Official 2013 Season Prediction Thread

[HoosierCat]

All right you mooks! You've seen Hard Knocks. You've seen the preseason. Time to call it. What's the record?

Me, going with 11-5.

[Earendil]

I agree. Which means they will go 2-14.

[jking191]

I think we're gonna take the league by storm. Lose the opener, lose at the Ravens, go 14-2.

[ArmyBengal]

Yeah, i'm going to hang it out there as well and call 13-3.

Losses to Green Bay at home and the Ravens and Steelers on the road.

No less than 10-6 seeing as how some games just bounce one way or another.

I voted "12-4 or better" though.

[TJJackson]

Going with 9-7 because I am not sold on the oline, the safeties, or Eifert

I also expect Lamur to be out for the season and thats a bigger blow than many will realize. Hopefully I am wrong and he's good to go. Unsung contributor.

[Stripes]

11-5 and the AFC North. Win a playoff game or nobody will give a crap.

[Walrus]

11-5 and a pair of playoff victories.

Eifert will put up strong numbers and play a big part in helping the offense to begin firing on all cylinders. Dalton will quiet most of his naysayers by the BYE, proving himself to be an excellent captain of Gruden's West Coast system. Hunt will get relatively little playing time but will be a game-changer on teams as a punt and field goal blocker. His success there will spur other teams to find similar talents early in the draft, similar to the trend toward drafting punt returners after Devin Hester's success in 2006.

[TJJackson]

Win a playoff game or nobody will give a crap.

and that, yes

[HoosierCat]

Espn likes the Bengals to finish 1 or 2 in the division.

/>http://espn.go.com/nfl/preview13/team/_/name/cin

[jjakq27]

10-6. Not sure why but I don't feel comfortable with 11 or 12 wins. I hope I'm wrong.

[jjakq27]

In this week's Sports Illustrated Peter King had them ranked 3rd in the AFC behind NE and Denver. I like it better when he hates the Bengals.

[volcom69]

In this week's Sports Illustrated Peter King had them ranked 3rd in the AFC behind NE and Denver. I like it better when he hates the Bengals.

I liked it better when everyone hated the bengals.

[volcom69]

I think ill go with 10 wins as well, but I'm hoping for more! The O-Line worries me some, but if they protect Dalton, and give him the time to set his feet and throw the ball, then I think the wins will go up. So many weapons on offense, it will be hard for teams to double team guys, so please o-line just give Andy time.

Still think it's enough for the playoffs though .

[Scottishbengal]

Bookies over here are generally showing Cincinnati as 2/1 to win the AFCN (Baltimore favourites), between 10/1 and 12/1 to win the conference, and 20/1 to 25/1 to win the Superbowl.

I may just have to have a wee flutter on the Bengals at those odds

[Wraith]

11-5 is what I have the range is 12-4 to 9-7 IMHO all riding on Dalton's progress or lack thereof.

[HoosierCat]

Don Banks joins the 2013 Bengals love-in:

15. I know the Bengals haven't won a playoff game since 1990. I know they've been to the postseason four times in the past eight years and come up empty each time in the Marvin Lewis era. And I know they've never posted three consecutive playoff trips in the franchise's 45-season history.

But with Andy Dalton taking a third-year step at quarterback, and a superb defense to rely on in Cincy, all of that goes away this year, and then some. I could offer a teaser for my Super Bowl pick, which will post next week at SI.com, but I think you're feeling the AFC half of my matchup right here, right now.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130830/bold-predictions-2013-tony-romo-danny-amendola/#ixzz2dkvbeYLn

[HoosierCat]

STUNNING UNBELIEVABLE COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE WHO-WOUDA-THUNK-IT???? NEWS!!!!!

Peter King predicts that New England will win the Super Bowl.

(Well, I suppose I should be happy he gave us a playoff win and a nod to Geno for DPY. But still, c'mon Peter, get Kraft's dck out of your mouth.)

[ArmyBengal]

King predicts the Pats win it all huh ??

**THIS JUST IN**

Water freezes when it gets cold !!!

Reports are coming in from all over the globe about this and no one can believe these events.

Stay tuned for further updates.

[HoosierCat]

Here's football outsiders' season projection:

/>http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2013/2013-dvoa-projections

They have Cincy finishing 9-7 and landing a wild card spot along with Pitt. With Baltimore winning the division that would put everyone but Cleveland in the division in the playoffs again.

FO projects the Bengals have to have the no. 14 offense, the no. 12 defense and the no. 4 special teams. They should do better than that on defense IMHO.

[ArmyBengal]

#14 defense ??

I can't see this defense falling out of the top 10.

Even with the concerns at LB and SS.

[HoosierCat]

Bump. We is experts!

Oh, and where is Gizzle? I thought the party animals were gonna flop again?

[jjakq27]

10-6. Not sure why but I don't feel comfortable with 11 or 12 wins. I hope I'm wrong.

Didn't have the guts to go with 11 wins but I'll take it. Hoos' you nailed it.

In this week's Sports Illustrated Peter King had them ranked 3rd in the AFC behind NE and Denver. I like it better when he hates the Bengals.

Looks like P. King was pretty much spot on too.

[HoosierCat]

Here is a sentence I never thought I would type: the Bengals have the best front office in the division right now.

Cleveland is about to fire a first year head coach to whom they gave no QB, traded his best RB and gave him some antique in replacement. Pittsburgh is in cap jail after years of pushing cap hits into the future and is paying big money to old unproductive players while their draft picks flop. Baltimore gave $120 million to Flacco then took all his weapons away.

So props to The Family. After all these years they finally got it right.

[essexjohnson]

amazing isn't it

[Wraith]

#14 defense my a$$. So much for the stupid website ;)/>

Finished #3 with a bullet and you could make a case for them to be #1. Surprised that Dungy said "Denver must be feeling confident with no dominant defenses"