12-01-2015, 03:00 PM
(12-01-2015, 11:00 AM)BengalChris Wrote: My money is on Johnny Boozer getting the call the rest of the year as the Browns try to confirm he's not the guy and they'll spend another 1st round pick on a QB next year and the QB/Coach merry-go-round will continue in Cleveland. It's just all too predictable. Maybe they've changed up there and are interested in seeing if Davis is the guy, but I really don't expect that much common sense coming from there.
In any case though the Bengals need to be prepared for this game. Marv seems to overlook weak teams a few times a year.
If we were overlooking weak teams a few times a year, we would not be making the playoffs much overall... all NFL teams with a few exceptions like the Patriots lose to a weaker team in a season.. it is the nature of the sport especially playing at their house. At most positions there is not that much difference between team to team plus injuries play such a major role in how strong your team is game to game...
I did a small comparison of Pittsburgh, Baltimore (excluding this year) and Bengals on defeats of teams that had weak year. I went back three years plus this year, though Baltimore is so bad, this year does not work for them. As you can see Steelers have lost to more weak opponents and if you take Cleveland out of the mix, we have rarely lost to a weak opponent. With that said Cleveland has split with us for the last three years.. we do need to finally sweep them.
PITTSBURGH:
2012 Oakland, Tenn, Cleveland
2013 Tenn, Oakland, Miami, Minnesota, Chicago
2014 Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Jets, Saints
2015 Baltimore
BALTIMORE
2012 Eagles , Redskins
2013 Browns , Bears
2014 Houston,
CINCINNATI
2012 Miami, Cleveland
2013 Chicago, Cleveland, Miami
2014 Cleveland
2015 None