The 2021 Kansas City Chiefs

[*ochocincos*]

(10-10-2022, 03:33 PM)JaggedJimmyJay Wrote: You know that team that has hosted four AFC Championship games in a row? The same one our Bengals beat twice last season? Let's take a look at how their 2021 season started:

Beat Cleveland by 4 (1-0)
Lost to Baltimore by 1 (1-1)
Lost to LAC by 6 (1-2)
Beat Philadelphia by 12 (2-2)
Lost to Buffalo by 18 (2-3)
Beat Washington by 18 (3-3)
Lost to Tennessee by 24 (3-4)

They opened 2-3, and two of those losses were very close.

There are clearly parallels here. How about another one?

~ They opened 2021 with three new starters on the offensive line (Thuney, Humphrey, and Brown) after their previous unit got pushed around in the Super Bowl.

You forgot they actually had a 4th new OL - Trey Smith.
And yes, it took them a while to get going.
And they did make the playoffs and got to the AFCCG.

So they are just like Cincy in the number of new OL.

The Bengals can get back to the playoffs, and they can win in the playoffs. They have an "easy" part of the schedule coming up in the next 4 games. If they can win at least 3, it puts them in a good spot going into the bye week, and hopefully the OL is fully gelled at that point.

If they can also figure out how to deal with Cover 2, that will also help a ton.