What Vegas and the National Media is not talking about

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(08-24-2022, 02:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I guess I fail to see how a team that was in the playoff hunt all year (never more than 1 game out I believe) who played their best ball at the end of the season, beat the #1 and #2 seeds in the playoffs and lost that Superbowl by a whisker equals "Fluke". But of course, we don't know the definition of fluke. 

The Bengals did do all of what you mentioned.
They earned getting to the Super Bowl.
The only thing the doubters can speculate is that they won't perform to that same level now that they're playing a tougher schedule this year.
But the Bengals do look better on paper this year than last year, and they were able to get to the Super Bowl.
No reason to think they couldn't do the same this year if things go well.