Stolen from streetkings01 from late last night:
The Bengals have a great defense argument can now be put to rest
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This has been talked about alot........but I decided to do the research since I was bored. Here are the net yards of the Bengals opponents against other teams.....
49ers week1 vs Sea - 209 net yds(124 passing, 85 rushing)
49ers week2 vs Dal - 206 net yds(132 passing, 74 rushing)
Broncos week1 vs Oak - 310 net yds(272 passing, 38 rushing)
Broncos week3 vs Ten - 231 net yds(172 passing, 59 rushing)
Browns week2 vs Ind - 303 net yds(197 passing, 106 rushing)
Browns week3 vs Mia - 280 net yds(210 passing, 70 rushing)
Now here are the stats of the Bengals vs these 3 teams...
Bengals week1 vs Browns - 285 net yds(202 passing, 83 rushing)
Bengals week2 vs Broncos - 318 net yds(187 passing, 131 rushing)
Bengals week3 vs 49ers - 226 net yds(176 passing, 50 rushing)
I think what these stats tell us is that the Broncos, Browns and 49ers offenses suck no matter what defenses they face. The Broncos has their best rushing performance against the Bengals D and the 49ers had their best passing performance against the Bengals D. For Marvin Lewis to even compare his teams D to the 2000 Ravens is laughable. If the Bills opened up against the Browns, Broncos and 49ers we would be top 10 in offense and defense.