09-12-2023, 04:05 PM
(09-12-2023, 03:44 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I feel like this is the same kind of discussion happening in the Reds section of the forums lol.
"Our team is still in it because all these other teams lost too!"
It is worth pointing out that the three teams considered the top of the AFC all lost.
Two of them had close losses.
Chiefs, Bills, and Bengals will find ways to get back to their winning ways.
But I do think it's going to be a bit more balanced when it comes to the conference with CLE, PIT, NE, BAL, MIA, LAC, JAX, and maybe NYJ (depending on how they do without Rodgers).
Finding comfort in other Teams losing wasn't my point but I can see how it seems like it.
Point is that nothing is settled yet since we are at the BEGINNING of a 17 game season. (now 16 left)
HEALTH will become an important factor in how Strong a Team ends up being by the end of the Season compared to others.
The Bengals have retained a Core of players that have done it before in terms of a Super Bowl appearance and two AFC Championship
appearances.
They have added some Roster depth and made an attempt at improving the O-line.
HEALTH alone could allow the O-line to be better than what it has been during recent Playoff runs.
This Team still has a chance at being a better Team than the 2022 & 2021 Teams due to Experience and what seems to be a better Roster.
The Sky isn't falling as some suggest...
