The Bengals travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens.

Who wins?

Ravens

Bengals 23-17

Ravens.

Cincy held up pretty good against Pittsburgh, but the Ravens will be pissed off after another bad loss.

Huge game. Go Bengals.

Boldin has put up some huge games when they win and is a no show when they lose. I'm sure Baltimore will look to get him the ball early and often. If the Bengals get pressure on Flacco like they did Ben they have a good shot.

Whoever gets more pressure on the opposing QB will win.

I'm hesitant to root on the Bengals still. I'm holding the same stance I did 4 weeks ago.....I want the Bills, Bengals, Chargers, Raiders, Jets, Texans and Titans to compile as many losses as possible. This scenario provides the Steelers the #1 , #2 or #5......either a bye or if the Ravens hold suit then the #5 seed which doesn't bother me at all playing the AFC West champ in Rd 1

I anticipate the Bengals beating the hell out of Flacco and forcing some mistakes. The biggest issue will be keeping Torrey Smith from beating them deep. The Bengals played off the WRs today but I think they should press more or at least play up on Baltimore's WRs to hopefully make them take longer in their routes so they can get to Flacco. The lone exception to that is obviously Smith, but I'd put Clements on Boldin and have a safety deep on Smith's side and see how that goes. Dickson had a big game today so I'm sure the Bengals will focus on him. Ray Rice is obviously a big factor, but the Bengals have a very good run defense and I think the linebackers are athletic enough to match up well with Rice. I see Flacco having at least 1 interception and getting stripped twice.

I expect the Ravens to bounce back. Like I said in one of the other threads they seem to play big against the good teams and play down on the bad teams level. It should be a close game though. I say Ravens by 3 to 7.

Ravens not exactly looking like a team that could "contain or play with the Packers." :rolleyes: Still going with the Jeckyl & Hyde's to take this only because it's at home.

Bengals need to show the NFL they are for real and this is a good opportunity since they failed this past Sunday.

No way baltimore loses a second game in a row at home.

Yeah, I don't see the Ravens losing at home after losing their trap game in Seattle. The Ravens just seem to take the shitty teams lightly, which bites them in the ass, but they are always focused for bigger games.

I'm shocked David Reed (kick returner) still has a job today.

Would really like to see Cincinnati, but Baltimore wins this by 10+.

Leon Hall is out?

bigdaddy2003;973668 wrote:Leon Hall is out?

For the season.

Looks like Ray Lewis is out this week and maybe a few more weeks. That's a nice break. The Bengals may still be without AJ Green so the run game will have to produce more than it has in recent weeks.

This is certainly not a must win for the Bengals, but they would put themselves in quite a position to make the playoff if they pull it off. Looking at other potential wildcard teams, Cincinnati would have decent leads on everyone.


East: Looking at the Pats schedule, I think they run away with it.
Jets: (5-5) Their schedule also gets easier, but still have the Giants and go to Phily. With Sanchez, I don't see better than 9-7
Bills: (5-4) Kinda falling apart. With trips to New York, San Diego, and New England, they will be fortunate to get to 9-7.

South: Texans run game and defense should be enough to win the division.
Titans (5-4) Still go to Atlanta, Houston, and have a visit from the Saints coming up. They could get to 9, but Cincy has a head to head win here.

West: I really have no clue here but I think 9-7 wins this division and I don't think a wild card comes from the West.


So, with the Jets getting Tebowed last night, it looks like if the Bengals (Cleveland, @ St. Louis, Houston (without Schaub), Arizona) Ravens (Cleveland x2, Indy, and at least one against Cincy) and Steelers (Cleveland x2, Cincy at home, St. Louis) can all get to 10 wins, both wild cards will come from the North.

Now, the Ravens have not shown the ability to beat teams they should while the Steelers and Bengals have. The Bengals could go 2-4 in the division and make the playoffs at 10-6.

slcoach;977672 wrote:Looks like Ray Lewis is out this week and maybe a few more weeks. That's a nice break. The Bengals may still be without AJ Green so the run game will have to produce more than it has in recent weeks.

This is certainly not a must win for the Bengals, but they would put themselves in quite a position to make the playoff if they pull it off. Looking at other potential wildcard teams, Cincinnati would have decent leads on everyone.


East: Looking at the Pats schedule, I think they run away with it.
Jets: (5-5) Their schedule also gets easier, but still have the Giants and go to Phily. With Sanchez, I don't see better than 9-7
Bills: (5-4) Kinda falling apart. With trips to New York, San Diego, and New England, they will be fortunate to get to 9-7.

South: Texans run game and defense should be enough to win the division.
Titans (5-4) Still go to Atlanta, Houston, and have a visit from the Saints coming up. They could get to 9, but Cincy has a head to head win here.

West: I really have no clue here but I think 9-7 wins this division and I don't think a wild card comes from the West.


So, with the Jets getting Tebowed last night, it looks like if the Bengals (Cleveland, @ St. Louis, Houston (without Schaub), Arizona) Ravens (Cleveland x2, Indy, and at least one against Cincy) and Steelers (Cleveland x2, Cincy at home, St. Louis) can all get to 10 wins, both wild cards will come from the North.

Now, the Ravens have not shown the ability to beat teams they should while the Steelers and Bengals have. The Bengals could go 2-4 in the division and make the playoffs at 10-6.

I think 9-7 will get a wildcard spot to be honest. Call me crazy, but that would mean that a team from the west would have a shot at a wildcard.

You have got to play to win the division. Focusing on where a team might line up for a Wild Card spot at this point of the season is just good old fashioned Stinking Thinking.

like_that;973670 wrote:For the season.

Maybe his career. Torn Achilles for a corner is career threatening.

I just saw Ray is out for this game. I can't believe he will miss more than this week honestly. I'm actually shocked he isn't going to play. Anyways I'm heading to Indiana until Sunday. It's pretty sweet that I will be gone until the games come on Sunday afternoon.

Ravens by 10.

Looks like AJ Green wont be active Sunday, which is a much bigger loss than Ray Lewis IMO. With AJ Green I predicted a Bengals win, but now ill say 17-16 Ravens.

like_that;977701 wrote:I think 9-7 will get a wildcard spot to be honest. Call me crazy, but that would mean that a team from the west would have a shot at a wildcard.

It's getting more of a possibility with the Jets and Bills falling off the pace a bit. Any of the top three in the North start struggling and that's very likely.

Heretic;978170 wrote:Any of the top three in the North start struggling and that's very likely.

Very likely as both the Ravens and the steelers still have to face browns twice each.