Are we going to Rebuild?

[Fan_in_Kettering]

Rebuild? No. This isn't a traditional rebuild year for Cincinnati. There are four ways to rebuild:

1. Burn the house down and start over entirely.
2. Get a new coaching staff and rebuild the existing team.
3. Keep the coaching staff and get new players.
4. Whatever the BLEEP Cleveland has been doing since 1964.

The Bengals have chosen the safest pick, #2. It's a lot easier for new coaches to evaluate talent on existing players than it is looking ahead to free agency or the draft and wondering, "What if?" Cincinnati has plenty of talent at the skill player positions on offense and there are some high performers on defense as well. The trick is raising everyone's level of performance -- "The Patriot Way" -- such that weaknesses are eliminated.