HoosierCat Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Colts, schmolts, worry about them in January. But to get to that point we need to knock off the Ravens. Bookies say we walk; Bengals are 9-point favorites.Reports out of Baltimore are that Reed and Ray-Ray are doubtful, tho Biillick is hopeful Ray might get back. Samari Rolle suffered a concussion in the Pitt game but appears OK and seems likely to play at this point.Billick has finally woken up to the fact that Jamal isn't the same old Jamal, and says that he and Chester Taylor will share carries at RB. I think that's bad news because right now I think Taylor is the better back.I'm sure that Boller and Heap will be looking at film of the way Manning and Clark burned us. OTOH Boller ain't no Manning.Stop the run, makke Boller beat us (he won't) and score a bunch of points.I'll go with Bengals 27, Ravens 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Stop the run, makke Boller beat us (he won't) and score a bunch of points. (Shrug) I say stop the Ravens passing game, score a buttload of points with your own offense, and ignore the statheads who endlessly worry about how many yards the Bengals give up per rush instead of concentrating on how they've won 70% of the games they've played. Ravens - 13Bengals - A Buttload O' Points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Ravens have no success running or throwing the ball, no matter which back is on the field, and we roll. The run defense has improved, and Chester Taylor should struggle anyways behind his bad line. Kyle Boller can't beat us, and he won't.Bengals 27Ravens 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Next_Big_Thing Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Kyle Boller makes Akilli Smith look like Peyton Manning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Kyle Boller makes Akilli Smith look like Peyton Manning! I must disagree. I consider Akili Smith the worst muti-season starter in NFL history. Even worse than Leaf. Five freaking touchdown passes in 22 games. Putrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalByTheBay Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 If the offense that took the field on Sunday shows up against the Rats --- game over and early. I would love to have the game plan be that they rely on Boller to pass the ball. I think they'll try to run, though, and have some limited success. But there's no way they can hang with us if we can move the ball like that - with that balance and play calling. They'll be down 2 td's in 5 minutes if we can do that. And, yes, I hope ray is back for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals_12th_man Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Yeah baby!!! Bring on Baltiwhore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 If the offense that took the field on Sunday shows up against the Rats --- game over and early. I would love to have the game plan be that they rely on Boller to pass the ball. I think they'll try to run, though, and have some limited success. But there's no way they can hang with us if we can move the ball like that - with that balance and play calling. They'll be down 2 td's in 5 minutes if we can do that. Yup. And if the Bengals do take a big lead early...what happens? The opposing team has to abandon it's own running game even if they're having some success. (Shrug) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbusbengal Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 If the offense that took the field on Sunday shows up against the Rats --- game over and early.Maybe. On the other hand, the defense that took the field on Sunday against the Bengals is going to be replaced by the Ravens defense. The Colts defense is only a bit better than the Bengals defense. The Ravens won't let us score anywhere near 35 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Nothing will suprise me with this Bengals' team week-to-week.But you think that loss last week would leave the Bengals' feeling hungry and suprisingly may have boosted their confidence.The Ravens still have a good defense, and Boller looked worse than Wright last week - he was freakin' awful.24-10 Bengals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davicster Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 We simply cannot afford a loss here. A win combined with a Squeelers loss on Monday sets the tables for a division deciding game @ Heinz field 12/4....and i will be there to see it! Bengals WILL be fierce Sunday. If we get the same offense that showed up against Indy and the D comes out with something to prove.....Bengals 31Ratbirds 9Who-Dey!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshfan Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Ravens beat Steelers ( minus Rottenburger )....The Ravens simply havent been able to generate any offense now that the Oline is showing signs of wear, Lewis isnt the same and the QB position is bad no matter who is in there...The Bengals have to come in here and take control quickly.. If they get an early lead they can cruise in this one..stay away from turnovers and a win is eminent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 This is one they should win and really got to win to keep trucking toward the playoffs.I thought the game at Baltimore would be a lot closer and expected more problems w/ Heap and the short passing game. But the Bengals D scheme was right on target -- a lot of 3 safeties looks, B-Simmons patrolling the line of scrimmage, and Bauman came through with some quality playing time.The ghost of Jamal Lewis past still hovers around but the Bengals got to be revved up enough to get the job done. With Boller at QB, shouldn't be that hard. IIRC Mark Clayton didn't play last time and that might make some difference but after the air assault by the Colts, things should seem a lot easier for the Bengals secondary.Rudi almost had a buck last time and despite shutting down the Steelers run game last week (how hard could that be w/ Tommy Maddox at QB and very little pass game threat from him), Rudi should get at least that this time.Bengals 27Ratbirds 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBin2k7 Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Turn the sound down on your TV for this game. The Ratbird homers Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker are doing this matchup again.Great, as if we didn't get enough out of them 3 weeks ago, I don't have the option of listening to the radio broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Should be harder for the Bengals to stop the run if B-Rob don't play.But don't be surprised if Ohalete makes up big time for some of his goofs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Should be harder for the Bengals to stop the run if B-Rob don't play.But don't be surprised if Ohalete makes up big time for some of his goofs That's a good point. He certainly won't have to cover any deep balls (Kyle Boller). I think if Billick follows through on his claim of giving more carries to Chester taylor, that Ohalete will play a big part in neutralizing that semi-threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 some of his goofs? that guy did 0 right against the colts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoDey42 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Turn the sound down on your TV for this game. The Ratbird homers Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker are doing this matchup again.Great, as if we didn't get enough out of them 3 weeks ago, I don't have the option of listening to the radio broadcast.Now I'm REALLY happy im goin to the game! I wanted to shoot myself during that game in Baltimore. I've never heard bigger homers for a national broadcast in my life. I wonder if they'll be wearing their purple ties again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 some of his goofs? that guy did 0 right against the colts.Poor old Ohalete has got a lot more goofs than just the Colts to make up for. Compared to some of his goofs...or gaffs is more like it...vs. the Jags, the Steelers, and the Packers, I'd say the Colts game was one of his better games. Watching the replay of him trying to strip Dallas Clark made me cringe but damn if he didn't actually jar the ball loose. Too bad Thurman fell down in coverage on front of the play or he might of had a pick before it even got to that.The missed tackle at the 10 yard line on the easy bomb to Reggie Wayne over a totally beat Tory James was another one that was hard too watch. Ohalete had the right angle to make the tackle but just had to much speed from running across half the field to match Wayne's change of direction. It's just too bad James was still a good 10 yards behind in Wayne's dust or maybe the cut Ohalete forced wouldn't have been a TD.Ohalete was late getting Clark on his TD too. But it might have been too much to ask him to run from his coverage guarding against the corner of the endzone in time to make up for Keiwan being left stupid in the slot on Clark and James arrving for the double late.Or the blitz Ohalete had on the TD to the other TE who was wide open. If Ohalete had just been a step quicker or maybe if Big Duane had dropped back in coverage from end. Of course as it turns out when they came to the sideline after the score, apparently Big Duane didn't know he was supposed to do that. At least, what else can you think, since he told Marvin he thought Ohalate was going to help on the coverage and Marvin said, "How can he? He was blitzing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 BALT returned unsold tix to the Bengals. Tix are available.Wow, one bad year and the BALT fans give up and don't travel....what a bunch of weinies! Now they'll have Bengal fans in their little section! HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeshopper Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 BALT returned unsold tix to the Bengals. Tix are available.Wow, one bad year and the BALT fans give up and don't travel....what a bunch of weinies! Now they'll have Bengal fans in their little section! HA!Actually, the tickets that were returned are not made available to the general public. Teams provide a limited number of tickets to the opposing team each week. Those tickets are generally given out to the team's front office and family members of each player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 we havent seen one troll yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshfan Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 we havent seen one troll yet!they dont exactly have allot to troll about right now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Just watching the Ravens Report and they're saying Zeus is out leaving the Ratbirds with that great NFLE All-Star Tony Pashos up against Justin Smith. Gotta like that match-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 BENGALS 35 - RAVENS 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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