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(09-04-2017, 05:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm hoping that you're right, but my optimism and enthusiasm are both a bit low right now.

I completely understand.  Whatever National coverage the Bengals are getting seems to be parroting the same thing from network to network:  fighting for last place.  The facts are that last year was the anomoly, not the norm.  They had a kicking game that lost three games and injuries to virtually all of our key offensive weapons.  They took their lumps with a couple new players on the offensive line.  

The norm is an average of 10 wins when Dalton has been our QB.  Now that he has at least a solid offensive line, some weapons, and the defense has some new toys that will help create some pass rush the team is in better shape than ever.  

Losing Burfict for the first three games, Ross for ???, and Williams for at least a couple will not make things easy, but every team has injuries.  They can handle these....heck, they haven't had Burfict for an opener for the last couple years and they still won both times, on the road no less.

11-5 is where they will finish.  Slightly less than that if they have a lot of injuries, slightly better if they have minimal injuries.  

They will start off this Sunday with a 24-13 victory over an AFC North opponent, and that will be the first step.