Keyshawn Johnson: "Bengals are not at the top of the class in the AFC"

[Hammerstripes]

It's the Bengals. And quite honestly, I would agree with him if it wasn't for the talent and depth on the roster. Did we "sneak" up on people? Maybe, but it's not like we did it with smoke and mirrors - this roster has plenty of top end talent and that's the reason they could very easily make it back to the Super Bowl:

Burrow, Mixon, Chase, Higgins, Boyd, Collins, Cappa, Karras, Reader, Hendrickson, Bates and Wilson are all guys that could start just about anywhere.

Couple that with the middle of the roster - Jonah, Hurst, Hill, Chido, Hilton, Bell, Pratt and you have a roster that has very few, if any holes on it.

This team reminds me a ton of the 2015 team where they had talent everywhere, just not a clutch QB. Well, now we have the clutch QB.