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Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills Preview & Prediction

Would Bills fans take that over the past four-plus years?

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At practice Wednesday, Bennett characterized the hit as a routine part of how he plays. It suggested that this version in stripes finally has what it takes to win big games against good teams, even when things don’t go so well. I have this feeling he’ll be ready for this game.

Bills GM Doug Whaley told the morning show at WGR 550 that he’s been pleasantly surprised by Karlos Williams progress through the league mandated concussion protocol. Will he play this weekend?

“You have to rise up and play your best for a quarter and a half to win a football game”, left tackle Andrew Whitworth said on Monday.

The Bengals are just 1-5 against the spread in their last six games versus the Bills overall and 1-4 ATS in their last five games in Buffalo.

Given Buffalo’s injury situation on offense, scoring is going to be hard as it was last week in Tennessee, so there is massive pressure on the Bills defense.

I think it’s time we all go back to mocking Alex Smith. Sometimes it’s a corner, sometimes it’s a safety, sometimes it’s a linebacker, you never know. “When you get those chances, you’ve got to hit them”.

Although many predicted the Bengals to slink to third in the AFC North, Dalton and his supporting cast are as balanced as any in the league, and they are equipped to give the likely EJ Manuel-saddled Bills trouble in Buffalo. Cincinnati Head Coach Marvin Lewis was the coordinator of the Ravens record-setting defense that year, and Rex Ryan was his defensive line coach.

Ryan, who has had to line up with Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, and now the still inexperienced Tyrod Taylor at quarterback, surely would have.

Bengals WR A.J. Green presents one of the toughest challenges the Bills talented DB corps will face all year. Clay put up a dud last week but should be the primary target against the Bengals. After all, he was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft a few years ago.

The Patriots are No. 1 in passing because that’s pretty much all they do; Brady slings it all day, regardless of how far ahead the Patriots are (ask the Bills) and they barely care about their running game (ranked 23rd). “But I can show you tons of plays where offensive linemen are jumping on guys all the time and it’s not a big deal”. I pushed him back down, he got back up.

It should be one of the key matchups in Sunday’s game.

How do the Bengals keep winning games? Wagner picked the ball up and walked the 20 yards into the end zone for another Seahawks touchdown.

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“I think they’re as balanced a team as we’ve faced yet”, said Williams. The goal-say “Yes Sir”, and walk away.

Andy Dalton