Winning when no one expects it is fun. Winning when you are supposed to win is hard.

[George Cantstandya]

I have no doubt that this year isn't going to be easy. It's very, very difficult to return to the Super Bowl and I think that difficulty has increased since going to a 17 game regular season. I don't have anxiety over it though and in reference to Mayfield having winning anxiety, that may have affected him but I don't think it will have an affect on Burrow. I could be very wrong but Burrow doesn't seem like the type of QB that is affected negatively by stress and expectations.

Overall I just hope the Bengals don't lose some of the games they should win like the games against the Bears and the Jets last year. Also I think it's going to be difficult to win the AFCN again. I'm very much looking forward to this season with a hopefully improved O-line. If they fall short I won't be upset but also understand with the talent they have they are in the window to win big. With very expensive contracts coming up in the next 2 years or so now is certainly the time to hope the can make a return to the Super Bowl.

This year will be interesting and will show if last year was kind of a fluke or if the Bengals players and coaching staff have what it takes to build on success. I'm looking forward to seeing how it pans out.