Fans of the Bengals of Cincinnati are about to obtain the excitement of a brand new season injected into their veins when the team goes to Cleveland on Sunday to fight the Browns during week 1.
Can I be frank with you? Wait, I’m not frank. No, but seriously, all the predictions of the NFL which predict an entire season are fun in theory, but tend to be obsolete very early in the procedure. Beyond all premature excessive reactions, in mid-season, things rarely shake as expected.
So, for the purpose of this exercise, with a hint of hat to the largest NFL staff for the concept, I thought it would be fun to focus on the first five games of the Bengal calendar. After all, they generally followed a disaster trajectory in weeks 1 and 2, followed by an inspired rally to make up for the land.
That Joe Burrow can finally deliver the Bengals their first Super Bowl in this particular chronology of the multiverse depends on the way in which the tone is set in the first two months. So let’s move on to a certain prediction.
Predictions for the Bengals season of Cincinnati 2025 points to a strong start -up
Week 1: in Cleveland Browns
Joe Flacco Discreet created the common sentence “F it, player X is there somewhere” by launching incessant bullets from 50 to 50 in Anquan Boldin on the way to a triumph of the Super Bowl Once upon a time. Now, aging like good wine, Flacco is back in Cleveland, where he led the browns to the playoffs in 2023.
The 40 -year -old armed veterinarian will test the young secondary who is not proven of Bengals. However, I just refuse to believe that Joe Burrow will be preceded by an old head in an duel of critical division. Especially with Myles Garrett embarrassed by a hip injury, Cleveland will have trouble stopping Burrow and the Bengal passage attack.
Unless an unforeseen driving rainquorm reaches this match – no indication, this is not the case based on the last forecasts – Cincinnati should go up and down the land at will. Meanwhile, Flacco will be forced to situations of obvious passage, and his Gunslinger mentality should lead to at least one critical gift.
I think we will see a Trey Hendrickson band bag and an interception to seal the agreement in what should be a difficult confrontation which is closer than what experts are waiting for it.
Prediction: Bengals 24, Browns 20
Week 2: against Jacksonville Jaguars
Du-Vallllll! The jags certainly have a new juice about them. The head coach / offensive shooting sensor Liam Coen worked magic with Baker Mayfield in Tampa last season, and is Sean Mcvay’s last coach guy to get a captain’s chair.
Coen has a certain Mike McDaniel style oddity, which could make him love in Jacksonville for a while. The problem is that no one knows what to do with their quarter-arre, Trevor Lawrence. Generally paid and, well, beautiful in general, Lawrence looks at the part of a QB out of central casting that he was in reality last and a half season.
Adaptation to a new system will probably not be easy for Lawrence, although it helps that it has a dynamic wider receiver duo of Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter. This pair could pose real problems. In addition, the jags could very well work at three depths in their rear field with Travis Etienne Jr., Tank Bigsby and the recruit Bhashul Tuten. All these fresh legs against the suspect defense of cincinnati could cause trouble.
Unless Hunter immediately exceeds impossible expectations to become a double -meaning star, Jacksonville probably does not have enough defense to refuse Burrow and Co.
Prediction: Bengals 34, Jaguars 27
Week 3: at the Vikings du Minnesota
What a gift is a gift that Jordan Addison’s suspension is for cincinnati during a differently delicate road trip. The Clear WR2 of the Vikings will serve the last of its ban on three games in it, leaving Adam Thielen sentimental to the second strict of Minnesota.
Contain Justin Jefferson is never an easy task. Also does not face a defense of Brian Flores which can enlarge even the largest attacking employees in sport.
Here is my counter at these points: Jefferson often gets its production regardless of the result. And when these two teams met for the last time, Flores was prepared by the safeguard of Bengals Jake Browning for 324 yards in the air during the victory of Cincinnati 27-24 in overtime.
Burrow could be the best quarter-re-and Post-SNAP at the moment. Although Minny’s seven fronts are formidable, I think that the combination of his suspicious defensive field and the fact that the Burrow counterpart, JJ McCarthy, will only make his third NFL start will help Bengals do so in a binger.
Prediction: Bengals 26, Vikings 24
Week 4: in Denver Broncos (Monday evening football))
Ooh baby. Lighting time. Monday evening. Game of revenge for broncos after losing in Cincinnati during the week 17 during the Recruue campaign in Bo Nix.
Nix is online to make a 2nd year jump under the supervision of Sean Payton. Many believe that Nix’s progress, combined with a defense of stacked Denver, may have difficult for the Crown of AFC West. I am worried about their Rush Pass duo of Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper for sure.
My thing is that until the broncos beat the backups of the chiefs in the week 18 to release the Bengals and in the playoffs, they were 0-6 against all the other AFC qualifying teams. Has Denver really do this off-season enough to turn into a legitimate competitor of the Super Bowl? They were mistreated the Wild Card Weekend 31-7 in Buffalo.
It may be my bias Fandom who speaks, but I am more than a little reluctant to top the broncos so early. The advantage of the domestic field should have a lot of weight here. However, I am convinced that Burrow orchestra will have a winning disc of the match and will stimulate the Bengals at a start of 4-0 at a winning kick from Evan McPherson.
Prediction: Bengals 20, Broncos 17
Week 5: VS Strait Lions
Inspedient that it would be too Homeric to give Cincinnati a 5-0 spotless brand through five games, so this is where the party ends. Sorry, who heads. I try to be the ultimate optimist here!
You can’t expect every week to take place ideally. Additional preparation time for Mnf In Denver, is made in a shorter week against the joint group of Dan Campbell. Expectations will be through the roof if the Bengals are undefeated so far.
The Backfield duo of the Lions of David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs should be dynamic like never, even with a slight degradation on the offensive line. A healthy Aidan Hutchinson can also destroy a match plan against any opponent alone.
Many project the Lions to regress because they lost the previous offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and the defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn for job coach jobs. I will concede that it is a high task to replace these titans. That said, assuming that the transition is difficult at first, I think that Detroit will be the most desperate team in Cincinnati in week 5, perhaps sporting a 2-2 file.
Arriving at 3-2 is so much better than 2-3 at this central point of the season. After facing a range of QB teams and / or inexperienced reconstruction, the defense of Bengals is likely to be exploited by a balanced offense of flush lions with leading game leaders. Should be an entertaining and score business. Alas, Cincinnati returns home unhappy … at home.
Prediction: Lions 38, Bengals 31
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