2009 Bengals Schedule

[Cohiba13]

Wk Date Game Stadium Time (ET)
1 Sep 13 DEN @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
2 Sep 20 CIN @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
3 Sep 27 PIT @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
4 Oct 04 CIN @ CLE Cleveland Browns Stadium 1:00 PM
5 Oct 11 CIN @ BAL M&T Bank Stadium 1:00 PM
6 Oct 18 HOU @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
7 Oct 25 CHI @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
8 Bye
9 Nov 08 BAL @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
10 Nov 15 CIN @ PIT Heinz Field 1:00 PM
11 Nov 22 CIN @ OAK Oakland Coliseum 4:15 PM
12 Nov 29 CLE @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
13 Dec 06 DET @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
14 Dec 13 CIN @ MIN Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1:00 PM
15 Dec 20 CIN @ SD Qualcomm Stadium 4:05 PM
16 Dec 27 KC @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
17 Jan 03 CIN @ NYJ Giants Stadium 1:00 PM

[PhilipNelsonFan]

Thanks again for posting this Cohiba. I've been lazy about it the entire time, but here's my analysis:

-This Cincy team is just not going to beat Baltimore or Pittsburgh this year. It's a harsh reality, but those two teams showed last year that they're the conference's best two.
-I don't like Cleveland at all but I can't see anything other than a split. I'll take a home-and-home.
-Playing the NFC North is no cakewalk; I see the Bengals as splitting those games, beating CHI and DET but losing to GB and MIN (both away...ouch!)
-I think Denver will win four games or fewer this year. Josh McDaniels, IMO, has taken them in the exact opposite direction from where they were.

So, accordingly, bolded games are wins:

Wk Date Game Stadium Time (ET)
1 Sep 13 DEN @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
2 Sep 20 CIN @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
3 Sep 27 PIT @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
4 Oct 04 CIN @ CLE Cleveland Browns Stadium 1:00 PM
5 Oct 11 CIN @ BAL M&T Bank Stadium 1:00 PM
6 Oct 18 HOU @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
7 Oct 25 CHI @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
8 Bye (Yes, CIN loses its bye, and yes, that is an ugly opening stretch)
9 Nov 08 BAL @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
10 Nov 15 CIN @ PIT Heinz Field 1:00 PM
11 Nov 22 CIN @ OAK Oakland Coliseum 4:15 PM
12 Nov 29 CLE @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
13 Dec 06 DET @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
14 Dec 13 CIN @ MIN Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1:00 PM
15 Dec 20 CIN @ SD Qualcomm Stadium 4:05 PM
16 Dec 27 KC @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM
17 Jan 03 CIN @ NYJ Giants Stadium 1:00 PM

So, 7-9, but 5-4 coming off the bye week. Good for third place in the AFC North, ahead of the Browns.

I have them pegged for two road wins; the Raiders are an inferior team (though Cincy, by my count, would be 2-7 by that point) and the Jets have to prove they're for real with either Sanchez or Kellen Clemens. (As a Duck, I'd love to see Kellen take that starting job, but I don't think it'll happen.) It helps, of course, having your actual quarterback for the season, spending draft picks on his protection, and then making the defense more potent.

[Cohiba13]

I'm a little more optimistic. although the number 7-9 with out looking at the schedule seems very reasonable.

I think we can get 1 at best of the 4 games vs Bal/Pit. We usually play them tough, I say we squeak one out. I also think we win one of Hou/GB/Min. So overall I have them pegged for 9-7, Best case scenario. If I had to pick a record though, I would put what little money I have on 8-8.