Why do you feel optimistic about this Bengals team relative to prior years?

[*bengalfan74*]

To me it comes down to this :

If Burfict, Jones, Eifert, Geno, and AJ are all back healthy and able to play, well maybe not Burfict. At least on paper we'll have a very competitive team.

But we still have the same coaching staff that has fell flat on their faces every playoff game. Sooooo ????

I'm not overly optimistic anything is really going to change ! In fact I'm not even real super confident we even make the playoffs unless a lot of things change. 4 primetime games, 2 much better divisions we're playing compared to the south cakewalk of last season.

It's hard to put into just a few words but the heart, the attitude, the desire and such in the very core of this team has to be much different than it has been in the past. And that starts at the top, and we still have the same top.