Scottishbengal Posted April 3, 2017 Report Posted April 3, 2017 OK so we already know who we gonna play .... any idea of when the dates for each game will be released ?? Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 3, 2017 Report Posted April 3, 2017 Sometime in the next three weeks or so. Quote
Scottishbengal Posted April 3, 2017 Author Report Posted April 3, 2017 Couldn't remember if it's before or after the Draft Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 3, 2017 Report Posted April 3, 2017 Before. They're saying week of the 17th now. Quote
Scottishbengal Posted April 4, 2017 Author Report Posted April 4, 2017 7 hours ago, HoosierCat said: Before. They're saying week of the 17th now. Excellent - Cheers Hoosier Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 4, 2017 Report Posted April 4, 2017 No prob. FWIW the Bengals reportedly requested a home game to start this season, though there's no guarantee the league will honor the request. Bengals haven't opened at home since 2009. In other 2017 news, rejoice all you Phil Simms haters! It appears that Tony Romo will retire and take Simms' job at CBS. Quote
COB Posted April 4, 2017 Report Posted April 4, 2017 22 hours ago, HoosierCat said: Sometime in the next three weeks or so. If a frequent poster on a fan website of your NFL team predicts when the schedule will be released, that MIGHT entitle you to a comp pick. Â Mike is checking on it. 1 Quote
ArmyBengal Posted April 4, 2017 Report Posted April 4, 2017 If there is a comp pick involved, I heard Mike Brown will request it not be tradable. All this talk of tradable comp picks is just too complicated to comprehend. Â Quote
Scottishbengal Posted April 7, 2017 Author Report Posted April 7, 2017 On 04/04/2017 at 5:04 PM, HoosierCat said: No prob. FWIW the Bengals reportedly requested a home game to start this season, though there's no guarantee the league will honor the request. Bengals haven't opened at home since 2009. Final game of the season probably be Baltimore .....again !! (as in 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010) Wow - looking at those final games (2009 vs Jets was last before it was mandatory divisional game) the only time the final game WASN'T the Ravens was when it was Pittsburgh in 2014....colour me cynical but if the final games from 2010 onwards have all been divisional, and we've played Baltimore 6 out of 7, that means that Pittsburgh have played Cleveland (who've been toilet bad for ever) 6 out of 7 times. Bit of an advantage handed to the Steelers by the League I think !! 2 Quote
GapControl Posted April 8, 2017 Report Posted April 8, 2017 20 hours ago, Scottishbengal said: Final game of the season probably be Baltimore .....again !! (as in 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010) Wow - looking at those final games (2009 vs Jets was last before it was mandatory divisional game) the only time the final game WASN'T the Ravens was when it was Pittsburgh in 2014....colour me cynical but if the final games from 2010 onwards have all been divisional, and we've played Baltimore 6 out of 7, that means that Pittsburgh have played Cleveland (who've been toilet bad for ever) 6 out of 7 times. Bit of an advantage handed to the Steelers by the League I think !! You got it.  It's always Baltimore it seems.... Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 Big day for army, preseason sked on the way!  Quote
AMPHAR Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 On ‎4‎/‎7‎/‎2017 at 11:24 AM, Scottishbengal said: Final game of the season probably be Baltimore .....again !! (as in 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010) Wow - looking at those final games (2009 vs Jets was last before it was mandatory divisional game) the only time the final game WASN'T the Ravens was when it was Pittsburgh in 2014....colour me cynical but if the final games from 2010 onwards have all been divisional, and we've played Baltimore 6 out of 7, that means that Pittsburgh have played Cleveland (who've been toilet bad for ever) 6 out of 7 times. Bit of an advantage handed to the Steelers by the League I think !! Too cynical, IMO.  Bengals get the same bad Cleveland team twice and I'd rather have them outside the last week instead of being in the spoiler role the final week. The Baltimore games at the end of the year (I'm assuming in an attempt to manufacture a rival week) has been a flop.  Every year both or one of the teams have been playoff locked and have been resting starters.   Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 20 minutes ago, AMPHAR said: Too cynical, IMO.  Bengals get the same bad Cleveland team twice and I'd rather have them outside the last week instead of being in the spoiler role the final week. The Baltimore games at the end of the year (I'm assuming in an attempt to manufacture a rival week) has been a flop.  Every year both or one of the teams have been playoff locked and have been resting starters.  Ironically, the idea behind making all the week 17 games divisional games (which the league deliberately decided to do a few years ago) was to prevent exactly that: resting starters. It would be interesting to go back and look at seasons before/after the move and see if the policy has actually resulted in fewer "week 17 preseason" games. Quote
AMPHAR Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 I don't know if it's reduced the actual number of preseason week 17 games.  Week 17 has been uneventful for the Bengals since 2011. I do think it has pushed back the playoff seedings and scenarios back into the final weeks.  There always seems to be the scenario of Team A winning the division taking a 3/4 seed but IF they don't they wouldn't be a WC team which would put a couple more teams in play. Even the Bengals down year last season there was the division scenario hope in December, I think just because so many AFC North games still had to play out. When the Bengals had their division champ years there were always the annoying scenarios presented that somehow had the Cleveland Browns winning it (lol). Mostly those were based on AFC North games yet to be played.  Quote
ArmyBengal Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 I'm all for the divisional games to end the season. I'm not for that game to always be against the fucking Ravens. There are 3 other teams in the division (duh) and they should be mixed in. 1 Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 10, 2017 Report Posted April 10, 2017 I'm thinking two road games to end preseason MIGHT mean the open at home... Quote
GapControl Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 I'm with Army, rotate it each year so every team in the division plays the last game once every three years.  Flip flop home and away.  Done.  Quote
GapControl Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 My math may be off on that once every three years but you get the point. Quote
Scottishbengal Posted April 14, 2017 Author Report Posted April 14, 2017 3 hours ago, HoosierCat said: FEELING RIGID !!! Â 1 Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 21, 2017 Report Posted April 21, 2017 Well we got a home opener... http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Bengals-open-at-home-for-first-time-since-2009/3a786ff0-1e62-42c1-9c9e-e07329869df2 Sun., Sept. 10: BALTIMORE, 1 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 14: HOUSTON, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network) Sun., Sept. 24: at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. Sun., Oct. 1: at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Sun., Oct. 8: BUFFALO, 1 p.m.* Sun., Oct. 15: (Bye week) Sun., Oct. 22: at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.* Sun., Oct. 29: INDIANAPOLIS, 1 p.m.* Sun., Nov. 5: at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.* Sun., Nov. 12: at Tennessee, 1 p.m.* Sun., Nov. 19: at Denver, 4:25 p.m.* Sun., Nov. 26: CLEVELAND, 1 p.m.* Mon., Dec. 4: PITTSBURGH, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sun., Dec. 10: CHICAGO, 1 p.m.* Sun., Dec. 17: at Minnesota, 1 p.m.* Sun., Dec. 24: DETROIT, 1 p.m. Sun., Dec. 31: at Baltimore, 1 p.m.* Quote
COB Posted April 21, 2017 Report Posted April 21, 2017 We play Infy, Jacksonville, and Tennessee in the middle of the season. Quote
Stripes Posted April 21, 2017 Report Posted April 21, 2017 Bengals/Ravens and Steelers/Browns AGAIN to end the season. Â Straight bullshit. Quote
AMPHAR Posted April 21, 2017 Report Posted April 21, 2017 I think Baltimore will suck this year or at least I hope.  Not great with predictions and the Browns I believe will come back to life. What will be bullshit is if this trend continues then all of sudden it flips the Battle of Ohio to the last week.  Quote
HoosierCat Posted April 21, 2017 Report Posted April 21, 2017 Way too early run-through... Sun., Sept. 10: BALTIMORE, 1 p.m. L 0-1 New o-line gets mauled, Andy is dumped 10+ times. Thurs., Sept. 14: HOUSTON, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network) L 0-2 prime time 'nuff said. Sun., Sept. 24: at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. L 0-3 team comes out flat after mini-bye as usual Sun., Oct. 1: at Cleveland, 1 p.m. W (OT) 1-3 woo-hoo off the schnide! Sun., Oct. 8: BUFFALO, 1 p.m.* L 1-4 Bills always seem to have our number Sun., Oct. 15: (Bye week, Pacman arrested for drunk & disorderly) Sun., Oct. 22: at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.* L 1-5 flat off the bye again, Marvin is a hell of a coach Sun., Oct. 29: INDIANAPOLIS, 1 p.m.* W 2-5 Hobs writes first "Bengals can run the table and make the playoffs" article Sun., Nov. 5: at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.* W 3-5 Two-game winning streak! Sun., Nov. 12: at Tennessee, 1 p.m.* W 4-5 Just one game under .500! Super Bowl Bound Baby! Sun., Nov. 19: at Denver, 4:25 p.m.* L 4-6  Back to reality. Sun., Nov. 26: CLEVELAND, 1 p.m.* L 4-7 Hue sticks in the fork. Mon., Dec. 4: PITTSBURGH, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) L 4-8 game is flexed to 1 p.m. Sunday. Doesn't matter. Sun., Dec. 10: CHICAGO, 1 p.m.* W 5-8 time to start losing ground in the 2018 draft! Sun., Dec. 17: at Minnesota, 1 p.m.* W 6-8 maybe the Vikes fire Zim and he can come back and take over here? Sun., Dec. 24: DETROIT, 1 p.m. W 7-8 Mike signs Marvin to an extension, hopes die. Sun., Dec. 31: at Baltimore, 1 p.m.* L 7-9 Hobs writes first "don't expect big changes, Bengals are hard up against the cap" article. Quote
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