Predict the Score Contest, Week 5 CIN @ NE

Post your predictions here for Week 5, 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, one week can be missed 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 20 Bengals 17 your score is how many points off of 20 the Pats are (over or under does not matter) PLUS how many points off of 17 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!

Weekly winners: (click week to see full results)

Week 4 @KC: kennyb
Week 3 OAK: PatriotsinGA and Poker
Week 2 @MIN: jays52
Week 1 @MIA: Jimke

Bengals 2
Patriots 65

Edit:
In reality, let's go with:

Bengals 20
Patriots 21

Patriots 27
Bengals 24

Sorry ... ...pic

Pats 17
Bengals 21

First time I've picked the pats to lose

Pats: 34
Bengals: 17

Bengals: 17
Patriots: 17

(Changed my prediction.)

Pats 21
Bengals 28

Pats 27-23

I've only picked against the Pats once ever in this contest and got it horribly wrong; won't ever do it again.

CIN 31
NE 10

Patriots - 16
Bengals - 25

Pats 35

Bengals 17

Patriots 24
Bengals 20

Bengals 27-17

Patriots 19, Bengals 17

I've seen them respond very well to bad losses too many times to start thinking this trend won't continue. Especially in Foxboro.

Patriots 27 Bengals 13

pats 21
Bengals 19

20-14, Patriots. I don't know why. The Bengals are a much better team, but Sunday night at home after an embarrassing blowout loss just gives me a gut feeling.

Patriots 20 Bengals 17

Bengals: 24
Pats: 17

Pats 27
Bengals 21