Predict the Score Contest, Week 1 CIN @ NE

Welcome to the SIXTH year of the Patsfans.com Predict the Score Contest!

Post your predictions here for Week 1, Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots.

This contest is open to everyone, it's both a weekly and a season-long contest. Stakes are bragging rights.

Each week I will tabulate and post the scores for the previous week's contest, as well as the cumulative season standings for those who have played every week. As a one-time allowance for computer problems, forgetfulness, or whatever, a week can be missed any time before the final week and will be assigned that week's average score.

Scoring:
Your score is the COMBINED deviation of your predicted score for the Pats and opponents REGARDLESS OF DIRECTION. For example, if you predict Patriots 31 Bengals 23 your score is how many points off of 31 the Pats are (over or under does not matter) PLUS how many points off of 23 the Bengals are (over or under again does not matter). Game winner does not matter. Lowest score wins.

You may change your prediction at any time before kickoff either by editing your original post or by adding a new one. Predictions made in other threads don't count unless they were clearly meant for this contest but were posted elsewhere by mistake. Please keep this thread to predictions only, no back-and-forth discussion of the game. A short comment explaining your pick is OK.

Good luck!

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Past Season Winners: (click to see full results)
2009 pats1
2008 jbb9s
2007 taltos
2006 roguepatriot
2005 shakadave

2009 season's weekly winners
Week 18 BAL: Ochmed Jones
Week 17 HOU: BradysBunch12
Week 16 JAX: PatsWickedPissah
Week 15 BUF: Sean Pa Patriot
Week 14 CAR: BradfordPatsFan
Week 13 MIA: neuronet and robertweathers
Week 12 NO: COLT FAN and juxtapoz15
Week 11 NYJ: pats1 and Ryan (Perfect!)
Week 10 IND: speed
Week 9 MIA: borg, Bostonian1962, italian pat patriot, jmt57, makoute, TedyB54, and Tunescribe (Perfect!)
Week 8 BYE: edge312 and Robdude (Perfect!)
Week 7 TB: Robdude and signbabybrady (Perfect!)
Week 6 TEN: khayos
Week 5 DEN: Mack Herron (Perfect!)
Week 4 BAL: dtbrks and Ginger_Ale
Week 3 ATL: Robdude
Week 2 NYJ: borg
Week 1 BUF: Mack Herron

Pats 27
Cinci 20

Let's go PATS!!!

17-14 for New England

Pats 27
Bengals 17

Ne - 28
cincy - 24

Pats 31
Bengals 17

Pats 28

Bengals 14

24-17 Patriots

Patriots-34
Bengals-21

Patriots 27

Bengals 20

Pats 34-17

Patriots 31
Bengals 17

And the march to Jerryworld begins!!

Pats 28
Bengals 14

Pats 38
Bengals 27

I'll base it off the Madden game I played this afternoon:

Patriots 41
Bengals 21

Patriots 35

Bengals 33

Pats 42
Bengals 31

Patriots: 31

Bengals: 17

Pats 24 Bengals 21