The 2-0 Bengals, the only team to beat head coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Joe Flacco in Baltimore during September, try to do it for a second straight year Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 12) when the fans lather up M&T Bank for the 0-2 Ravens in what has become a must win home opener.
In a game that has as many matchups favoring the Bengals as intangibles boosting the Ravens, the Bengals.com Media Roundtable can’t decide how to call it and ends up in a split.
Former Bengals safety Solomon Wilcots, the gold standard of the 21st century TV football analyst, called the Ravens’ loss in Oakland last week for CBS and gives the nod to Cincinnati because he doesn’t think they can cover the Bengals receivers.