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Just as legit as the Ravens. The best AFC team so far is the Broncos. That hopefully changes by the end of the year, but every other AFC .team needs significant improvement. Ravens, Bengals, Chiefs, Texans, Colts, Dolphins and Patriots all seem to be in the hunt for playoff berths. So who is going to step up, we will see over the next few months. But the Bengals will be one on those teams.

Dalton has to do better, much like Flacco had to improve a couple years ago. These guys seem to think Dalton will do OK. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/23346776/nfl-expert-picks-bengals-bandwagon-filling-up-can-they-win-it-all Of course those same individuals picked the Bengals as the worst team in the league three years ago. Let's play the season, Bengals look good on paper but the game is played on the field.

These preseason polls don't mean much. Two years ago the Bengals were ranked 32. Best team is determined on the field not on paper in preseason. I'm pretty confident that the Bengals will be competitive in the AFCN.

three games in a row for Dalton. Next week Cook will come back on the OL. The DL got healthy when Sims came back so their rotation is back. The DB's are healthy, LB's are playing better. Rookie WR's looking better. Team is about as healthy as you could expect heading into December. Just have to keep winning - SD this week.

Good luck tonight. Bengals are grateful to Art too. If he hadn't fired Paul Brown there would have been no Bengals. Bengals have to stop Rice and win the turnover battle to have a chance. Green and/or Gresham have to have good games. Looking forward to see where Green lines up. Chad used to be able to play only one receiver position, which meant doubling him was pretty easy. AJ will lineup at all positions so it should be a little harder to double him. Bengals preseason running game has not looked good, so Dalton might have to beat the Ravens through the air - not the best option, but we shall see. Game starts at 7:00 instead of 8:00 and the Steelers losing already puts a smile on everyone's face.

To be fair to Simpson he was one of the best Bengals with charity work. When he was sentenced so many people showed up to vouch for his character that the judge was overwhelmed. He couldn't listen to all the people there to talk. Nice guy, stupid decision.

Thanks for the help dc & dee, I'll pass it along to him. Cravn I don't think he would like the purple curtains.

Son is going to MD dental school in the fall. Recommendation on where he should try to live, hopefully close enough so he can walk.

Nice pics. The bald eagle was close enough to get a very good pic. Better than I did last year at Yellowstone when the bald eagle was flying over our heads. So the best part was the?

A very big factor is Carson's wife. She doesn't want to live in Cincinnati anymore. When she left town last November before delivery their third child, she reportedly said she would never return to Cincinnati. Carson did not renew his local golf club membership last November. He had been a member there for 6 - 7 years. Carson was the main reason Owens was in Cincy last year. So to blame it all on the Bengals is not completely correct. Unhappy wife is a major factor.

Surprised he picked the Bengals. First test for your dbs. I hope it will be a little more challenging than last week for your defense.

She should definitely have a jeans ad after this. Calvin Klein where are you? How long does it take her to get her jeans on? Probably doesn't have as much trouble getting them off.

That's funny. Peter King has the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, finish third in this article. I'm tired of all the predictions let the season start. Injuries will probably determine the winner of the ACFN. I won't be surprised if the Steelers, Bengals or Ravens won the division.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13694394/bengals-camp-report-perception-aside-cincys-even-better Pete Prisco still likes the Bengals. a second article http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13694414/bengals-love-and-hate What Pete loves and hates about the Bengals. Doesn't like Roy Williams, Andre Smith, not passing the ball more and the kicking game.

TO is certainly not the receiver he was a couple years ago but he can still stretch the field. Inputs from Turk Schonert and Ryan Fitzpatrick had him working hard in practice last year with the Bills. So the Bengals don't have too much to lose. He could blow up but he's not going to get another chance to make the playoffs. You would think that would make him a model player but we shall see. Antonio Bryant participated in the first practice if his knee was that bad they would have put him on the PUP list. Because he had a meniscus tear they plan on practicing him only once a day. I think he will have some pain this year. Biggest news was Andre Smith started on the PUP list. I think they want to get him in better shape before they put him into practice. He's looking to play the last two preseason games. Anyway all the season has started. thank god.

Thanks, I've been around. I was hoping that this article would keep you up at night. A lot of injuries caught up with them at the end of the year. TE, DT, LB, SS, WR, and RB more so than character.

http://blog.playmakermobile.com/blog/2010/07/cincinnati-bengals-20102011-scouting-report.html only one week to go until training. Looking forward to the battle for the AFCN.

Gresham could have played at the end of last year but Oklahoma decided not to take any chances with his knee. It wasn't a bad tear. Your best hope is that he signs late and missing training camp. Doesn't sound like it though. What's Palmer's record against the Ravens? Remember Carson played with a bad left hand all last season. He had no dependable TE to throw to - Coats had 1 or 2 drops against the Ravens last year for TDs. The Bengals DBs >>>>> Ravens DBs Doubtful the Bengals will be perfect in the division again after all they could be resting their starters in the last game of the season. 4 - 6 outside the division which included freak losses to Denver and Oakland. And in the Jets game the starters were sitting on the bench. Adam Jones would be the 3rd cornerback at best. Very good depth at all positions on defense right now. Maulauga (2nd year) and Rivers (3rd year) are just now understanding their roles on defense. Papasmurbell Shipley has been alternating reps at slot with Caldwell. Has looked good in shorts but we'll see how he looks with pads. Dex Briscoe has been out with groin pulls, not sure he will be in good enough shape this year to make an impact. Looking forward to the season - the next five weeks will be slow.

Bengals have pretty much shut down B. Marshall, Jennings, Santonio, Edwards and Mason. They've taken the other teams number one receiver away all year. Yesterday just made it 5 out of 5.

Average numbers? The defense held the Broncos to 200 yards and 6 points before the fluke play. The Broncos did not run any plays inside the redzone. Bengal's offense had about 8 passes dropped and a dozen penalties. Bengals missed a FG from the 10 yard line and the Broncos took over at midfield. GB had pick 6, and were shut out in the second half until two minutes were left and a prevent defense was used. GB put up 100 yards of their 300 yards in the last two minutes. Steelers had a great first half 270 yards but only put up 13 points. Second half they had 7 points and 100 yards. Browns had 400 yards in 5 quarters. Browns had turnover on a kickoff return that they kicked a FG. Cribbs returned a punt to the Bengals 15 yard line and the Browns got another FG. Cribbs had another punt return to the Bengals 40 yard line where DA threw a perfect pass to Massaqui(?)for a TD. so the Browns had one drive for 7 other points. The Ravens had one drive for 7 points and a pick six. How many passes did Coates (TE) drop for TD's? The offense and special teams have struggled. At least 6 bad snaps on FG's and extra points. Carson has been rusty having missed most of last year and most of preseason with injuries. He is just now getting his timing back. It's actually scary that their record is 4 - 1 with the offense being mediocre so far. Look out second half - Henry now appears healthy from his injury, Andre Smith still hasn't played, Carson is playing better and better, the OL with many new players is getter better each game. So I'm not sure why your so doubtful (or maybe hopeful), the Bengals are going to play better in the last 11 games. Scary that they've beaten the Steelers and Ravens and haven't played their best yet.

Bengals trailed the Steelers by 13 points in the first half, the Bengals kicked a FG as the half ended. Bengals lead the Browns 14 - 0 until the Browns scored with 2 minutes left in the 1st half. So your info is a little wrong. I like the Bengals chances as Carson plays well against the Ravens.

At the beginning of the season you would have been happy with that record. The offense went MIA for 2 1/2 quarters (27 yards and 0 first downs)and Cribbs had 200 return yards.