Should Level of Competition Concern Bengals?

The bengals have showed they’re not a bad team, and that their defense will keep them in most games. But they won’t get the plays like the fumbles every week, especially when they get into playing better teams. I don’t think we can realistically expect playoff success until we see them take down Tennessee, and win against the ravens and Steelers.

It’s not all that matters, of course, but I don’t think the Bengals would be 4-2 if their first 6 games were against the top teams.

The Bengals almost always seem to play to the level of their competition. The Broncos are horrid this year and the 49ers are pretty darn good. Both of their games against the Bengals looked pretty much the same, though. Evenly matched teams slugging out to a close finish. Their last two wins, against two of the weaker teams in the league in Indy & Jax, were both a lot closer than the final score would indicate and they were only 10 point wins.

Considering all the youth on the team I think there’s a lot to be excited about. Can’t wait for the Pittsburgh & Baltimore games.

you still have to play the games.

The Steelers opponents are 13-20. Anybody questioning them?
Oh and those last two 1-11 opponents that the Bengals outscoured by a combined 20 points? The Steelers have also beat them . . . by a combined 7 points.

While he wasn’t really meaning it this way, these are still NFL teams that we have wins against. We’ve won on the road, we’ve won against teams with a winning record, and we’ve played everybody to the end.

The competition will get tougher as the season goes, but that gives these young players to get some confidence and a little more experience.

In the end, the “experts” didn’t think we would win more than a game or two. We’re performing better then expected so of course they are going to make an excuse for why they were wrong. To me, winning 12 games isn’t what’s most important this season. It’s that this team continue to make strides and become a better team for the next 5-6 years. That’s what I’ll judge them on, and if the wins keep coming that’s even better.

The way I figure it we have played two good teams and we are 1-1 and four teams which aren’t making the playoffs by a longshot and we are 3-1. I’m not sure what that says other than I think we are competitive

have a lot to proud of so far. If we had played our schedule backwards and were 4-2 EVERYONE would be dumbfounded. As it is, those talking heads who are supposed to know everything, and predicted us not to win a game, have to make themselves sound more informed than they actually are by pointing out strength of schedule. and if we beat the Sqeelers they will say it was because so and so was injured or Ben had a bad game blah blah blah. Bring the hate people, Bengals it for breakfast on game days.

while we lost, we had a close game against the 49ers. I think that says something too.

Bengals are 1-1 vs. teams with a winning record, 3-1 vs. losers. That’s just called taking care of business. Keep it up and they just might find themselves playing a few extra games this season.

Even though they have played noone worth anything either. Yet I bet you won’t find these types of posts on their sites.
Leave it to the national media and Bengals fans to try and discredit ANYTHING the Bengals do or accomplish. Yet the Steelers and Ravens will get praised while beating a bunch of the same bad teams as well.

Bengals fans are miserable when they lose and miserable when they win. If we don’t win by 50 we are bad. Ravens and Steelers can win by 1 and they just tell us they played great defense.

Last year we lost 12 games. 8 of those games were lost by 8 points or less. So does that mean we were nearly 12-4? No. We were 4-12. Yet the media will give the Eagles, a 2-4 team credit. Okay. They are 2-4. We have an easier schedule because we were 4-12. Thank gosh we did, as well….I think we needed that time to develop confidence in the Dalton Gang.
And yes, we get no credit for the 49er and Bills victories…so be it. Like all the players say…let them talk, we’ll just play. That’s how I see it. It is so great to see Andy dalton being a leader instead of punk a** CP9 getting yelled out by TO or Chad, for a route they screwed up. It is also hilarious that Chad’s silly butt is sitting on the sideline. He didn’t understand the playbook up there, and there is no Carson to blame it one. It says something about the Patriots that the silly side-show has been shut down.
As for Carson, it was his idea to bring the poison of TO to the locker room. So, after much wishy washy thought over the last 10 months, as much as I hate the Tyrant, Born Loser Mike Brown, I say let Carson sit. He did baby him and had his brother on the payroll, it was his fault TO came, and he was the wussy that let the TOCHO morons run the asylum….remember when they both went to the locker before 1/2 time and there was no WR for a play!? Heck we have recievers that run routes over the middle and block down field…like a real football team! LOL I also love the play calling by Gruden…thank Gosh Brat is gone……now if only we could get rid of our dear Born Loser owner….if only.
I love the new guys…they are so motivated and dedicated…not stuck in their selfishness like Ocho-stinko….