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Bengals Week Part 3

I'm surprised Bengals aren't favored by two TDs with the amount of hype AJ McCaron is getting all of a sudden.
You listen to sports radio and all you hear is how good he is... hopefully Ben makes everyone remember who he is.
 
Smizno said:
Yeah, who is going to let, basically a rookie, start airing the ball out right out of the gate. All Ben did was hand the ball off his first season...Bettis was impossible to stop.
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2005 Wild Card @ Cin Bettis 10/52 Ben 14/19/208 Long 54
Divisional @ Ind Bettis 17/46 Ben 14/24/197 Long 45
AFCC @Den Bettis 15/39 Ben 21/29/275 Long 30

Sorry. I hope these facts don't get in your way.
 
Smizno said:
Yeah, who is going to let, basically a rookie, start airing the ball out right out of the gate. All Ben did was hand the ball off his first season...Bettis was impossible to stop.
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Not exactly true, but maybe on the whole, yes...the Steelers were extremely run-heavy in Ben's first years. HOWEVER, if you look at his YPA, it is off the charts in both the regular season and the playoffs in 2004.

FTR - I'm a bigger believer in AJ McCarron than I am Andy Dalton. AJ has a better arm and is a bigger/stronger kid. I think he CAN be a very good NFL QB...can he be a superstar? I don't think so, but he has the potential to be better than Dalton.
 
Lots of pressure on McCarron.


http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ngals-rule-qb-andy-dalton-pittsburgh-steelers


McCarron has passed for 832 yards and six touchdowns filling in for Dalton. He has not thrown an interception in any of his three starts in which the Bengals have gone 2-1.

If the Bengals win, he will be the first NFL quarterback since 1979 to win a playoff game after having three or fewer previous career starts.
 
I'm going to say the Steelers win by 6, and also will still have that many more superbowls than Cinci at the end of the game too
 
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