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Sports Edge's profile of all 32 NFL teams continues today with the AFC North's Cincinnati Bengals.

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Cincinnati is 30:1 to win the Super Bowl, 16:1 to win the AFC Championship, and 11:4 to win the AFC North. Their Over / Under win total is 9.

Schedule

Cincinnati’s 2006 opponents had a record of 139-117 in 2005. That is the hardest in the AFC. The Bengals get their bye-week after Week 5.

What jumps out at Cincinnati’s schedule is how tough it is before the bye. They have road games at Kansas City and Pittsburgh and a home game against New England. They would be almost fortunate to go 2-2 and could very well be 1-3 before their week off. The latter would put them in a huge hole early on.

Sports Edge Analysis

There are three keys to the Bengals season this year, Carson Palmer, Carson Palmer, and Carson Palmer. That is a slight exaggeration, but a healthy Palmer is the difference between a Super Bowl contender and a team that doesn’t make the playoffs.

All indications are that Palmer will be ready to start the season, but that is an extremely quick recovery from his gruesome knee injury last January.

The rest of the skill positions are set with Rudi Johnson running the ball and the dynamic duo of Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh catching it. They even have a former first round back in Chris Perry who is another receiving weapon out of the backfield.

Cincinnati has done a great job building their offensive line over the last few years. Levi Jones is a great young tackle who just got locked up with a long term deal. Willie Anderson is the old warrior at right tackle and the entire line run-blocks and pass blocks well.

In 2005, the Cincinnati defense was 14th in the AFC in yards allowed and 11th in points allowed. Part of the reason was that they relied on a lot of young talent, but Coach Marvin Lewis needs this unit to start making a jump up immediately. In fact, Lewis’ ability to mold a defense was why he was originally hired in the first place.

The big addition on defense is run stuffer Sam Adams as he has the ability to anchor a defensive line. David Pollack should be much improved after transitioning to linebacker as a rookie last year. One down note is that middle linebacker, Odell Thurman is suspended for the first four games. That really hurts the defense.

The secondary receives a boost at the safety positions as Dexter Jackson was signed as a free agent, and Madieu Williams returns from shoulder surgery. Cornerback, Johnathan Joseph was drafted in the first round to help protect against an aging Tory James.

Prediction

It is very hard to judge this Bengals team right now because we just don’t know if Palmer can play all 16 games, and whether he will be 100% in the games that he plays.

There has been so much bad press around this team between numerous players getting arrested, to Thurman’s suspension, to the drafting of problem child Ahmad Brooks in the supplemental draft.

If this team starts losing games early on, then the media scrutiny is going to increase and this team may struggle for a good part of the year. A 9-7 record is the most likely outcome.

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Posted by miker at July 27, 2006 07:59 AM

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