Give Me Your Gut Feeling, Do The Bengals Finish Above .500?

[BigSeph]

It all hinges on the draft.

If the Bengals go

1. Reuben Foster, ILB, Alabama
2. Takk McKinley, DE, UCLA
3. Isaac Asiata, RG, Utah

then things will probably work out just fine. They get younger at positions where they desperately need playmakers and all 3 could very well step in and start on day 1.

Get those 3 guys and the Bengals can make the playoffs. If they go BPA and draft yet another CB or somebody like Evan Engram who's "too good to pass up" in the 2nd, get ready to tank.

If the Bengals mess up even one of their first 3 picks, they're destined for .500 or worse.