<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Patriots, Titans and other picks for NFL Week 7 | Lorenzo's Locks"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The NFL is known as a parity league.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Or, is there “a lot of bad football” in 2022, <a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nfl/buccaneers/2022/10/06/tom-brady-buccaneers-qb-parity-bad-football/8198828001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">as one future Hall of Fame quarterback put it</a> a couple of weeks ago?</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Either way, 10 teams enter Week 7 with 3-3 records. Six of those teams were playoff squads last year, including both Super Bowl teams, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/los-angeles-rams/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Los Angeles Rams</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Cincinnati Bengals</a>. The other four are the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/new-england-patriots/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">New England Patriots</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">San Francisco 49ers</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/green-bay-packers/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Green Bay Packers</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a>. All are in action this week with the exception of the Rams, who are on a bye.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">NFL NEWSLETTER:</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/4th-and-monday/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:4|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Sign up to get the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">WEEK 7 PICKS:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nfl-picks/2022/10/20/nfl-picks-week-7-spreads-locks-chiefs-niners/10533238002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:5|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Super Bowl 54 rematch between Chiefs and 49ers highlights lineup</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Follow every game:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/scores">Live NFL Scores</a></p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">POWER RANKINGS:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2022/10/18/nfl-power-rankings-week-7-2022-jets-giants-bills/10530298002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Bills might not be the only New York team worthy of Top 10</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">This week we ask: Who among this group is in the most trouble going forward?</p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_mt">Cincinnati Bengals</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">While the Bengals have won three of their last four games and appear to have course corrected, there are still troubling signs ahead. Coach Zac Taylor has been forcing a running game that does not appear to be competent. His play calling at times becomes overcomplicated. And while sack numbers have dropped since the first two games (in which Cincinnati yielded 13), it is still allowing Joe Burrow to be hit far too many times.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">And then when you look at Cincy’s schedule, having already lost a head-to-head against the Ravens — the toughest presumptive challenge the Bengals face in the AFC North —...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiemh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzYXRvZGF5LmNvbS9zdG9yeS9zcG9ydHMvbmZsLzIwMjIvMTAvMjEvbmZsLXNjaGVkdWxlLWFuYWx5c2lzLXJhbXMtcGFja2Vycy1iZW5nYWxzLWNvdWxkLXRyb3VibGUvMTA1NDIwOTgwMDIv0gEA?oc=5">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
