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Hunting for a third consecutive AFC title game appearance, the Cincinnati Bengals confront a difficult-looking schedule in 2023.
That schedule has some really easy games on the slate early in the season, sure. But the Bengals go on a post-bye sprint that includes more than half of their AFC North games and some tough encounters with the likes of the 49ers, Bills and Chiefs.
In our early game-by-game projections, we don’t see that stopping the Bengals from putting up double-digit wins and a likely AFC North crown, plus more.
How do others feel about the schedule, though? NFL Network’s Adam Rank just ran through his game-by-game predictions for every team and this is how he sees things shaking out for the Bengals.
Week 1: at Browns
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Prediction:Win (1-0)
Week 2: vs. Ravens
Prediction: Loss (1-1)
Week 3: vs. Rams
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Prediction: Win (2-1)
Week 4: at Titans
Prediction: Win (3-1)
Week 5: at Cardinals
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Prediction: Win (4-1)
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Prediction: Win (5-1)
Week 7: BYE
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Week 8: at 49ers
Prediction: Win (6-1)
Week 9: vs. Bills
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Prediction: Win (7-1)
Week 10: vs. Texans
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Prediction: Win (8-1)
Week 11: at Ravens
Prediction: Win (9-1)
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Prediction: Win (10-1)
Week 13: at Jaguars
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Prediction: Win (11-1)
Week 14: vs. Colts
Prediction: Win (12-1)
Week 15: vs. Vikings
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Prediction: Win (13-1)
Week 16: at Steelers
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Prediction: Loss (13-2)
Week 17: at Chiefs
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Prediction: Win (14-2)
Week 18: vs. Browns
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Prediction: Loss (14-3)
Final record: 14-3
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This would be the absolute best-case scenario for the Bengals, to say the least. Rank sees them taking the No. 1 seed in the AFC, which isn’t all that unreasonable. But hitting the bye at 5-1 and not suffering a…
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Publish date : 2023-06-05 03:45:26
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