Game Thread: Bengals at Jets

[cincygrad]

New challenge - Win on the road when favored by more one touchdown. This is the ultimate trap game.... Third game straight on the road. Middle game between two division games. Game after biggest win of the past 5 years. Back-up qb and no top receiver for the opponent.

On paper, this game shouldn't be close at all. But, the NFL rarely works that way.... I expect some ugly football at times, much like the Detroit game. But once the Bengals find a little groove, I think they'll roll. The only thing that can really kill them today is turnovers - I just don't see how the Jets can win if they don't force a bunch of them.

What say you?

 

[futballiscool]

The spread has moved 3 points in favor of the Bengals this week so Vegas apparently loves them in a blowout. The Jets did have a home win against a very good (but very injured at the time) Titans team a few weeks back. Off a blowout loss I expect to get the Bengals to get the Jets best punch but I think it gets ugly in the second half.

Bengals 31 Jets 13

 

[alf8478]

I’ll take the bengals to win,but not cover the 10.5 (last spread I saw). I can’t see them having three straight road blowout wins. Plus all the hype they got from the media after rolling the ravens makes me….cautious.

 

[Cincyfan78]

This is a game I'd love to see them control the clock, use the running game to wear down the Jets defense, and allow the defense to do what it has been doing all season.

Methodical, and surgical. I don't think they need to get crazy today. Do the tough work up front, and just go get the "W".

 

[alf8478]

Off to a good start

 

[futballiscool]

Off to a good start

It's early. When a team loses 52 to 14 they're going to play their heart out the next week in the 1st quarter

 

[futballiscool]

What is Taylor doing there? Take the points

 

[alf8478]

gonna be a long day

 

[futballiscool]

Is Mike White good?

 

[alf8478]

Is Mike White good?

Bengals love making unknown backup qbs look amazing

 

[futballiscool]

Sorry for the jinx. This one is on me

 

[DanBengalfan]

it's pretty obvious that the bengals celebrated a little too hard this week.

at least we can stop this talk about the Bengals being the top team in the AFC

 

[futballiscool]

What on earth was that helmet to helmet call?

 

[futballiscool]

What is Taylor doing there? Take the points

Those 3 pts ended up being kinda big

 

[futballiscool]

Is Mike White good?

This is what caught me off guard. 400 yards, 3 tds and 80 percent completion to a QB I had to google search in the 2nd quarter

 

[DanBengalfan]

What on earth was that helmet to helmet call?

I think the refs really f'd that up.

 

[cincygrad]

This was unfortunate. Clear case of a team that doesn't really know how to handle this type of trap situation. It's a forgivable offense if they learn something from it and don't let it happen again.

The defense looked terrible, but I think it was a fluke. They knew next to nothing about the guy. One bonus is that it's likely this guy really isn't all that good and he just had the game of his life. It's also very possible the Jets will give him 80 million for 4 years and continue to suck for another 3 years. That's always fun stuff.

On to Cleveland. Win this week, you're 6-3 (3-0 in the division) on bye and favored in 5 of your last 8. Lose this week and you are 5-4 and heading to Vegas after your bye week with the season on the brink.

 

[futballiscool]

It's also very possible the Jets will give him 80 million for 4 years and continue to suck for another 3 years. That's always fun stuff.

I'm glad he's playing on Thursday night against a pretty good Colts team so we'll know soon if it this was a complete fluke, a 1999 Kurt Warner situation or somewhere in between.

Even his two INTs were deflected passes that could have been caught by Jets recievers. He was outstanding.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

I have never been so pissed off by a refs call. Totally changed the end of the game. I am not saying we would have won, or tied it, because the Jets were playing good ball, but I would have liked to have had the opportunity on which we actually earned. I know I know. Game should have never come down to that play, but it did. So in that light, you expect refs to make good decisions. Mike Hilton was tackling the RB's legs, and the RB lowered his helmet right into Hilton's. That game was embarrassing no matter how you looked at it. White keeps playing like that, Wilson will never get his job back and the Jets will be trying to trade yet another top 3 drafted QB again before their rookie contract is up.

 

[cincygrad]

I will say that this was very impressive. I know it's not much given that we lost to a huge underdog, but this kind of accountability and brotherhood goes a long way in sports. It's a far cry from the days of Cory Dillon and Carl Pickens.