08-03-2016, 02:52 PM
I predicted 7-9 back in May.
I love the team, the roster, and even have (in general) come around on the coaching staff. But the NFL is not setup for the same teams to be successful every year. Unless your the Patriots beating up the WORST division in football over a 16 year span, or the Packers, whose division isn't very strong, only one other team has gone to the playoffs as constantly as the Bengals and that's Denver.
Oh, and Baltimore also has 5 in a row recently. But that's not a positive in this conversation because those MFers are in the Bengals division. Along with the Steelers!
The Bengals have an incredibly weak schedule, but a brutal (IMO) home/away mix, plus prime time... which is always a boom or bust night for them.
I just have a bad juju feeling over this whole season. 7-9 isn't crazy considering the division, home/away schedule and the fact that they've had so much regular season success. I think that this year it will be injuries.
Or, F-me and they'll go 13-3 or something. We can only hope!
I love the team, the roster, and even have (in general) come around on the coaching staff. But the NFL is not setup for the same teams to be successful every year. Unless your the Patriots beating up the WORST division in football over a 16 year span, or the Packers, whose division isn't very strong, only one other team has gone to the playoffs as constantly as the Bengals and that's Denver.
Oh, and Baltimore also has 5 in a row recently. But that's not a positive in this conversation because those MFers are in the Bengals division. Along with the Steelers!
The Bengals have an incredibly weak schedule, but a brutal (IMO) home/away mix, plus prime time... which is always a boom or bust night for them.
I just have a bad juju feeling over this whole season. 7-9 isn't crazy considering the division, home/away schedule and the fact that they've had so much regular season success. I think that this year it will be injuries.
Or, F-me and they'll go 13-3 or something. We can only hope!
