11-16-2022, 03:36 PM
(11-16-2022, 11:45 AM)Cincybearcatfan Wrote: For those of you predicting that the Steelers will score more than 20 points you aren't paying attention. Of course anything can happen on any given Sunday but the Steelers are averaging 15.3 ppg. So far they've scored 23, 14, 17, 20, 3, 20, 10, 13, and 20 points. The only time they've scored more than 20 points was the season opener in overtime vs the Bengals. They don't have the offensive firepower to put up more than about 20 ppg.
The Bengals are averaging 25.3 ppg scoring more than 30 ppg in 3 (35.6 ppg) of their last 4 games (Cleveland). I know TJ Watt is back and he's the main reason why the Bengals lost to them the first game of the year but I can much more easily see this as a Bengals blowout win than see the Steelers score 25 points or more.
Prediction Bengals 27 vs Steelers 16
Yeah, I stand by my score of 34-9. Our Defense is playing good too, I could even see a shutout, but they will get some
bad calls going their way like always. There is absolutely no excuse to not blow these bastids out this game. It is our
season on the line IMHO.
(11-16-2022, 11:54 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Fitzpatrick was responsible for an eight point swing. No pick six or no blocked PAT and the Bengals would have had an ugly win but a win nonetheless.
And he ain't playin'.
(11-16-2022, 12:02 PM)PhilHos Wrote: This is how I look at it. Game 1, Joe was still dealing with the recovery from his appendectomy, the OL was playing together for the first time EVER, our offense turned the ball over 5 times, and we STILL would've won that game if Clark Harris doesn't get injured.
Fast forward to now: Burrow is back and better than ever, the OL has not only improved in its pass blocking but looks to start dominating in run blocking (though, yes, it was against the Panthers, but still ...), and so our only real problem that WE have to worry about is our defense is down Awuzie.
Also, please note that the Steelers are playing Pickett at QB and dude is just not playing well. The only positive you can say about the guy is that he's competing 66% of his passes. He's thrown 2 TDs and 8 INTs in 8 games and has a QB rating of 68.8. Compartively, Trubisky has thrown 3 TDs and 2 INTs in 5 games and has a QB rating of 80.1. Even if Trubisky was starting, I'd be confident in a Bengal win.
Yes, any given Sunday and all that, but all we need to do to win is have our offense show up and after what happened in Game 1, I'm fairly confident Burrow is going to make sure the offense shows up.
The Panthers were a pretty good run Defense before we played them.
