This is the best Bengals team (on paper) in a while

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Best on paper since 2015, certainly.

Also a lot of new faces, rookies, a green coaching staff, a shaky offensive line, a tough division, and some of our better players getting old.

I see 5-5 out of division but 1-5 or 2-4 inside. +/- 1 game on each for margin of error yields a 4 win floor. 9 win ceiling. I'dbe more surprised with 4-5 wins than 9.