Curious To See How Team Responds to 1st Loss

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(10-22-2015, 03:25 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: We'll have to wait till next season to find out

I love this kind of optimism, and I chuckled when I read it the first time.

But then....I started thinking about the next four games:

At pittsburg-  I'm really just hoping for a fair game from the refs and no dirtbagging from the team.  I think they can outscore this team because the Bengals defense is superior to theirs....and both offenses are really good.

Win that game, then you have:

Browns at home-  They always give the Bengals a fight, but just not enough talent to hang, even on a short week.

Texans at home (MNF)-  They are a dumpster fire.  Hoyer gives them a respectable offense, but only one real weapon at WR and he will be contained.

Cardinals on the road-  Going on the road, on a short week, NFL teams have a straight up winning % in the low 30s.  That's bad.  The Cardinals have offensive weapons and a solid defense.  This was the game I predicted as the Bengals first loss.  However, the Cardinals have looked very average of late.  The Bengals are better.  If they win this game, they are 10-0.  At that point, people would start talking about it. 

The only real challenges at this point will be pitt and AZ.  Get by those two and here is the remainder of the schedule.

Rams at home

Browns on the road

steelers at home

49ers on the road

Broncos on the road (MNF)

Ravens at home

I know "getting by those two" is far easier said (typed?) than done, but it is a very real possibility after that.