Who Wins The AFCN "Honestly"

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Not only are we the AFCN favorites, we're the prohibitive AFC favorites afaic. Nobody was going to beat us last year in the playoffs. It just got to the point where we were like a buzzsaw, but for one glaring weakness. That weakness caught up with us but we addressed it, while all of our strengths have been reinforced with a year of experience and good health. We were already at the top to begin with. Barring injury, it's just a question of how high we can go: is this a dynasty in the making or 'just" a perennial contender? That remains to be seen.

I live in New York and I'm not surprised to see us ranked outside of the Top 5 in some places. Because it doesn't mean anything. Those are media games that cater to big market teams and/or big market storylines. The Bengals don't fit either bucket right now; so it goes. But once the season gets rolling you can bet your bottom dollar that the team will be perceived as an undeniable FORCE again, and everyone'll pretend like they never jumped off the bandwagon and that it was obvious that the Bengals would build on last year's success.

Until we'll have to endure debates on who will "honestly" win the AFC North lol