Of all years to be terrible....

[cincygrad]

Our schedule is hilarious - Here are the quarterbacks we face the first 9 weeks of the season.

Colt McCoy
Kyle Orton
Alex Smith/Colin Kaeperneck
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Luke McKown/Blaine Gabbert
Kerry Collins Corpse
Matt Hasselbeck's corpse/Jake Locker

Then we get home games against Houston and AZ in December.... That's the month of Houston's annual choke and Arizona's annual failure to win in the cold.

The schedule is set up to keep us out of the Andrew Luck sweepstakes. But we might still be up to the task.

 

[redbengal1000]

Normally, I'd say you'd be nuts to say this team has 3 wins. But with our schedule, I could see up to 6.

 

[bengaldoug]

If this was one of our half ass respectable teams we could be thinking playoffs.....this bunch at best splits with the worst teams on our schedule, and probably loses more than half of those games.....3-4 wins seem likely.....just enough to eliminate us from the Andrew Luck sweepstakes......

 

[cincygrad]

That 2001 LeBeau coached team with Kitna at quarterback would win 10 games with this schedule.

 

[jgreene95]

That 2001 LeBeau coached team with Kitna at quarterback would win 10 games with this schedule.

No they would not.

 

[daytonbenglfan]

Have to agree with Greene on this one. That 2001 team was very bad. Remember the Tampa Bay game when they threw Akili in there. I thought that game was the low point of the franchise. We may reach a new low this year.

 

[Servo]

It's actually a good year to be terrible if the Bengals are smart enough to take advantage of their 'good' fortune...A.Luck, L.Jones and M.Barkley

 

[Tubbs1518]

You all are rediculous. We will win 5-7 games this year.

 

[Servo]

You all are rediculous. We will win 5-7 games this year.

the offense is going to be anemic. DC's are just going to tee off on that short stuff. Wait till they move out of their base defenses

 

[cincygrad]

That 2001 team was not bad..... The defense finished 9th overall, Kitna did a good job managing games and Corey Dillon was in his prime. Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying they were world-beaters, but they had more talent than the current product. They won 6 games and were at one point sitting at 4-3. This year's squad won't come close to either of those.

 

[Tubbs1518]

We will between 5-7 games. Jax is a joke now without Garard, we will split with CLE, SF is a joke, same for SEA. ARIZ has 1 rookie CB and no one else at that position, no RB and a sucky QB. If I had to guess I'd say we will beat BAL in week 17. The Colts will be horrendous. Buf and Den are horrible. We will win 5-7 with this schedule.

 

[daytonbenglfan]

That 2001 team was not bad..... The defense finished 9th overall, Kitna did a good job managing games and Corey Dillon was in his prime. Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying they were world-beaters, but they had more talent than the current product. They won 6 games and were at one point sitting at 4-3. This year's squad won't come close to either of those.

You are absolutely right Cincigrad. I was thinking of 2002 campaign and the 9/29 debacle against TB. 2001 squad decent.

 

[Skinnyfats]

Colt is a lot better than quite a few people think. The others on the list are pretty sad.

 

[DanBengalfan]

I think our offense will move the ball more than expected. We just won't win a lot of games due to mistakes and turn overs.

 

[BKBroiler9000]

I've said since last season ended that our future QB will come from the 2012 Draft. We won't get Luck, might as well come off that one right now. We will win 4-5 games so it looks like Barkley, Landry Jones, or someone else. Personally i really like Barkley.

 

[jwil007]

Haden made an interesting comment on Cincy about how Dalton loves to go deep.....and Im saying to myself he has only tried this in 1 game...So you know where he got it from????

Those fuckers were watching our practices.....and somehow got tape....We havent attempted many balls in the preseason.....

With that said when our offense takes the field they have 3 rookies on the DL??? OUR FREEKING OLINE BETTER MANHANDLE THESE FUCKS! Taylor is good but experience alone should have us at 5.0 ypc....with that said...

Browns: 24

Cincy: 13

Turnovers and picks get us in this game....

We win at Denver and win at home to San Fran.....If Im wrong you all know I dont run....

PS: There are many things WE HAVENT shown to the league and to teams we will play...That is the unknown....Marv likes to keep shit close to the vest so look for some shit we havent seen yet in the preseason and it will catch Cleveland for a couple of big plays....

 

[Tubbs1518]

I don't think Dalton will throw an INT against the Browns. I don't think they will get any pressure on him at all.

 

[cincygrad]

He tried it the first pass of his career. He then launched two or three more against Carolina. He didn't pass long against the Jets, but he was playing a driving rain storm. If Cleveland is in the habit of stealing practice tape, it certainly has never helped them on the field.

 

[DanBengalfan]

all a team needs is an office near the top of carew tower and a good camera, or just pay the 2 bucks to watch our practice from the observation deck.

 

[RnO]

We will between 5-7 games. Jax is a joke now without Garard, we will split with CLE, SF is a joke, same for SEA. ARIZ has 1 rookie CB and no one else at that position, no RB and a sucky QB. If I had to guess I'd say we will beat BAL in week 17. The Colts will be horrendous. Buf and Den are horrible. We will win 5-7 with this schedule.

Only reason I don't think you beat us at the end of the year is there will probably still be some seeding we're playing for. I think you guys will have a rough year offensively unless the Benson of 2 years ago is back.