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I 'joked" (little did I know it was a possibility) during the offseason that we could go 1-15 as long as we beat the Steelers and it'd be a successful season......
I stand by that statement (unfortunately).
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Steelers will just employ the next men up, and they'll do just fine against us. I would absolutely love it if we get our first win against them and wreck their playoff hopes at the same time, but for as much as I can't stand the Steelers they never get derailed by injuries. Of course Rudolph isn't as good as Roethlisberger etc etc but injuries have never stopped them winning games. Fingers crossed we pound them though
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The Bengals will win this game. I am convinced of it.
The Steelers will be fielding what amounts to a JV team. 2nd, 3rd and even 4th string players at every skill position. Seriously, this is literally a preseason game line up. After a tumultuous and distracting week. On the road.
They have no running game whatsoever and their passing game is abysmal. Even the Bengals D will be able to keep that pitiful offense in check. ....which affects their defense. No defense can keep up with a whole game of 3 and outs and interceptions. Eventually, you run out of gas.
Go to the game. Be part of a rare Bengal home victory against the Steelers....a victory that pretty much kills whatever hope they had for a wildcard slot. And assuming the Bengals don't win another game thereafter, we still get our draft pick.
So;
We beat the Steelers at home, we kill their playoff hopes, we smuggly send their fans back to wherever they came from, and it doesn't affect our draft pick. That's what a successful Bengal season looks like this year.
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The defense will only give up 450 yds. We will murder them.
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Having some of their best players out will only make this loss more depressing by getting beat by a team with more injuries than we have.