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(07-11-2021, 03:13 PM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: Bengals were in year 2 of a big rebuild. Because of injuries our coaches in some instances were playing players they just signed and in both games we still almost beat the Browns. Football is not all about talent alone. NFL players are all really talented players. Some players ability fits better in not only the rights scheme but also the right coaching. Apparently Turner's style of coaching did not mesh with the players he was coaching. Hopefully Pollack's style is more accepted and yields better results. Anarumo was coaching some guys who did not fit his system as well. The old square peg round hole adage. This year there should be no excuses for ZT and Anarumo and I am betting we will see very competitive football. I see us 5-1 in our division with the only loss coming at Baltimore. I know you will think that is crazy but as of right now I am not right or wrong. Time will tell.

I'm not addressing your optimism for 2021, I'm more interested in why you think a 4-win team in a "big rebuild" was better than an 11-win team, that's all.  I wouldn't check myself into a nuthouse if the Bengals made the playoffs this year, but again I'm more interested in your perceptions of 202 at the moment.

The way I see it, the Browns had a talented team in 2019 and they hired a dolt as HC and he played a big part in their underachievement and losing season and they replaced him and became 5 wins better the next season.  I think it's pretty not crazy that we are rolling into 2022 over the moon about what this ultra-talented team can do with a HC that isn't ZT.  

I get the optimism, but your response blames Turner's scheme, but you blame circumstances for the failures or Anarumo and ZT.  It's  just that standard "the guys who are still here are good and the guys who are the reason we lost are gone" sort of thing.