10-28-2024, 02:04 PM
(10-28-2024, 12:56 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: Anyone who sees this season as salvageable is delusional or a true homer. Wake up. This team has beaten the Browns when they played 3 qbs, the panthers, and the giants lol. What else do you need to see? us beating the raiders is going to give you hope?! If we’re lucky, and I mean this in all sincerity, we win no more than 2 more games this year and get a top 5 pick. It’s the only way we ever hit on draft picks. Our Bengals luck, we win 5 more games and are picking 15+. We have too many holes. Interior O line. Interior D line, edge, and the ENTIRE secondary is garbage. CTB shouldn’t be resigned after his rookie deal is up. He’s going to want a big contract and he doesn’t deserve one. Only way out of this mess is a complete rebuild (I’m not advocating for that): trade Hendrickson, chase, tee. Probably the only players worth anything.
I’d prefer to go hard in free agency. That means let Tee go but get a cheap vet WR. We need to fix the D. We literally need to score almost every single drive to have a shot at winning. That’s not sustainable
There's no doubting that if we were to win the next two, the outlook is a lot better. That would be 5-5 and with a win in the Ravens backyard. The other games look more winnable from that point.
BUT... before I look like Kevin 2.0, I'm not optimistic either. Even if we do the above, I'm far from convinced the team has enough about it to then go on and finish strongly. This is not the same Bengals from two year ago, who started slowly but clearly could be a powerhouse when they got it together... which they did. This team... I don't know the offence can really do any more than they are. Some better playcalling sure, but there's not a raft of potential to unlock there. The defence are just awful. Even if we made it in, on what planet is our defence going to take us anywhere in the postseason.
And... I don't expect us to win in Baltimore. I do think we'll beat the Raiders. We should have had game 1 against the Ravens, but I do think it'll be more of a formality this time.
