Bengals 2013 NFL Schedule: Toughest opponents come to Paul Brown Stadium
With the NFC North and AFC East on the schedule, the Bengals' 2013 opponents make for a challenging run against some of the game's top quarterbacks.
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The Bengals' 2013 schedule won't be as easy as the 2012 slate that turned out to be one of the five easiest in the league. Cincinnati will face the NFC North and AFC East this go round, throwing in second-place Indianapolis and San Diego.
This year, Cincinnati opened with five of its first six games against rookie quarterbacks. In 2013, only three teams figure to have new quarterbacks and four will boast new coaching staffs. While the Bengals avoid Peyton Manning next year, they have to face both Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers.
The toughest games will come at Paul Brown Stadium where only two of their eight opponents finished 2012 with a losing record.
An intriguing matchup of maybe the top two wide receivers in all of football will come when the Bengals and A.J. Green head to Ford Field to play the Lions and Calvin Johnson. A game against Indianapolis will feature two of the upward trending young teams in all of the NFL.
Bengals 2013 schedule
Home: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Green Bay, Minnesota, New England, New York Jets, Indianapolis.
Away: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, Miami, Buffalo, San Diego.
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