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I gotta see how FA (haha.. yeah right), scheduling, and the draft play out. I think they could be back to winning regular season games, with great draft and maybe a B free agent...
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(01-09-2017, 11:05 PM)BengalChris Wrote: You know it's really hard to say 5-11 or 11-5 or 8-8 when there are so many variables that can come in and unanswered questions.
Who will we re-sign in the off season? Whit? Kirkpatrick? Zeitler? Will we fix the OL? Who do we draft and will they be healthy by the time the season starts?
So, I'm going to play it safe and say 7-9 and Marv departs on a losing note.
That's basically where I came up with my 8-8. I have to 'assume' that there are no pleasant surprises that would be uncharacteristic of this franchise. I'm also assuming key injuries, and not counting on Eifert to play the whole season.
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It depends on how the Bengals gel next year. Three predictions:
1. OL still sucks, usual injuries and defense not dominant: 6-10
2. Steady season, but still lose big games: 9-7 (50/50 to make playoffs and lose if they do)
3. Address OL, WRs mature, Glassfert does not get injured, DL back to elite form, LB upgrade, DBs well above average: 11-5, win first playoff game
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Have they ever beat the Texans? That's probably a guaranteed L.
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I think it could be another middle of the road season. The offensive line is probably going to lose at least one of it's two best players. That's bad. They probably won't sign any outside help of note, either.
I do, however think that there is a bright spot. With 11 picks in the 2017 draft, next season will be a year of acclimation and growth to a bumper crop of new players. By 2018, we should see part B of the Dalton-Green era start to blossom. Hopefully the team makes some good choices in the upcoming draft, because they are in a position to set themselves up well.
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(01-10-2017, 05:03 AM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: I believe they have beaten them once without Watt. For whatever reason, and I don't know why, they refuse to send more than one blocker at Watt on any given play. I guess having him take over the game is better than assigning two guys to block him(kind of like every team in the league does to Atkins).
They beat them in 2014 with Watt. They shut him down too.
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The jury is still out as to whether the Bengals will be a similar team, or execute better and shore up some of their weak spots in 2017. I could see either of these two scenarios:
Scenario 1: the 2016 and 2017 Bengals will perform similarly (7-8 wins with this 2017 schedule)
Scenario 2: the 2017 Bengals will improve via regression to the mean and perform more consistently (9-11 wins with this 2017 schedule)
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We'll win 100 games and go to the world series and Brian Price swaps places with Marvin. Reds still come in last place.
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