needless to say, the bengals 27-26 victory over the ravens sunday was a monumental victory. marvin lewis rightfully compared it to exorcising a demon. it was a must win game, and and the offense stepped to the challenge in a big way. as dan hoard of fox 19 sports said, you do not come back from a 17 point deficit in the 4th quarter against baltimore. you do not score 24 4th quarter points against the ravens.
once again this week, i think despite how good the patriots are, this game may come down to yet another last minute drive by the bengals. the question is, will it be marred by mistakes like it was against the jets, titans, and both steelers games, or have we finally learned enough to repeat last week's comeback? as good as the patriots are, the bengals have been repeatedly showing up for the hard teams the past two seasons (kansas city; then denver, most of the second steelers game, and against baltimore last week), so i think they will again. hopefully the defense will get the extra motivation to stop the run by facing corey dillion. i'm sure he'll be motivated to run all over us,
it's going to be tough, and i'm trying not to get my hopes up. the pats defense is probably better than baltimore's (even without ty law), and their offense definately is. it's also no easy feat to win at gillete stadium, especially in december. regardless, there's no reason why the bengals can't at least finish this season by breaking even.
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