Too many injuries on the Bengals line. Too much to ask for game one of the season starting 3 linemen who have never had an NFL start.
3??
Boiling & Zeitler, whose the third. However I agree, the Bengals will lose the Monday night opener but it will not be 31-7.
Ravens 24
Bengals 17
THEY PLAY THE 10TH STARDuST
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lol, make him refer to his own "attn members" post
nicker:
Ravens 49
Bungles -3
I believe Dusty is correct that there will be 3 guys without an NFL start. However, when you are going against people that have played since the days of Moses, they will be old and dried up. I'm going with the Bengals.
Offensive Line
LT Andrew Whitworth 7 year starter played in 90 games with 86 starts
LG Clint Boling 2nd year player, played in 5 games with 3 starts as a rookie
C Jeff Faine 10 year starter, starting in all 117 games played
RG Kevin Zeitler Rookie first game
RT Andre Smith 4 year player starting in 19 of 27 games played including all 14 last season
Looks to me Zeitler is the only one with out a start & Boling being the second in inexperience.
Domata Peko has a knee injury but is expected to return
Green-Ellis with 62 yards on 12 carries. He had 7 carries for 38 yards in the second quarter
Both teams with 4 possessions. Bengals outgained 226-176. Last defensive stop and offensive drive closed gap considerably
Green now has 5 catches for 70 yards
Great play fake and screen to Hawkins. Hawkins now with 6 catches for 72 yards
Nice block on outside by Tate to help spring Hawkins on 14y pass.
The good news:Andrew Hawkins having a good game. The bad: Artrell will be insufferable tomorrow.
Dalton on QB draw on 3rd-and-goal comes up a yard short. Nugent on for a FG
Nugent good from 19 yards to bring Bengals within 17-13
Dalton stopped short on QB draw. Nugent good on 19y FG. #Bengals trail 17-13, 8:59 left in 3rd.
bengals since the second quarter have held it 15:23 to the Ravens 5:38
Pitta comes up with the jump ball in the end zone on a mismatch with Hall
That's 2x a potential INT by Bengals is followed by a Ravens TD.
Flacco was 5 of 7 for 73 yards and a TD
Ravens 5 possessions (not counting end of half) = 4 scores; 3 TDs and a FG.
Andrew Hawkins with big YAC on 3rd and 10, picks up 20 but Balt challenging
he's going to be ruled down by contact and short of the first down
Call reversed. He was down at the 26
Baltimore TE Dennis Pitta had 6 catches for 62 yards and 1 TD at PBS last Jan. 1. He's got 5/73 and 1 td tonight.
Nate Clements, playing safety, gets big PBU in end zone. #Bengals force 40y FG try
Bengals defense is awful. To many blown chances.
That TD for the bengals earlier was a drop. Officials are doing as expected and hitting and missing on calls. Same as the full time officials really.
Flacco looks good. Dalton looks good.
Rice is a beast, he deserves more than 9 carries.