Bengals Defense now 3-4 hybrid

[Mike M (the other one)]

(03-05-2020, 12:13 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Oh I agree they got better towards the end. But I'm not sure they were "that much better" ? I think you have to temper some of the elation and realize at least part of it was 4 of our last 5 games were against lower level NFL competition.

I disagree with the whole Lower level competition. We are not the only team that improved in the 2nd half of the season.

I mean if your going to say the first half of the season teams had better overall w/l records than the teams in the 2nd half of the season, then you are correct, but let's break all teams W/L records into 2 halves. 

Teams we played W-L Records by last 8 games: 37-27

Makes a big bit of difference when comparing half season to half season vs half to full season W/L records

Balt 8-0
Raiders 3-5
Steelers 4-4
Jets 6-2
Browns 4-4
Patriots 4-4
Dolphins 4-4
Browns 4-4

So Raiders are the only team we played that actually had a losing record in the final 8 games of the 19 Season.

First half of the season teams we played W/L record:
Seahawks 6-2
49'ers 8-0
Bills 6-2
Steelers 3-5
Cardinals 3-4-1
Ravens 6-2
Jaguars 4-4
Rams 5-3
41-22-1

So Steelers and Cardinals had losing records..

So it's only 4 games in the W column difference.