Bengals Super Bowl Run Begins Now

Date: Monday January 9, 2023

Writer: Anthony Iles

After the Bengals beat the Chiefs in week 13 they took care of business beating the Browns at home 23 – 10 splitting the regular season series to 1-1. Then they headed to Tampa Bay to face Tom Brady and the Bucs where Burrow vs Brady faced off for the first time. Bengals controlled the game in the 2nd half and won 34 – 23. A few days later the Bengals had to travel to New England to face Coach Bill Belichick where the Bengals jumped out to a big lead early and won 22 – 18. The Monday night matchup Bills vs Bengals was cancelled after Bills safety Damar Hamlin got hurt. It is great to see the NFL community and fans rallied around Hamlin and supported him. I am glad he is starting to heal and get better. With this game being cancelled it knocked out a potential #1 seed the Bengals could have obtained for the playoffs. Last game of the regular season the Bengals played the Ravens at home and got the needed W 27 – 16 to spit the regular season series 1-1 and the Bengals are back-to-back AFC North Champions.

Bengals are the #3 seed in the playoffs this season. They will host the Ravens in the Wild Card round. Ravens rested some offensive players this past game including current starter and usually QB 2 Huntley as he had a sore throwing shoulder and some tendinitis. Lamar Jackson is a big question mark with his knee injury as he has not played in the last month nor has practiced. I feel Huntley is going to be the starter and Brown will be the backup. Bengals have a healthy lineup. Yes Collins is out for the season and Cappa got hurt and depending on his injury he might be out until the Super Bowl or rest of season. Burrow has confidence in the backups as people need to remember the backups are some that were the starters in last year super bowl run. To be able to plug in players that know the system and can hold their own people will see the depth Bengals have. Defense is healthy and that will be key to help the offense out so the Bengals can control the ball.

The Bengals playoff path is similar to last year. I believe they will take care of business and beat the Ravens at home. Then the matchup I have wanted to see will be the Bengals vs Bills in the divisional round. I believe the Bengals will win that as the Bills defense has people hurt and they are not playing to well. The AFC Championship game I think could be Bengals @ Chiefs or Bengals vs Chargers which the Bengals would host that game as they are the #3 seed and Chargers are the #5 seed. When the Bengals win that they head to Arizona to face the 49ers. This time around not only will the Bengals organization get that monkey off their back and beat the 49ers but Joe B and Company will get their Super Bowl win that they highly deserve !!!

On to the playoffs !! Now the real season begins!!

Who Dey!!!!