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On 6/18/2026 at 8:18 PM, claptonrocks said:

Baltimore is still favored in the division .Ravens as much as 14 wins.

Theyre going to go head to head with Any team as the Bengals are.

Key for the division title may be how many wins against Stealers and Browns..3-1??

I think they split with each other..

Exciting season soon.

Well Burrow can beat anyone at any time, and he's already proven it. So even if the Bengals had 3 road games in the playoffs I wouldn't count them out for a second. I think 13 wins will win the division since it seems the AFC North always play each other pretty tough. The crappy part is that Baltimore plays a bunch of scrub teams in their first 6 so it's entirely possible they go 6-0 to start the season. Their last 4 games are against the division. One against the Browns, one against us and two against the Stealers. If they finish 2-2 and start 6-0 then their middle of the season will be VERY telling. They play us, Bills, Jags, Texans, Chargers, Bucs and Panthers. We need them to go at minimum 4-3 here but hopefully 3-4. So either 12-5 or 11-6. I am leaning more to 12-5 if they stay healthy.

Bengals will probably start 4-2 or 3-3 and then Most likely we go 5-2 in the middle seven games and then the last 4 we go 3-1 most likely. Barring any major injuries. So worst case we are 8-5 going into the final four games and Baltimore would be 10-3 or 9-4. I don't think we will catch them until the final 4 weeks so that game with them on December 31st will probably be for the division barring injuries to either team.

There is a stretch of 8 games the Bengals have against Saints, Panthers, Titans, Colts, Browns, Falcons, CHEIFS, and Stealers. We need to win seven of eight. Hell, eight of eight would be great and a confidence boost going into the last two games against division opponents Ravens and Browns. The part that scares me though is the first six games because of Baltimore's cake schedule.

I still think we win the super bowl though, but our season record barring injuries will be 11-6 or 12-5.