Realistic Expectations From Bengals In 2019

[Luvnit2]

(09-05-2019, 07:12 PM)McC Wrote: I absolutely agree.  And .500 is still a far cry from fighting for the first pick in the draft like the media seems to think.

There are definitely still holes.  Probably not a playoff team this year.  But yeah, create a new culture, a new way to play to get the needle pointing up so when the holes get filled, then you'll be a contender.

The Dolphins were 7-9 in 2018 ( 1 game under .500) and now are full rebuild mode with their young head coach.

Would they have been better off (not tank) in 2018 to be 5-11 or 4-12 to get the much better draft picks? I would say they set the rebuild nack a year as 2018 was a complete waste for their organization's long term future of winning anything.

My point is why think a team hovering .500 is heading in right direction. I understand it will all be on how they play and get results, close games, blowout games and such, but ML took a bad team and improved 6 games in year one. I ma not saying 6 games, buy not expect real progress from ZT in first year. 

By all account, many in here feel ML was a horrible football coach, so ZT should look like a star if he truly is all he has been hyped up to be.