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One other reason to watch the Miami/NYJ game is that it will help decide our final unknown opponent in 2012. If Miami wins and Buffalo loses, Miami visits PBS next season. Otherwise, Buffalo pays the Bengals a call. In addition to them and the usual six division games, the Bengals will play the Jaguars (in Jax), the NFC East and the AFC West.

Right now, our 2012 opponents have a winning percentage of .498. For comparison purposes, right now this year's opponents are batting .492.

If you take out the AFC North, next year's opponents are .449 right now.

The NFC East is guaranteed to have only 1 team with a winning record. Either the Cowboys or Giants will end up 9-7. The AFC West could end up with 0 teams with a winning record; at best, the Broncos and Raiders will be 9-7.

So, counting two games each vs. Pittsburgh and Baltimore, the Bengals will play between 5 and 7 games against opponents who had a winning record this season, and 9 to 11 games against team .500 or worse -- the kind they feasted on this year.

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Any idea what happened to the 10 year schedule whereby a team plays every other team in the NFL during that period? It would be good to see how the fixtures are panning out and be able to plan future trips to see the Bengals.

2012 schedule is looking pretty favourable for the Bengals ..... can't wait for it. But until this season is done and dusted I can't get far ahead with my thinking ...there's still this years Superbowl up for grabs!!!

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The NFC East is guaranteed to have only 1 team with a winning record. Either the Cowboys or Giants will end up 9-7.

This is the part of the schedule I don't know how to feel about.

The Giants are inconsistent, but when they're on, they're on. Hopefully they'll be off when the play the Bengals. The Eagles have also looked much better as of late. They have blown teams out the last 3 games, and look like people assumed they would look when the year started. Washington is the only 'bad' team in the NFC East.

But the AFC part of the schedule looks very favorable. The Bengals are by far the best team currently ranked 3rd in their own division.

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The funny thing about the Bengals is that despite their history of not being very good, they've always fared decently against NFC teams not named 49ers or Buccaneers. The only NFCE team they have a losing lifetime record against is Dallas, and that's just 4-6. They're 4-4 vs. DC, 5-3 vs. the Giants and they own Philly, 7-3-1. Even in the cruddy 2008 season, NY needed OT to beat the Bengals, they took the Cowboys down to the end in the fourth, tied Philly in the "McNabb doesn't know the rules" game, and beat the Skins.

I think the NFCE is headed for some tough times, though probably not for a couple more years. Romo and Vick will both be 32 next year; Eli ticks over the 31 mark next week.

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Any idea what happened to the 10 year schedule whereby a team plays every other team in the NFL during that period? It would be good to see how the fixtures are panning out and be able to plan future trips to see the Bengals.

2012 schedule is looking pretty favourable for the Bengals ..... can't wait for it. But until this season is done and dusted I can't get far ahead with my thinking ...there's still this years Superbowl up for grabs!!!


/>http://www.bengals.com/schedule/schedule-rotation.html

They don't have the multi-year rotation that they used to have but I think they will play the NFC North and AFC East in 2013.

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http://www.bengals.c...e-rotation.html

They don't have the multi-year rotation that they used to have but I think they will play the NFC North and AFC East in 2013.

CHEERS - much appreciated. That could be a very interesting season to see a couple of games depending on where thery'd be played. :sure:

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http://www.bengals.c...e-rotation.html

They don't have the multi-year rotation that they used to have but I think they will play the NFC North and AFC East in 2013.

CHEERS - much appreciated. That could be a very interesting season to see a couple of games depending on where thery'd be played. :sure:

You're quite welcome. The AFC East games should be the opposite of the 2010 season and the NFC North should be the opposite of the 2009 season.

WHO DEY!

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Stop trying to analyze next year's schedule. We haven't even started the playoffs, firing and hiring has barely started, the draft is barely being talked about, and oh yeah, we forget about that little thing we call injuries.

This is the NFL. The worst have a great chance coming back to first.

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Stop trying to analyze next year's schedule. We haven't even started the playoffs, firing and hiring has barely started, the draft is barely being talked about, and oh yeah, we forget about that little thing we call injuries.

This is the NFL. The worst have a great chance coming back to first.

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't aware we had to check with you as to what topics could be discussed.

Oh, wait. We don't.

:sure:

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Looks like we'll be playing the following teams in 2012:

Home: Denver(Tebow), Oakland(Palmer), Dallas(Romo), N.Y. Giants(Manning), Miami(Moore/?), Pittsburgh(Ben), Cleveland(McCoy/?), Baltimore(Flacco).

Away: Kansas City(Cassell/?), San Diego(Rivers), Philadelphia(Vick), Washington(Grossman/?), Jacksonville(Gabbert), Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore.

Above with QBs as I think they matter most in how well you do. We don't play Brady-Rodgers or Brees which is a very good thing. Here are the top ten in terms of passer rating.

1 Aaron Rodgers, QB GB 502 343 68.3 4,643 9.25 93 45 6 36 122.5 310

2 Drew Brees, QB NO 657 468 71.2 5,476 8.34 79 46 14 24 110.6 342

3 Tom Brady, QB NE 611 401 65.6 5,235 8.57 99 39 12 32 105.6 327

4 *Tony Romo, QB DAL 522 346 66.3 4,184 8.02 77 31 10 36 102.5 262

5 Matthew Stafford, QB DET 663 421 63.5 5,038 7.60 73 41 16 36 97.2 315

6 Matt Schaub, QB HOU 292 178 61.0 2,479 8.49 80 15 6 16 96.8 248

7 *Eli Manning, QB NYG 589 359 61.0 4,933 8.38 99 29 16 28 92.9 308

8 Matt Ryan, QB ATL 566 347 61.3 4,177 7.38 80 29 12 26 92.2 261

9 Alex Smith, QB SF 446 274 61.4 3,150 7.06 56 17 5 44 90.7 197

10 *Ben Roethlisberger, QB

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Stop trying to analyze next year's schedule. We haven't even started the playoffs, firing and hiring has barely started, the draft is barely being talked about, and oh yeah, we forget about that little thing we call injuries.

This is the NFL. The worst have a great chance coming back to first.

Maybe you should get on board with what a "discussion" forum is about ??

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Stop trying to analyze next year's schedule. We haven't even started the playoffs, firing and hiring has barely started, the draft is barely being talked about, and oh yeah, we forget about that little thing we call injuries.

This is the NFL. The worst have a great chance coming back to first.

Maybe you should get on board with what a "discussion" forum is about ??

Love this. Glad I found this site. I can't tell you how many times I have posted the same thing on other boards.

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Glad to have you Globetrotter and welcome. It's all good here, but i'm all about whatever there is to talk about and then some. Usually i'm the one starting draft conversations way to early, but others have gotten on board and realized something.... IT'S FUN to think about how this team might improve come draft time and now they are having success with a young team and have 4 picks in the first 3 round ?? Yeah, fun. Thinking about how all that may play out when looking at next seasons schedule ?? Yeah, more fun.

If someone doesn't want to talk about it, don't open the thread.

Pretty simple...

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Stop trying to analyze next year's schedule. We haven't even started the playoffs, firing and hiring has barely started, the draft is barely being talked about, and oh yeah, we forget about that little thing we call injuries.

This is the NFL. The worst have a great chance coming back to first.

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't aware we had to check with you as to what topics could be discussed.

Oh, wait. We don't.

:sure:

Can we get back to talking about midget porn?

EDIT: Sorry, wrong board.

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BTW Kansas City will be a beast next season, so write that off the "cupcake"list. They get Eric Berry, their best defensive player (all apologies to Tamba Hali), Jamaal Charles, and Tony Moeaki back on a team that by the end of the season could play with anyone, not mention another good draft pick.

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