If Bob can look way down at the bottom of his 3rd (and final) page of the playbook.

Bengals 27-24

(Thats figuring we will score 4 times, and kick a FG from the 3 yd line, maybe.)

Nah.

24 all.

the Bengals can and will win. It’s just that hunch, that I usually get when it gets this time of the week. We do usually do good against the Ravens, but after each of the games that we win, we usually come out with a lot of injuries.(not to jinx the team) If you look at past history, this seems to be what happens. The injury bug creeps up. Hey Kirk is there any way that you can find out about what players got hurt after playing the Ravens, in the past, then post it. That would be an interesting thing to know!

I’m fine with a 5 WR set here and there to stretch the field. Literally what the Packers did in 06 and 07 w/ Favre playing w/ a bunch of no-names and Donald Driver. It worked in light doses, like a play or two in a 10-15 play drive. Against the Ravens, who do they mark up in that scenario w/ 2 guys? Probably Chad. But what about Henry streaking? Chances are, they’d go into a zone, and if so, while Carson doesn’t have the arm he had, he does still have pinpoint precision when he has time to throw.

The run game needs to be balanced more like 18 for benson and 12 or more going to leonard and scott across the 4 qtrs. Scott was brought on too early.

And btw – my gosh, if the TEs are gonna catch it and run with it, then why not keep doing it. But while you’re at it, we have the best receiving TE in college history RIDING THE BENCH… put him in for a pass or two as well.

My prediction is we tie, 23-23

LB is a big loss for the game against CIncy, in addition to Gaither. This guy got injured during game against the Pats. Was 2nd on the team w/ 22 tackles.
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/3940/ayanbadejo-out-for-the-year

The team seems to find a way. Find a way to win. Find a way to go to sleep. We can’t have as many 3 and out series against Baltimore as we did against Cleveland.

I am a little worried about baltimore but i think they will win i just hope they do not cause me to have a heart attack with another last second come from behind to close for comfort win. Hopefuly they can jump ahead with some points and stay ahead.

Brother had all day to throw against the Clowns and still looked awful. There are more than a few teams in the NFL that won’t allow you to get away with a 0 yard first quarter or 6 or 7 three and outs in a row. I really can’t get on board until Carson remembers he’s not Ryan Fitzpatrick and Bratkowksi finally out-schemes someone. It’s a shame that once we fix one part of the machine another breaks down, because I’m really digging the play we’ve gotten from the line. Christ…who expected Chris Henry and Coles would be good for 1 catch a piece? Passing game=worse than Palmer’s rookie year=how the hell does that happen?=not cool, dude.

Your assessment of the Ravens defense is right on the money! Being a die-hard Ravens fan I have noticed the same thing about our defense all year long. The secondary is definitely a liability and we don’t have Rex Ryan protecting our secondary with his great schemes (like he did last year). There is no way Benson does anything against our defense but with receivers like Ochocinco and Henry at his disposal Palmer will definitely exploit our secondary, especially Foxworth. What seemed like two cakewalks a month ago to us now look like battles! Even an 80% healthy Palmer is more dangerous than 90% of the QB’s in the league. Looking forward to a great game and I hope the Ravens are good enough to pull one out against a surprisingly good Bengals team! Good luck Cinci and may the best team win!!!

This Ravens team could very well be the best overall Ravens team we have faced since Carson has been here. Yea, their secondary is suspect but so was the Browns. Carson had time and space and still couldn’t stretch the field in Cleveland. He will not have that luxury in Baltimore. Their D is not what it was but it is still one of the best in the NFL.

But that is not what I am worried about. Their O is also one of the best. Flacco is for real and their Oline is doing a pretty good if not stellar job of protecting him and their running game is also pretty good. DA had his way with us between the 20s and Flacco is better as are his WRs.

All of that being said I really don’t know how good the Bengals are. I keep waiting for that offense to explode and it just isn’t happening. If we could revive the 05 or even the 06 or 07 offense we have a real chance and I guess it is possible as we have the talent. We are not going to put up a hundred yards on the ground against the Raven’s D and the long passes will have a hard time developing because Baltimore will not give Palmer the same time in the pocket he has had. The one thing we have going for us is that we have found a way to win without the big time plays. WE have the grit to win but the skilled positions need to step up. The WRs need to be able to run the short and intermediate routes and secure the ball. I predict at least one interception in the flat by them.

Guys I am an optimist and I am hopeful for a win but realistically I don’t see a win here. Maybe next time when we have a few of the kinks worked out and the Oline continues to gel. I am pleased with the situation so far though. A split in the division was an optimistic position at the start of the season but is a very realistic possibility now. Still, I think they take this one and we take the next one. I see a 27-17 Ravens win. Nobody wants me to be wrong more than me.