chris1969
Footballguy
The Browns vs Bengals games have beaten the over in recent past and everybody is expecting a shoot-out, but I'm not so sure the Browns are pushing for that type of game.
First off Carson Palmer has given them a little bulletin board material on how the Bengals are spoilers and have nothing to lose and how the Browns need to be knocked off a pedestal. Second "Who's your Mama" followed that with how the Bengals top 3 WR's match up better than any 3 CB's they'll face from another team. They want another shoot-out, so I think the Brown's start out running the ball hard. The Bengals aren't very good against the run anyway and the Browns will try to get them to put 8 or 9 in the box before they pass. Also Leigh Bodden will be put on CJ one-on-one yet again and will shut him down like normal. Bodden is finally healthy again and has looked like his old self the last couple of weeks. Wright will line up against Housh and will likely get safety help. The key here is McDonald. He'll shut down Henry or who-ever plays #3 WR with-out help. Rudi Johnson is out, so the Bengals can only counter by running Watson and he won't get consistent inside yards, even against the Browns Run-D, which has improved the last few weeks. I not saying you should bench your studs, but don't expect huge points from your QB's and WR's this week like in their previous games. The Brown's aren't afraid of the Bengal defense and they'll want to keep the ball out of the hands of that Offense as much as possible.
Just my humble opinion.
First off Carson Palmer has given them a little bulletin board material on how the Bengals are spoilers and have nothing to lose and how the Browns need to be knocked off a pedestal. Second "Who's your Mama" followed that with how the Bengals top 3 WR's match up better than any 3 CB's they'll face from another team. They want another shoot-out, so I think the Brown's start out running the ball hard. The Bengals aren't very good against the run anyway and the Browns will try to get them to put 8 or 9 in the box before they pass. Also Leigh Bodden will be put on CJ one-on-one yet again and will shut him down like normal. Bodden is finally healthy again and has looked like his old self the last couple of weeks. Wright will line up against Housh and will likely get safety help. The key here is McDonald. He'll shut down Henry or who-ever plays #3 WR with-out help. Rudi Johnson is out, so the Bengals can only counter by running Watson and he won't get consistent inside yards, even against the Browns Run-D, which has improved the last few weeks. I not saying you should bench your studs, but don't expect huge points from your QB's and WR's this week like in their previous games. The Brown's aren't afraid of the Bengal defense and they'll want to keep the ball out of the hands of that Offense as much as possible.
Just my humble opinion.
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