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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.It's funny that there are teams people think we should or shouldn't want to face in the playoffs. It's going to be a huge challenge no matter who it is. Probably going to lose regardless and it won't even be that shameful.
That being said, the Bengals coming into the playoffs rusty might be our best shot against anyone.
Story of the season.I trust our "A game" against any AFC team, but conversely, if we don't bring the "A game", we can lose to any of these teams.
2005, too.Do the Bengals not remember their own history? In 2009 they decided to rest their starters against the Jets, who needed to win to make the playoffs. Jets blew the doors off of them that week, which got them in as a wild card... where they proceeded to beat the Bengals again (starters and all) in the wild card round. Cincy lost momentum, gave their opponent a free ticket to the postseason, AND gave them all the confidence they needed to take them out when it mattered. This kind of thing is prone to backfire.
2005, too.
PIT locked into #6 spot. CIN rests its starters, "despite" the fact that it meant losing the #3 seed if they lost and NE won.
Next week, this happens.
Kimo von Oelhoffen recalls Carson Palmer injury
Kimo von Oelhoffen is a name that will be remembered for a long time by Bengals fans. And, mostly for painful purposes. von Oelhoffen joined Paul Dehner Jr. on his podcast this week to discuss some of those undesirable memories.www.cincyjungle.com
Pretty much.Story of the season.
You might be but every team has strengths and weaknesses to exploit.I seem to be in the minority here thinking I’d rather play the Bengals than the Bills. But yeah, I like our chances better against the Bengals.
I seem to be in the minority here thinking I’d rather play the Bengals than the Bills. But yeah, I like our chances better against the Bengals.
Makes Bill's decision to pull the starters in week 17 of the 2005 season a worse decision than I remember. Bengals were playing at the same time as the Pats. Bengals were getting blown out, yet Bill still took the starters out and lost the game.2005, too.
PIT locked into #6 spot. CIN rests its starters, "despite" the fact that it meant losing the #3 seed if they lost and NE won.
Next week, this happens.
Kimo von Oelhoffen recalls Carson Palmer injury
Kimo von Oelhoffen is a name that will be remembered for a long time by Bengals fans. And, mostly for painful purposes. von Oelhoffen joined Paul Dehner Jr. on his podcast this week to discuss some of those undesirable memories.www.cincyjungle.com
pats play the bengals with a win against the dolphins and a bengals loss against the browns
This is probably the most evenly matched playoff group I can remember. Maybe since 1980.I trust our "A game" against any AFC team, but conversely, if we don't bring the "A game", we can lose to any of these teams.
Buffalo, Indy or even LA can take out KC in the divisionalI would hate this. We need Cincy to take out KC in the Divisional...
This is why I'm convinced that, at minimum, Belichick really didn't care if they won that game, and might well have lost it on purpose. ("You want out of that slot so bad, maybe I'll just let you have it.")Makes Bill's decision to pull the starters in week 17 of the 2005 season a worse decision than I remember. Bengals were playing at the same time as the Pats. Bengals were getting blown out, yet Bill still took the starters out and lost the game.