2020 and Beyond Optimistic Look

[BengalChris]

(01-16-2020, 06:06 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am an optimist but I normally hate predictions prior to draft and FA period. I have read thread after thread knocking our FO (a lot deserved), but it is the same group that assembled a team getting to the playoffs 5 years in a row (no easy feat).

So here we go in 2020:

We draft Burrow and trade AD for a 3rd and a 5th round pick.
We re-sign AJ Green to a 3 year deal.
Jonah Williams plays like a 1st round pick in his first official year shoring up our OL.
The Bengals add a very good LB in FA (using Dalton money)

Bengals improve to 9-7 and are in running for playoffs in 2020.

By 2021, Bengals are back in the playoff hunt every year for the rest of the decade as Burrow becomes the next Peyton Manning.

ZT ends up being a great hire.

There it is, an entire post of positives (this will drive the naysayers crazy)

Thoughts?

A LOT has to go right for all that to happen. Please don't give Williams the "he's still a rookie" moniker. He's a second year player who needs to show up.

And, as others have mentioned, the Bengals need to do a better job with the draft. 2019 was a pretty bad draft year.

I hope they get their shit together, but there's no visible evidence that shows that they will. Since when did Mike Brown drop his Model Model philosophy?