Has the rebuild begun?

[McC]

2015 was the golden year, our year of years. It was all there in place. These kind of years give your shot at a SB. But, as we proved, golden years can be derailed. And when those things happen, you are probably done. Witness last season. Too many losses not overcome, too many bad decisions, too much bad luck, and maybe most of all, too much hangover.

The Kenyon Martin Bob Huggins Syndrome. It was all there. And then fate kicks you in the balls. The Bengals did not bounce back well at all.

And now, it's a long way to get back on track. Marvin usually does well with third place schedules, so it's not like all hope is gone. But there is a LOT of work to do. Many weaknesses, many question marks.

We might be a worse team than last year going into the draft. We will probably lose guys. We will not replace them with upgrades.

So your future hinges on the draft. You have to nail it. Are we nailing it lately? At the least, there will be a partial rebuild and we may be back or we may be done. Team psyches can be fragile things. If guys start wondering what are we doing here, it's over. Looks like a lot of reasons not to believe around here and belief is everything.

What's that sound?