Preseason is over

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(10-05-2020, 02:10 PM)pally Wrote: Week 4 is the equivalent of the 4 cancelled preseason games. Having a new young QB, so many draft picks needing to contribute, and with so many changes on defense, missing preseason was a big deal for this team. We've seen huge leaps in Joe Burrow's development, Tee Higgins is growing more confident. Yesterday gave us a real look at what this offense can be when everything is clicking. The defense can perform in short bursts, but they still have major consistency issues especially in the way too leaky run defense. Even still, they are better than they were last season.

Hopefully, we will continue to see improvement for the rest of the season. They aren't likely going to the playoffs at season end but, other than a few games (cough cough Ravens) they should be competitive.

Beyond truth; everyone seems to be playing with more cohesion and less tentativeness than in the early part of the season as well.

As CaptainObvious has said on Twitter since the beginning, there has been improvement every week, every game, every practice; we are not world beaters and will not have a guaranteed SB spot at the end of this season, but this is definitely a team on the rise.