How do you like going into the year with HIGH expectations?

[*ochocincos*]

It's nice going into the season with high expectations again. Probably the first time since 2016 or maybe even longer back than that.
I think it comes down to the moves the Bengals have made. They essentially have their same core other than their impactful safeties. But they have a decent vet in Nick Scott and also two young draft picks with strong potential in Hill and Battle, so the optimism is there that the drop off won't be too big if at all.
And we also expect the OL to be even better this year after previous years of disappointment.

So my expectation is a division win again, and also probably 11 wins conservatively, 14 wins optimistically.
They should be competing for top seed in the AFC if things play out well.