Did Bengals get schedule break over Pitt?

[Shake n Blake]

(04-15-2016, 08:37 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: If you play 3 games against Roethlisberger, Brady, and Newton, and you allow 44 points while getting 14 sacks, 3 INT, and 6 FF, you'll win more often than not with most anyone at QB.

That said, I don't know if their defense will be that dominant again, but I don't know if I would call that smoke and mirrors either. If you don't allow teams to score and you give QBs no time, you win. Even with all these ridiculous rules made lately to increase scoring.

Their division is getting pretty tough though with the Raiders on the rise.

When I said smoke and mirrors, I'm thinking of how they pulled a 40 year old QB off the bench in a desperate move to spark their offense...and it actually worked for a minute. Also how they had to hide their lack of a QB with running and epic defensive play. Obviously we haven't seen many teams with similar QB situations win the Super Bowl. 

You have to go back to the 2000 Ravens to find a similar situation (Trent Dilfer took over for Tony Banks). It's just not likely that the Broncos will be able to sustain that level of play without a good QB. It's more likely that they'll come down to earth a bit, ala the pre-Flacco Ravens.

I'm sure their defense will be good but like you said, I don't know if it will be that dominant again. Plus the Chiefs and maybe the Raiders are looming. Imo, the Broncos could realistically finish anywhere from 6-10 to 11-5, but I don't see them as a top 3 team in the AFC anymore.