Bengals in the Playoffs

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer

Before we move on to the next rounds of our draft, I wanted to quickly point something out about the Bengals.  Cincinnati, already an offensive juggernaut, plays the Rams at home, at the 49ers and at home against the Browns in weeks 14, 15 and 16, respectively.  Compare that to the Colts playoff schedule of at the Ravens, at the Raiders and at home against the Texans.

In a league where you are confident you will make the playoffs (and why shouldn’t you be?), Bengals all get a significant bump in value.  Rudi Johnson becomes a clearcut top-10 back, Carson Palmer moves ahead of Peyton Manning and Chad Johnson and TJ Houshmanwhatever should each move up a couple of notches among the elite receivers.

Simply put, I would trade the Colts passing game (Peyton, Reggie and Marvin) for the Bengals passing attack (Carson, Chad and TJ) in a heartbeat.