Titan Week

[bengaldoug]

The Titans blow

I hope you aren't buying in yet................that would be our death knell.......

 

[CrashDavisSports]

And this means we can't complain about it? No more pictures of Marvin and no more complaining about FA? Damn..... Tough crowd these days.

I don't mind if you complain. You complain all your heart desires. I just do not have the same line of thought regarding those 2 or 3 FA's that you do. It is all good here though.

2-0 start, a win on the road in Baltimore where Dalton has never won. 8 quarters of football with no sacks taken and no turnovers allowed. We had injuries last week to our best offensive weapon, our best defensive weapon, and we still limited the high powered Falcons offense and beat them by 14 even with 3 missed FG's.

At one point in the game, we had more plays on the Falcons side of the field, than the Falcons did for the whole game, and that was like late in the 3rd quarter.

The Titans rush defense is horrible, Hue is working our RB's to where we will run the ball and create space for them to go crazy again like we did against Atlanta. This is actually a perfect time to rest Green and Burfict while still having a very good chance to win, giving Green and Burfict two full weeks to heal and prepare for NE, in NE.

Granted, I do not like our odds of beating NE in NE even with a two weeks to prepare, but I like them a whole lot better with Green and Burfict healthy coming in with a 3-0 record and some momentum.

 

[alf8478]

I never said anything about the Marvin pictures. I like those, lol

 

[bengaldoug]

And this means we can't complain about it? No more pictures of Marvin and no more complaining about FA? Damn..... Tough crowd these days.

If you stop bitching about FA's and stop posting pictures of Marvin, Mikey, and Andy, I'll have to find another Bengals' board.

 

[Cincyfan78]

If you stop bitching about FA's and stop posting pictures of Marvin, Mikey, and Andy, I'll have to find another Bengals' board.

That's all it would take?

 

[bengaldoug]

That's all it would take?

 

[cincygrad]

There is a little too much happiness in Bengal World right now.... We have a winning team. We have likable players. We make news for good deeds (the Still case) in a season filled with teams making news for really bad deeds.

Either karma is paying us back for that train wreck of a Reds season, or we're about to get bitch slapped back to our Cincinnati fan misery.

 

[bengaldoug]

There is a little too much happiness in Bengal World right now.... We have a winning team. We have likable players. We make news for good deeds (the Still case) in a season filled with teams making news for really bad deeds.

Either karma is paying us back for that train wreck of a Reds season, or we're about to get bitch slapped back to our Cincinnati fan misery.

Given our history, I would expect the latter............

 

[kramer1]

There is a little too much happiness in Bengal World right now.... We have a winning team. We have likable players. We make news for good deeds (the Still case) in a season filled with teams making news for really bad deeds.

Either karma is paying us back for that train wreck of a Reds season, or we're about to get bitch slapped back to our Cincinnati fan misery.

We got this.

Piece of cake.

 

[bengaldoug]

We got this.

Piece of cake.

That's it. I'm taking the points.

 

[Cincyfan78]

We got this.

Piece of cake.

Well, shit.

 

[alf8478]

There is a little too much happiness in Bengal World right now.... We have a winning team. We have likable players. We make news for good deeds (the Still case) in a season filled with teams making news for really bad deeds.

Either karma is paying us back for that train wreck of a Reds season, or we're about to get bitch slapped back to our Cincinnati fan misery.

That's kinda my point

 

[cincygrad]

That's it. I'm taking the points.

Betting on the underdogs has been a good play through the first 2 weeks.

 

[cincygrad]

That's kinda my point

I'm not sure the Titans are the team to slap us.... It needs to be embarrassing. I'd hate to be playing Cleveland this week.

 

[JBUCK66]

we're going all the way. you don't even have to watch. Just stop in come February and pick up your share of the glory

 

[Cincyfan78]

Betting on the underdogs has been a good play through the first 2 weeks.

In 2013, NFL favorites covered the spread at a 52.2 percent clip, the highest rate since 2005 and the third highest in the last 25 years … since 1990, NFL favorites covered an average of just 48.7 percent of games.

(For) seasons in which NFL favorites covered more than 51.5 percent (since 1990) … the average for those five seasons was 53.3 percent. In years following those seasons (highlighted in green), favorites covered, on average, just 47 percent of games. That’s a 6.3 percent swing (from 53.3 percent to 47 percent).
grantland article

This is clearly the year of "The Dog". Bet the dog...bet them big. Law of averages is in play here, and history shows it.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

In 2013, NFL favorites covered the spread at a 52.2 percent clip, the highest rate since 2005 and the third highest in the last 25 years … since 1990, NFL favorites covered an average of just 48.7 percent of games.

(For) seasons in which NFL favorites covered more than 51.5 percent (since 1990) … the average for those five seasons was 53.3 percent. In years following those seasons (highlighted in green), favorites covered, on average, just 47 percent of games. That’s a 6.3 percent swing (from 53.3 percent to 47 percent).
grantland article

This is clearly the year of "The Dog". Bet the dog...bet them big. Law of averages is in play here, and history shows it.

Does that mean that Cleveland is in aligment with Venus and Saturn has leapfrogged Jupiter? Beware the dog pound I guess.

 

[bengaldoug]

I usually prefer betting the dogs, as favorites are often overvalued by the public. But I refuse to fade Seattle and New Orleans at home, though both often offer value as over respected road favorites. Saints are 0-2 so far as road favorites, and we all saw what happened to Seattle last week at San Diego (Doug's play of the week). I expect them to drill the Broncs again at home this Sunday, and 5 points is not too much to lay imo.

 

[bengaldoug]

In 2013, NFL favorites covered the spread at a 52.2 percent clip, the highest rate since 2005 and the third highest in the last 25 years … since 1990, NFL favorites covered an average of just 48.7 percent of games.

(For) seasons in which NFL favorites covered more than 51.5 percent (since 1990) … the average for those five seasons was 53.3 percent. In years following those seasons (highlighted in green), favorites covered, on average, just 47 percent of games. That’s a 6.3 percent swing (from 53.3 percent to 47 percent).
grantland article

This is clearly the year of "The Dog". Bet the dog...bet them big. Law of averages is in play here, and history shows it.

The linemaker always adjusts to recent trends, which helps explain your point.

 

[NCBengal]

We should win. We are, by far, the better team. But with that said, you still have to execute. We do that, we win.