***Week 8 GameDay Thread - Eagles @ Bengals***

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(10-27-2024, 04:49 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: 0-4 at home. Any non-laughing stock franchise would make changes.

MB will wait until the Bye week.
He's the eternal optimist.

Waiting until the Bye week will confirm if the Bengals have any chance to compete for a playoff spot or not, as they could end up between 6-5 at best and 3-8 at worst.


My opinion though based on what I've seen through 8 weeks is this is a mid team.
They can beat the trash teams (CAR, NYG, CLE, maybe LV next week), but they are too inconsistent and don't have enough big time playmakers to beat the good ones.

Unfortunately, we knew it was going to be a struggle staying competitive once Burrow signed his veteran deal, resulting in the FO having to rely more on drafting well and getting more immediate contributions from guys on rookie contracts than being able to pay so many quality veteran paid guys to cover the rest.

When it comes to proven playmakers, the Bengals really have maybe 4-5 on the team total right now?
Burrow
Chase
Higgins
Hendrickson
Logan Wilson being the maybe 5th