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(05-06-2022, 05:02 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Injuries are a key. As Zac said the division comes first. It’s between the Raven’s and the Bengals. It’s a tossup. It’s who did better in the off season. Did the Bengals OL revamp make a big difference? The Raven’s OL has some issues. Linderbaum and Moses at tackle doesn’t match what they had IMO buts it’s close. They helped there safety room. We’ll see what they do about wide receiver. The Ravens may be going for a lot of tight end packages. I really think with what we did in our secondary we can counter. I may be a Homer but out rush defense was stout. Employing Hubbard as a spy on Lamar like we did Mahomes and rushing 3 and dropping 8 is tough. Their running game doesn’t scare me or their deep passing. Those games may be lower scoring this year. However I don’t know that anybody is going to be able to double cover Chase with Hurst and a better run game.

I don't think you're a homer for saying the run defense is stout.
Bengals were 5th in yards allowed, 13th in YPA.
I'm expecting the Bengals defense as a whole to be about the same as last year, if not slightly better with Ossai coming back and the early-round draft picks.

About the only things I'm even slightly worried about are LG and TE.
Also worried about quality depth at about all offensive positions. An injury to Burrow, Mixon, Chase, or Hurst could make this offense not look great.