Silver lining w the Bengals stinking this year

[BFritz21]

Two people kind of mentioned this (Nate was one), but are we the only ones that realize that this year has no real barring on the thoughts that the schedule makers have on next year's schedule?

If we were horrible and didn't improve this offseason, then I would agree, but we haven"t been that bad, we have free agency, the draft, and, obviously, the likely changes to the coaching staff.

By the time the schedule is released in May, we could be an exciting team that a lot of people want to see in as many primetime games as possible.