Playoffs ? Playoffs ??

[*bengalfan74*]

(07-09-2018, 10:10 AM)Wyche Wrote: Anyone that knows me, knows I was pretty down on this team all year last year, from January to January.  I had zero hope or faith in them from the get go.  I'm still not all in, but feel the floor is much higher this season....hence my 9-7 prediction.  That said, for this organization, there were wholesale changes in the way they typically do business.

1) Tenured coaches shown the door.....some LONG tenured.

2) High draft pick investment in a Center.

3) A trade for an above average player at LT.

4) Signed a very good LB in Preston Brown in his prime, instead of an over the hill type.

5) Signed a serviceable DT for rotation.

6) Brought in some recognized names to replace removed coaches, instead of lazy, in house promotions, or some nobody as they have at times in the past.

Yup,

As have I been very critical of the team, players, ML and MB. 

I'd have to write a 300 page book to say everything I feel about the Bengals but for your sake and mine I'll try and cut it down to a couple lines.

I've said we'll get em next year at the end of every season since the early 70's, so I know all about false optimism. But I tell ya these past couple seasons have been hard on my fandom ! Ever since the last couple minutes of the 2015 playoffs I've had a feeling grow inside me that I've never truly experienced before - apathy.

But I must say this offseason has renewed my hope (a little) I'm not all in yet either. I've had the rug jerked out from under me to many times. Does this offseason mean change is here and the Bengals are off in a winning in the post season direction ? I don't know

But in my opinion there is a little bit of reason for hope. What else we got ?