Mulva;459745 wrote:Bengals road opponents (2009 home records):
Patriots (8-0)
Panthers (5-3)
Browns (3-5)
Falcons (6-2)
Colts (7-1)
Jets (4-4)
Steelers (6-2)
Ravens (6-2)
Outside of the Browns, that's a brutal road schedule. The other 7 teams were 42-14 combined at home. Unless people are banking on the Bengals to go undefeated at home, they aren't sniffing 11 wins IMO.
Not that it isn't already impressive enough, but you could say the Colts were pretty much 8-0 at home since they stopped playing the starters against the Jets to make it 43-13.
And as tough as that is, they still have the Saints, Steelers, Ravens, and Chargers all at home. I think this years Bengals team will be better than last years, but with such a ridiculous schedule I don't see them getting more than 11 wins. Say they win all of the "easy games", that's 5-0(and that's counting the Dolphins as easy). Of the road games I'll say they win Panthers, Browns, Falcons, Ravens, and home games I say they beat the Chargers, Steelers, Ravens. Actually now that I add that up I got 12-4, but I'll say they lose 1 game I've counted as a W to make it 11-5.
