Week Five: BYE

[Hongbit]

39 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Do you think other front offices in the league, who are on the inside, look at the Bengals as a potential playoff team at this point or are other front offices starting to look towards the trade deadline and who the Bengals might be willing to part with? If I had to guess, teams are still taking the Bengals seriously because of the offensive talent they have, but that they realistically know it's going to be next to impossible for them to make the playoffs sitting at 1-4.

I think most front offices see parity in a big way and nobody is really out of anything at the moment.    I think there will be multiple 8-8 teams fighting for playoff spots in the last week of the season.  

This is a weird season as the game appears to be morphing from a high octane passing league into something more balanced.    

Edited October 7, 2024 by Hongbit

[Jason_R]

The Bengals are likely to be 6-5 going into their bye in week 12. 

Giants, Browns, Eagles, Raiders, Ravens (again), Chargers. 

It wouldn’t actually be all that surprising if they win all of those six. 

[RedRamage]

18 hours ago, TP_Fan said:

I am not buying the best punch.   I’m buying the opposing team is getting the easiest road.  Our defense continues to make superstars out of everyone it faces.  And then middling teams have no problem with the same offense. 

I thought I remember someone saying like just a week ago that Glenn had "really stepped up this season." Now he's trash that makes other everyone else look like superstars?

[MichiganCardinal]

2 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Do you think other front offices in the league, who are on the inside, look at the Bengals as a potential playoff team at this point or are other front offices starting to look towards the trade deadline and who the Bengals might be willing to part with? If I had to guess, teams are still taking the Bengals seriously because of the offensive talent they have, but that they realistically know it's going to be next to impossible for them to make the playoffs sitting at 1-4.

I’m not sure it’s relevant to Team A whether Team B is a playoff caliber team.

If Team A wants to add an edge rusher, they should be calling teams who have guys like Hendrickson. So in that sense I don’t disagree that if Holmes wants to add an edge rusher (I’m not positive he does), he should call Cincinnati.

The Bengals next four are against the Giants, Browns, Eagles, and Raiders though. I don’t think 4-0 and a return to .500 is unrealistic, but even 3-1 puts them right back into things.

-edit to add-

I see I was beat to the punch about their upcoming schedule, but the point remains.

Edited October 7, 2024 by MichiganCardinal

[Hongbit]

19 hours ago, Jason_R said:

16 game season. 

Such an over looked point.  The historical data is nearly useless now there’s an extra game added.    It’s literally comparing an apple to an orange.  

[Sports_Freak]

 

[Sports_Freak]

On 10/6/2024 at 7:35 PM, TP_Fan said:

I am not buying the best punch.   I’m buying the opposing team is getting the easiest road.  Our defense continues to make superstars out of everyone it faces.  And then middling teams have no problem with the same offense. 

Last season, we beat Kansas City. And we lost to San Francisco. And then Kansas City beat San Francisco. It's called football. And as they say....on ANY given Sunday.