Football Outsiders Rankings - Week 12

[BurrowDeep2Chase]

The Bengals have ascended to #1

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#1 in Offense
#8 in Defense
#7 in Special Teams

 

[BurrowDeep2Chase]

We are also 5-1 against the top 12 teams with games remaining against Den and Pitt. That is one thing that is different from years past.

 

[cincygrad]

We're a damn good football team. We played a bad game against the Texans and they are starting to look like a playoff team. We stood toe-to-toe with AZ and lost a close one. It would be nice to see us finish out the season by winning 4 of our last 5. It would mean that we handled business against crappy teams and split with two good teams. It would also give us confidence going into the playoffs.

 

[kramer1]

We're a damn good football team. We played a bad game against the Texans and they are starting to look like a playoff team. We stood toe-to-toe with AZ and lost a close one. It would be nice to see us finish out the season by winning 4 of our last 5. It would mean that we handled business against crappy teams and split with two good teams. It would also give us confidence going into the playoffs.

laughing marv

 

[Cincyfan78]

We're a damn good football team. We played a bad game against the Texans and they are starting to look like a playoff team. We stood toe-to-toe with AZ and lost a close one. It would be nice to see us finish out the season by winning 4 of our last 5. It would mean that we handled business against crappy teams and split with two good teams. It would also give us confidence going into the playoffs.

We are. I mean, the Bengals have done a great job. Yeah, that loss to Houston sucked, and they should have won. You know what? They probably over-looked them. They were shitting heading into the game, and Palmer was on the schedule for the following week. They probably thought they'd be in for an easier game than anticipated and got shown up. Shit happens.

As long as the injuries stay minor (Losing Denard does suck for the depth, but not a huge blow) this team is still probably one of the most complete teams in the NFL. I would wager that maybe only the Cardinals are more complete, and they just lost their top 2 RB's, so that is a blow to them.

We just need Marvin to not be Marvin when it matters most.

 

[Cincyfan78]

laughing marv

 

[BurrowDeep2Chase]

We are. I mean, the Bengals have done a great job. Yeah, that loss to Houston sucked, and they should have won. You know what? They probably over-looked them. They were shitting heading into the game, and Palmer was on the schedule for the following week. They probably thought they'd be in for an easier game than anticipated and got shown up. Shit happens.

As long as the injuries stay minor (Losing Denard does suck for the depth, but not a huge blow) this team is still probably one of the most complete teams in the NFL. I would wager that maybe only the Cardinals are more complete, and they just lost their top 2 RB's, so that is a blow to them.

We just need Marvin to not be Marvin when it matters most.

We always seem to lose a key player in the cold December games against Pitt. It is tough to stay healthy this month of the year. We just have to win the war of attrition.

 

[DanBengalfan]

we need Tom Brady to retire. Big Ben doesn't need to retire, since he can't stay healthy anymore it doesn't matter.

 

[BurrowDeep2Chase]

we need Tom Brady to retire. Big Ben doesn't need to retire, since he can't stay healthy anymore it doesn't matter.

He says he wants to play till he is 45. But the major drop off is always 39. Lets see if Brady gets past 39. He might work hard enough to do so. I don't think Manning works out like Brady does.

 

[Clayton]

You guys cut through the Rams defense like it was swiss cheese so yeah, its deserved.

 

[DanBengalfan]

He says he wants to play till he is 45. But the major drop off is always 39. Lets see if Brady gets past 39. He might work hard enough to do so. I don't think Manning works out like Brady does.

as long as he isn't getting hit he can keep going indefinitely. :/