(06-08-2015, 12:25 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: Good teams do it. Someday Cincy will catch on. 

(06-08-2015, 12:29 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: You're right. It happens all the time when a team loses that many of their top players...

I must have seen it about 10,000 times myself.

(06-07-2015, 04:47 PM)Whatever Wrote: Didn't Marvin and the Bengals beat Harbaugh's Ravens by 17 to close out 2013 in a game the Ravens had to win to keep their playoff hopes alive?

Lewis isn't a great coach, but he's far from terrible.  The Bengals are better on paper than they were last year, and they dealt with tons of injuries, including their three best players for parts of the season, and still won 10 games and made the playoffs.  There's not much reason to think they won't make it this year.  

(06-08-2015, 01:26 PM)E.A. Poe Wrote: Bengals are going to have teams rushing and chip shooting them to death as the linebackers will struggle. The only thing the Steelers got going for them on defense are the linebackers.

Anyway, here's my retort to your argument: The Ravens are also better on paper than last year and they dealt with a ton of injuries as well (more than the Bengals) and still went further in the playoffs. There's not much reason to think they won't make it this year. 

I used your own stupid argument against you. Why should anyone take your word that the Ravens won't make the playoffs when they meet the same criteria you set out for the Bengals making it? 

Make some more silly crap up.

(06-08-2015, 12:19 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: I hate the injury EXCUSE. Yeah the Bengals had their share of injuries. However, so did the Ravens. And to say one injury is greater than another is being a homer. 

One poster's opinion that some of the Ravens injured players were not significant. Yet most of the Bengals players injured would appear insignificant to most fans outside of Cincy. 

Injury excuses are lame. 

(06-08-2015, 12:19 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: I hate the injury EXCUSE. Yeah the Bengals had their share of injuries. However, so did the Ravens. And to say one injury is greater than another is being a homer. 

One poster's opinion that some of the Ravens injured players were not significant. Yet most of the Bengals players injured would appear insignificant to most fans outside of Cincy. 

Injury excuses are lame. 

(06-08-2015, 02:24 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: This is just not true. So losing your QB or WR is = to losing a Guard or TE? 

I REALLY hate injury excuses also. but to think one injury (losing a star WR) is equal to losing a # 3 CB is crazy (or anything along those lines). 

(06-08-2015, 12:19 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: I hate the injury EXCUSE. Yeah the Bengals had their share of injuries. However, so did the Ravens. And to say one injury is greater than another is being a homer. 

One poster's opinion that some of the Ravens injured players were not significant. Yet most of the Bengals players injured would appear insignificant to most fans outside of Cincy. 

Injury excuses are lame. 

(06-08-2015, 01:26 PM)E.A. Poe Wrote: Bengals are going to have teams rushing and chip shooting them to death as the linebackers will struggle. The only thing the Steelers got going for them on defense are the linebackers.

Anyway, here's my retort to your argument: The Ravens are also better on paper than last year and they dealt with a ton of injuries as well (more than the Bengals) and still went further in the playoffs. There's not much reason to think they won't make it this year. 

I used your own stupid argument against you. Why should anyone take your word that the Ravens won't make the playoffs when they meet the same criteria you set out for the Bengals making it? 

Make some more silly crap up.

(06-08-2015, 07:35 PM)Whatever Wrote: If you think the Ravens are better on paper than they were last year, then you need to quit mixing up the triple strength pitchers of purple Kool Aid.

(06-08-2015, 07:35 PM)Whatever Wrote: If you think the Ravens are better on paper than they were last year, then you need to quit mixing up the triple strength pitchers of purple Kool Aid.

(06-08-2015, 10:29 PM)E.A. Poe Wrote: Anyone with a clue agrees with the notion that they are. You are the turd in the punch bowl. 

NOBODY has said the Bengals are going to be a better team...except for the turd in the punch bowl. 

Are the Bengals going to move up one spot this season to be ranked 31st in sacks or something? 

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: The Ravens are weaker up front on D with the losses of McPhee and Ngata. 

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: They lost their #2 WR in Torrey Smith and drafted two extremely raw rookies to try and replace him. Of course, everybody here knows how totally inept Ozzie is at drafting WR's, so you're probably looking at a drop off in production there.

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: Maxx Williams and Nick Boyle will have a hard time filling the shoes of Pitta and Daniels. But hey, you probably upgraded at S.
 

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: The Bengals lost Gresham, Newman[who slid out of the starting lineup at the end of the year], Pollak, Sanzenbacher, and Taylor Mays. 
 

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: They added Paul Dawson and AJ Hawk at LB, so they got deeper at the very least there. 
 

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: TZBCZZWhey got deeper on the OL with Ogbuehi and Fisher.

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: They got deeper at WR with Denarius Moore and Alford.

(06-08-2015, 11:03 PM)Whatever Wrote:  They got better and deeper on the DL with MJ, Sims, and Hardison.

(06-08-2015, 10:29 PM)E.A. Poe Wrote: Anyone with a clue agrees with the notion that they are. You are the turd in the punch bowl. 

NOBODY has said the Bengals are going to be a better team...except for the turd in the punch bowl. 

Are the Bengals going to move up one spot this season to be ranked 31st in sacks or something? 

(06-09-2015, 10:46 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: Lol....what has Moore done in the league?

(06-09-2015, 10:52 AM)Beaker Wrote: Didnt the ravens finish behind the Bengals in the division....as well as getting beaten by them twice? Dont be mad that the Bengals are a better team than the ravens.

(06-09-2015, 02:19 PM)E.A. Poe Wrote: Yo, Dum Dum, what's that got to do with improved rosters for this year? 

Go start some more useless threads or something.

(06-09-2015, 02:43 PM)Beaker Wrote: Bengals roster has improved...ravens, not so much. And we were still a better team than the ravens last season, so you lost ground. Careful or the browns may catch you.

(06-09-2015, 10:46 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: Losing Ngata is big. Wish he could've finished his career in Bmore. A bright spot is that during his 4 game suspension. The DL didn't skip a beat and still performed great without him.
I can guarantee you didn't even know who McPhee was prior to last year. The one strong/deep position the Ravens have is DL.


Since Ozzie is so bad at drafting WR losing T. Smith shouldn't be hard to replace according to your logic.


Pitts hasn't even really played in the last TWO years. I could replace Pittas production. Shouldn't be difficult for Williams to come in and produce. Along with Gilmore and/or Boyle.


Sure down play Bengals losses but over hype the Ravens. Definition of a Homer.


Bengals were hurting with injuries to LB last season. Ravens were decimated in the secondary. Yet you rave about the Bengals additions for depth but made no mention of the Ravens improving their secondary with the additions of K Arrington and K Lewis.


Ohbuehi and Fisher were drafted for future not this season. Ohbuehi may not even be ready to play this year.


Lol....what has Moore done in the league? Alford is raw and needs to develop. Like you said of Ravens draftees.
No mention of Ravens adding C Davis, Z. Smith to already deep rotation.


Re read your bias post and stop inhaling the orange smoke.

(06-09-2015, 09:24 PM)Whatever Wrote: McPhee has been a solid player for the Ravens for a while.  Just because you're ignorant of the other AFCN teams players does not mean their fans are completely ignorant of yours.  The reason I did not mention Nicks and Smith is because you lost Ngata and McPhee and replaced them with a couple of mid round rookies.  You did not get better in your front seven.  You still got worse, even with their additions.  Similarly, you didn't see me talking up the additions of Kroft and Uzumah because we lost Gresham.

(06-09-2015, 09:24 PM)Whatever Wrote: Torrey Smith is the one hit Ozzie has had at WR, and even he was a good #2 instead of a true #1.  There's a reason why you guys have to get WR's like Mason, Boldin, and Smith via trade and FA.  Ozzie blows some high pick on a WR, then has to go out and find a veteran after a couple of years when they don't pan out.  The Browns have about as much mathematical chance of making the playoffs as Ozzie does of drafting a true starting caliber WR.

(06-09-2015, 09:24 PM)Whatever Wrote: I was referring to both teams' rosters at the start of the season, and not injured guys.  The Bengals have Eifert and Jones who both basically missed the whole year on offense and Burfict will be back at some point on D after missing most of the year.  Not to mention Green, Smith, Wright, and getting Atkins and Hall back to 100%.

(06-09-2015, 09:24 PM)Whatever Wrote: Moore caught 51 passes for 741 yards and 7 TD's in 2012 under Hue Jackson in 2012.  Both he and Alford have deep speed and the Bengals need another deep threat to draw some attention off of Green.  They are both certainly upgrades as the 5th and 6th WR's over Tate and Sanzenbacher.  Alford should be an upgrade as a KR, too.