11-07-2022, 08:48 AM
To me, it's kind of eerie that the Bengals have the same bye week as they did last year AND their record at the bye week last year was 5-4. Then, out of the bye came the Raiders win and the Steelers win. After that, lots of things had to break exactly right for the Bengals to have that magical postseason. This year so far doesn't quite have that same feel as the Ravens are back and mostly healthy and the Bengals have lots of injured players.
Of course, Andy could beat the Ravens tomorrow and the Bengals get healthy over the bye and go on a tear. That's why today's NFL is so interesting. In the past there seemed to be more dominant teams steamrolling over everything. Still, my prediction is that the Bengals do get back to the playoffs but it goes through either Foxborough or Buffalo and they end up playing in one of those January, winter-wonderland games.
Of course, Andy could beat the Ravens tomorrow and the Bengals get healthy over the bye and go on a tear. That's why today's NFL is so interesting. In the past there seemed to be more dominant teams steamrolling over everything. Still, my prediction is that the Bengals do get back to the playoffs but it goes through either Foxborough or Buffalo and they end up playing in one of those January, winter-wonderland games.
