Steelers fans. Gah, that's one team I'm really hoping we can stick it to, and I hope Ben is playing by then. I don't want to hear any excuses after that one.

(10-19-2015, 10:54 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: Bell had his way with our defense last year.  Brown did too.  The defense worries me more at this point than the offense does.