Results for tag: Bengals
Posted by:
orioles
on Jan 5, 2013 at 05:32:03 PM
These teams are strikingly similar in some respects: Andy Dalton has looked poor down the stretch; in the last five games, he has seven turnovers against four touchdowns. Similarly,Matt Schaub has thrown one TD and three picks over the last four games.
The gameplans on defense shouldn’t be too hard to divine therefore: Mike Zimmer will blitz all afternoon against Schaub. The Bengals’ D have turned into an excellent unit as the season has gone on. Over the last eight weeks, they rank first in average points against (12.8 per game), second in sacks (31), second in turnovers (19) and third in average yards allowed (307.4) Those stats have flowed mostly from the front seven, who are going to challenge the Texans severely.
Similarly, Wade Phillips will throw J.J. Watt at Dalton. Watt...
Posted by:
orioles
on Dec 23, 2012 at 02:58:03 PM
I hope my reader will excuse my brevity, but I've got a house full of family and guests and long write-ups are out!
I have to take the Steelers here; a tough defense, at home, against a team it has beaten ten of the last twelve times they've met. I want the half point, though, with a solid Bengals still in the hunt for the post-season.
[b]Pick: Pittsburgh Steelers -3 @ 1.85
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Pick: 1st TD A.J. Green @ 8.5
Pick: Anytime TD Heath Miller @ 2.1[/i][/b]
Posted by:
orioles
on Dec 13, 2012 at 10:02:37 PM
Nick Foles has shown some talent since starting and had a monster game last week, but he may find that passing for yards tonight will be a little trickier. The primary reason will be the Bengals' pass rush, Cincinnati lead the NFL in sacks. Geno Atkins look like the best defensive tackle in football and will give the Eagles' O line a tough time with his speed; deeper, the Bengals are well organised.
Bryce Brown will be the lead back again, and should see more of the ball tonight to take the pressure off Foles, but the Cincinnati front seven is a decent unit against the run. The upshot is that the Eagles may struggle to move the chains consistently.
The Bengals will come up against a Philadelphia defense that showed better last week after a coaching change and jettisoning the wide-nine....
Posted by:
orioles
on Oct 22, 2012 at 12:10:21 AM
An intriguing pick.
Pittsburgh have a number of crucial injuries on both sides of the ball and Roethlisberger is going to have little time and even less protection tonight against a quick, aggressive Bengals' pass rush that leads the league in sacks, especially as he'll have no run game to help.
Cincinnati have plenty of defensive talent, but don't rank as highly as I'd expected when I checked the numbers (17th/21st vs. pass/run) however their real problem is under centre. Andy Dalton is difficult to trust, which is a shame because in A J Green he has one of the most exciting wideouts in the game. Again, the run game is poor.
This comes down to the triggermen and in Big Ben we trust.
Pick: Pittsburgh Steelers @ 1.95
Pick: 1st TD Heath Miller @ 11
Pick: Anytime TD Jermaine...