Quote:So is somebody prematurely calling a win against Cincy a gimme because they aren't good in preseason?


So, whether win or lose, we can lament the outcome ahead of time?


That's just asinine. Cincy is a good, talented team with decent depth.

I didn't prematurely call a "win" against Cincy a gimme. You totally misunderstood that if taken from me. That's not what I meant at all.


I've just learned over time from watching them in preseason that what we usually see from them is almost the exact opposite from what is seen in the regular season.


Last year, the Bengals were dreadful against Tampa (Bengals looked great in regular season,,Tampa sucked).


The year Corey Dillon was picked up by the NE Pats: Bengals looked terrific against them in Preseason, the Pats looked bad; then Cincy was "meh" in the regular season, while NE won the Superbowl that year (played in Jax).


There's a ton of examples. I just don't get anything (predictions) from watching Cincy or the other teams playing against them in preseasons. The only impact to the regular season I see is if players get injured or not.


Just my personal opinion of Cincy preseason football, that's all. Take from the preseason match up what you will,, it's okay. I'll wait for the real bullets to start flying in the regular season to actually start believing what I see.

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