Which Team's Week 17 Loss...

• DeyDurkie5

  

  is most concerning?
  
  Saw this poll being asked on espn's homepage and figured I would get a discussion going on here...I personally think it's the Bengals.
• ZombieKiller

  This is way to easy. Arizona and Cincy had nothing to play for at all. The Eagles played their starters the entire game and got whooped.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  ZombieKiller wrote: This is way to easy. Arizona and Cincy had nothing to play for at all. The Eagles played their starters the entire game and got whooped.

  Bengals looked WEAK in that first half...I mean regardless of starters and all that, their first team got dominated by the Jet's defense.
• BCSbunk

  I voted Bengals though Arizona is close IMO.
• Terry_Tate

  

  I totally agree with ZombieKiller. The Eagles were playing for a home playoff game, whereas the Bengals were just scouting the Jets and it was below freezing out. The Bengals game didn't worry me much aside from the drops by the WRs. You'll see a completely different team on the field Saturday.
• queencitybuckeye

  Eagles for the same reason as the others.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I voted none. New season....slate is wiped clean.
• elbuckeye28

  Eagles and I don't see how anybody could see otherwise.
• justincredible

  

  I voted Bengals as it was the only game I watched. I don't think the playoff game will be nearly as bad as it was last week but the confidence of most Bengals fans I have talked to is pretty much shot.
• Terry_Tate

  

  justincredible wrote: I voted Bengals as it was the only game I watched. I don't think the playoff game will be nearly as bad as it was last week but the confidence of most Bengals fans I have talked to is pretty much shot.

  I can't believe how down people are on the Bengals now. I think I'm the only one who doesn't care at all about what happened on Sunday and if anything I think it will benefit the Bengals as they basically got to scout the Jets live. It's disappointing so many people have given up on them in this game because of Sunday night. Do people not realize the Jets were 7-7 before the Colts pulled their starters and the Bengals didn't care? It's not like they've been a juggernaut or anything this year. They do have Nick Mangold who might be able to block the entire D-line by himself and a great defense and good RBs, but this is a rookie warm-weather QB playing in his first playoff game on the road. The Bengals will force Sanchez to win this game and I love that he'll be throwing against one of the best CB tandems in the league. I'm pumped about Saturday and think you'll see a very different performance by the Bengals. I honestly can't believe people are picking the Bengals over the Eagles as most concerning.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Terry_Tate wrote:

  justincredible wrote: I voted Bengals as it was the only game I watched. I don't think the playoff game will be nearly as bad as it was last week but the confidence of most Bengals fans I have talked to is pretty much shot.

  I can't believe how down people are on the Bengals now. I think I'm the only one who doesn't care at all about what happened on Sunday and if anything I think it will benefit the Bengals as they basically got to scout the Jets live. It's disappointing so many people have given up on them in this game because of Sunday night. Do people not realize the Jets were 7-7 before the Colts pulled their starters and the Bengals didn't care? It's not like they've been a juggernaut or anything this year. They do have Nick Mangold who might be able to block the entire D-line by himself and a great defense and good RBs, but this is a rookie warm-weather QB playing in his first playoff game on the road. The Bengals will force Sanchez to win this game and I love that he'll be throwing against one of the best CB tandems in the league. I'm pumped about Saturday and think you'll see a very different performance by the Bengals. I honestly can't believe people are picking the Bengals over the Eagles as most concerning.

  Yeah, but as long as Sanchez doesn't make mistakes the Jets will win. Their defense is too good to not hold the Bengals to under 17 points.
• justincredible

  

  DeyDurkie5 wrote: Yeah, but as long as Sanchez doesn't make mistakes the Jets will win. Their defense is too good to not hold the Bengals to under 17 points.

  I agree with this. If Sanchez doesn't turn the ball over the Jets WILL win the game. The Bengals won't have many chances to score points and may end up needing a short field to take advantage of. The Jets defense is playing out of it's mind at the moment.
• Terry_Tate

  

  An interesting stat I just saw, not sure if it means anything.
  
  Of the top 7 defenses in the NFL, the Bengals, who are number 4, have played 8 games against the top 6 other defenses. The Jets have played 1(the Bengals). Just something interesting to think about.
• justincredible

  

  Terry_Tate wrote: An interesting stat I just saw, not sure if it means anything.
  
  Of the top 7 defenses in the NFL, the Bengals, who are number 4, have played 8 games against the top 6 other defenses. The Jets have played 1(the Bengals). Just something interesting to think about.

  Not sure if there is anything to make of that other than the reason the Jets don't score a lot is because of their awful passing game whereas the Bengals don't score much because they've played better defenses.
  
  The thing that makes this stat irrelevant, I think, is that the Jets are the best defense in the NFL.