09-08-2016, 06:32 PM
(09-08-2016, 04:12 AM)Jpoore Wrote: Agree with this just wanted to say something about the begginning of your argument. Nfl.com guy forget who it was predicted 4-12 for the bengals.
I'm sure someone predicted that. Last year the Panthers were ranked in the 20's or so on the week 1 power rankings and some guy at SI predicted the Cardinals were going to go 5-11. So, basically the two teams that played to see who would go to the SB for the NFC (not just MAKE the playoffs) were predicted to have losing seasons. They went 31-6 in real life when some experts were paid to predict something more like 11-21...whoops!
If you look hard enough you'll find someone who thinks any team this side of Green Bay or New England is going to have a lousy year. Hell, going into 2010 we were almost ranked in the top 10 on power rankings. We've gotten our share of inaccurate love as well as inaccurate hate. I'd bet my left nut that SOMEONE out there who gets paid to talk football predicted the Bengals would win at least one of the 5 playoff games we lost. That's the nature of the game.