Final 7 games

[Be Weary of Query]

Dare I say...that the stars might be aligning to allow the Bengals to finish with a winning record?

The rationale (game by game):

at Kansas City - Win

The Chiefs laid it all out there last night against the Steelers. How much do they have left in the tank on a short week? How many players are looking forward to being on the golf course in a couple of months?

(5-5)

Oakland - Win

The Raiders are a whole bunch of no good. The Bengals know that guy wearing #3 fairly well. If McFadden is still injured at this point, it is a game the Bengals had better win.

(6-5)

San Diego - Win

Starting to stretch a little here but again...the circumstances are playing in our favor. Rivers has no weapons, Norv is a lame duck and the Chargers very well could be out of it by this point. They play the Broncos and the Ravens prior to this. If both are losses, San Diego will be 4-7 and for all intents and purposes, out of the race.

(7-5)

Dallas - Loss

Although the Bengals do very well against the NFC East (for some reason), this is a game that they choke away and leave us shaking our heads.

(7-6)

Philadelphia - Win

The team is done. Andy Reid is done. Another circumstance of a team that is just playing out the string at this point.

(8-6)

Pittsburgh - Loss

We just don't beat the Steelers in meaningful games. I don't anticipate that happening here.

(8-7)

Baltimore - Win

No logical reason to pick the Bengals to win here. Maybe the Ravens have nothing to play for? Don't know...

(9-7)

Now...I'm not "homering it up" or predicting this to be the actual finish, just laying out some circumstances and scenarios that could play in our favor.

 

[cincygrad]

KC - Loss. You know it's coming. KC is due and they haven't stopped giving effort. This place will be comical next week. 4-6

Oak - Win. The Raiders are a bad football team. 5-6

SD - Win. All the homers jump back on the train. Hobs starts writing about playoff scenarios. 6-6

Dallas - Loss. Whiten and Dez star..... Bengals SportsHoopla is filled with posts by those that thought we should have drafted Dez when we had the chance. 6-7

Philly - Win. The Eagles aren't even trying on a cold Thursday night. 7-7

Pittsburgh - Loss. Steelers win late.

Baltimore - Win. Baltimore is resting starters as they are locked into a 2nd seed. 8-8

Hobbs writes glowing offseason articles about the Bengals 5-3 finish and prospects for a championship in 2013.

 

[DanBengalfan]

We will win one more game because of weird stuff like what happened Sunday, and that's it.

 

[DanBengalfan]

we're not going to beat KC, they played Pittsburgh tough last night.

 

[JBUCK66]

Bengals are unpredictable

We can play with anybody ..or lose to any team

schedule looks favorable though. We need to win them all

 

[bengaldoug]

Baltimore can rest their starters and beat us. Pittsburgh always beats us. We'll win one or two of the others, not sure which one(s). Final tally 5-11 or 6-10.

 

[cincygrad]

Baltimore can rest their starters and beat us. Pittsburgh always beats us. We'll win one or two of the others, not sure which one(s). Final tally 5-11 or 6-10.

We'll win enough games to ruin are draft position and lose enough games to miss the playoffs.

 

[rmilia1]

You guys are pretty down it seems. I think you have a legit chance at 9-7 personally. Maybe even 10-6 if Baltimore has secured playoff seeding in the last game. Next 3 games are winnable and Dallas is even more sketchy than you guys. Philly sucks and Pitt will be tough but a division game is always close.

 

[whyoh]

You guys are pretty down it seems. I think you have a legit chance at 9-7 personally. Maybe even 10-6 if Baltimore has secured playoff seeding in the last game. Next 3 games are winnable and Dallas is even more sketchy than you guys. Philly sucks and Pitt will be tough but a division game is always close.

also....no clue on big ben's status yet

 

[cincygrad]

You guys are pretty down it seems. I think you have a legit chance at 9-7 personally. Maybe even 10-6 if Baltimore has secured playoff seeding in the last game. Next 3 games are winnable and Dallas is even more sketchy than you guys. Philly sucks and Pitt will be tough but a division game is always close.

It's always sunshine and daises around here. We're the happiest bunch on the SportsHoopla.

 

[bengaldoug]

We'll win enough games to ruin are draft position and lose enough games to miss the playoffs.

We can fuck up the draft from the top as well as the middle....:ss:

 

[cincygrad]

We can fuck up the draft from the top as well as the middle....:ss:

No way..... We've owned the draft the last 6 years.... Once Marvin took over.

Ask any homer around here, they'll set you straight.

 

[DanBengalfan]

also....no clue on big ben's status yet

Byron Leftwich is one tough sonofabitch though, no idea how he didn't succeed, except that Jax is a black hole.
give him a week to prepare and he might even be an improvement. If his leg snaps off, he'll just force his offensive line to carry him down the field and hop around one leg until its time to throw. He's done it before, that shit is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-jzYMSiNHQ

 

[whyoh]

Byron Leftwich is one tough sonofabitch though, no idea how he didn't succeed, except that Jax is a black hole.
give him a week to prepare and he might even be an improvement. If his leg snaps off, he'll just force his offensive line to carry him down the field and hop around one leg until its time to throw. He's done it before, that shit is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-jzYMSiNHQ

i'd rather have a pussy that can complete a pass

 

[cincygrad]

i'd rather have a pussy that can complete a pass

LOL! I agree. Leftwich is a bum.

 

[vancelot23]

The fact that Leftwich takes 2 minutes to windup to throw is one reason he sucks. He has a cannon, but takes too long to use it.

 

[vancelot23]

On Ben, it seems he has a very painful injury that is a separation of the cartilage from the bone in his shoulder. Possibly out a while. Almost assuredly out next week

 

[cincygrad]

The fact that Leftwich takes 2 minutes to windup to throw is one reason he sucks. He has a cannon, but takes too long to use it.

Not to mention the fact that he has absolutely no touch -- It looks like he throws every pass the same.

They've lived without Ben in the past, but they are much more reliant on him than they used to be.

 

[BigBlueNation111]

You guys are pretty down it seems. I think you have a legit chance at 9-7 personally. Maybe even 10-6 if Baltimore has secured playoff seeding in the last game. Next 3 games are winnable and Dallas is even more sketchy than you guys. Philly sucks and Pitt will be tough but a division game is always close.

I can deal with that! 9-7 sounds about right.

 

[bengaldoug]

Leftwich can still beat us, as long as he's a Steeler. Or maybe they'll go to Batch. Either way it doesn't matter. We are their bitch.