Bengals Will Win AFC North This Season

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(10-19-2024, 01:15 AM)kevin Wrote: Their D stats are better than Bengals D stats.  They have some tough dudes on D Line and some good DB's.   Plus it is is the Dawg Pound for very loud 12th man on defense.  Bengals just have a hard time getting the offense going off Lake Erie, that Browns Helmet painted on 50 yard line, Dawg Pound going crazy. 

Bengals are catching Browns short handed at RB.  That won't be the case later in season in The Jungle, but right now Browns best RB's are all injured.  If Burrow can get the Browns Jinx off his back and get going in this one, Bengals offense is far better than Browns offense at this time. 

GO BENGALS

Well yea, but it's not a huge difference.

Browns have allowed 23.5 PPG. Bengals have allowed 25.3 PPG.
Browns have allowed 333.7 PYPG, Bengals have allowed 356 PYPG.

On the ground, Bengals have actually allowed fewer YPC compared to Browns (4.4 vs 4.7).

So while the Browns have been better than Bengals to some extent on defense, the Browns do not have a Top 10 defense.
It's just mid.
However, the difference in the offense is night and day between Browns and Bengals, so the Bengals SHOULD be favored in this game.
With that said, you hit on a valid point that they always seem to struggle playing IN CLE, so it's not a "guaranteed" win by any means.