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Originally Posted by emu513
lol wut. So the Bengals will go from sweeping the AFC North to awful?
I mean, I don't think they Bengals are all that great but that's a stretch.
Though, I will concede that I wouldn't be all that surprised if they end up at 7-9 but I think it's much more likely they'll be in the 9-7, 10-6 range.
I've got six wins I'm pretty confident about. 3 confident losses (I'd include SD as a loss but it's going to be about 20 degrees that game so it should be interesting). A bunch could go either way. I've no doubt that they'll pick up at least three of the remaining seven, especially if Pittsburgh implodes within the next 48 hours. They'll also drop one versus a team they should beat ala Oakland this past year. I think the Bengals are looking at 9-7 and a good shot at a wild card.
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7-9 is what I was thinking. The offense is a mess and they have a tough schedule. They basically played above their heads last year, IMO.
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Originally Posted by Crush086
I can't read your above nonsense, but Flacco has that 2 minute presence, where even if he makes mistakes to put his team in a bad position, if one score is needed to win, Flacco can take them down the field to do so.
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See Vikings game, Pats game from 2009.
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Originally Posted by Crush086
That wasn't what I said. I'll take your numbers for what you say and say that he plays poorly when the Ravens aren't winning, but if there's one score needed and they need to drive down the field, Flacco can make the throws to do so. 2 instances that immediately come to mind are last year's first game vs. the Patriots where they got to the 13 or something and Clayton dropped the 4th down pass, and the game against the Vikings where the kicker missed the GW field goal.
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Oh, you already did that. Nice.
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Originally Posted by rconverse
I have little doubt that these failures can be attributed to Flacco in some manner.
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That's because you're an idiot.
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Originally Posted by Crush086
Of course you'd think that. That being said, you seem like a numbers guy, so let's look at Joe's first couple years and make a trend for how year 3 will look. This will assume that he increases by the same amount in each category by the same amount this year. Numbers in parenthesis are his first two years, respectively)
Yards: About 4250 (2971, 3613)
TDs: 28 (14, 21)
INT: 12 (no change, threw 12 both years)
Fumbles: 5 (11, 8)
Of course there's other stats that I'm not including, like rating and all that good stuff, but tell me you wouldn't like a QB that could put up those kind of numbers.
Personally, I think his TD total will be higher this year with the upgrade to the WR corps, but that's still a very solid line.
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He's going to be much better. Third year, legitimate wideouts, exceptional running game. The Ravens are going to be a tough out in 2010.