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Cincinnati goes to the west coast this Sunday to play the Seattle Seahawks. What are everyone's thoughts on this matchup? I'm sure we all know what happened to the Bengals last week, but Seattle hasn't looked all that impressive so far either. In week 1 they beat a suspect Tampa Bay team 20-6, and last week they lost to another iffy team in Arizona, 23-20. So they haven't exactly played some stiff competition.

You would figure that the Seahawks will not be able to slow down the Bengals' high-octane offense, but will the sorry Cincy defense be able to slow down Matt Hasselbeck and an aging Shaun Alexander?

Could be another shootout...

Hasselbeck, Branch, and all the others don't scare me: Alexander scares me. May be aging and may not be able to break big gains against most teams, but I'm afraid of him just ramming it down our throats, and maybe breaking a few big ones. Might not be enough to keep up with out high-powered offense, but it would be a steady flow that would keep our offense off the field. Running the ball would also open up the passing game, but the only one I'm even remotely worried about there is Branch.