Cincinnati Bengals 2020 schedule predictions: Picking every game

Weeks 13-16

The Andy Dalton revenge game we didn’t know we needed. Dak Prescott will start for the Dallas Cowboys, but will get pulled by Mike McCarthy after throwing his third pick of the ball game. Dalton unleashes three fourth-quarter touchdowns to take the lead for the Cowboys and never relinquish it. He’ll get his final day in the sun in Cincinnati after all. Cowboys, 35-20.

It’ll be really simple this fall. The Cincinnati Bengals may have their moments vs. the Cleveland Browns and even very briefly vs. the Baltimore Ravens, but they don’t belong in the same class as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cincinnati is too busy trying to get inside of the Steelers’ head to play a quality ball game. They beat themselves in this one and Zac Taylor lets it happen. Steelers, 31-15.

Of the handful of games a more seasoned team would have found a way to win, the Bengals let a near road victory over the Houston Texans slip through their hands in overtime. Cincinnati is able to force overtime with a late Joe Mixon touchdown run, but the Bengals give it up on the first offensive possession in the extra period. This is why Deshaun Watson is great. Texans, 27-21.

This will be a serious gut punch for the Bengals. One would think they’d give their best effort when the Baltimore Ravens come to won. Too bad they won’t, far from it in fact. The amount of dumb stuff the Bengals will do in this game will be eye-gouging. It’ll be a coaching clinic where John Harbaugh’s staff takes Zac Taylor’s to the woodshed. Ravens, 41-20.