10-07-2024, 11:13 AM
(10-07-2024, 11:08 AM)CJD Wrote: With this offense, we are capable of beating any of the other 31 teams in the NFL on any day.
With this defense, we are capable of losing to any of the other 31 teams in the NFL on any day.
How the season winds up depends entirely on how well the offense counteracts the defense.
Early on, it has been bad.
We've also played against 3 elite offenses in the first 5 weeks of the season (no one thought that the Commanders would be elite in the pre-season, but they've proven it thus far).
Our next 4 games are against the Giants, Browns, Eagles, and Raiders.
Those are the #27, #30, #18, and #23 scoring offenses in the NFL, respectively.
We could very realistically be 5-4 at the midway point of the season, assuming our offense doesn't give up after watching the defense play.
We have a top 5 offense in the NFL. Those teams are never out of the playoff race until the season ends. You can go on a 10 game winning streak at any moment.
We've given away basically every inch of slack we have for the season, but it's not over yet.
Agree with this completely.
The schedule is not a guantlet, and if the defence can play at a below average but passable level, then we can win any game left on our schedule.
The problem however, as we all know, is even if the defence picks it up... the offence will then cool off. Such is life when following the Bengals lol.
In all seriousness, great as Burrow has been we cannot expect he'll be this good every week. But I do expect him to play at an elite level and if the defence is playing at a remotely professional level, we have a shot in most games.
