Grade The Bengals Draft Of 2021

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(05-02-2021, 12:23 AM)AtomicBlaze Wrote: We have 17 games now.  In our Division I think we will lose to the Browns and Ravens twice and split with the Steelers.  Out of Division, I see about 7 games that we may be favored.  So 8-9 seems realistic assuming Burrow plays the full year, and we don't have any injuries on the OL.  If the OL plays better than expected I could see us in playoff contention.  I still think maybe we are 1 really good draft away from being a playoff contender assuming we did well on this draft.  I hope next year we try for some premier OL talent, then my confidence will be really high about the team.

Yep I said 7-9 wins, not a record of 7-9.
People are comparing the Bengals to what KC did, but they have a Top 5 offense already and elite pass catchers. They had the luxury of going after all OL. Bengals could have gone OL earlier, but their defense sucks and their pass catchers were slow overall. So even with better OL, the Bengals would have been victim to coverage sacks.

I too think the Bengals could compete for playoffs in 2022, but I don’t think they’ll be there this year. OL won’t be quite where it needs to be (although better than last year) and the defense still won’t be better than average.

I see next year’s draft focusing on OL, pass rushing DT, and maybe TE and/or LB depending on progress at those positions this year.


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