NFL insider hints that Bengals are on the verge of re-signing Trey

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(Yesterday, 11:05 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: "the same non-playoff team". I get it. 

No two seasons are the same. The Bengals started off 0-5 in 1 score games last year. Win just 1 and they're in. I doubt they start 0-5 in 1 score games again, because it's just not the norm. 

Quicker starts. Finishing games. That's all subjective to preparation and effort. They could just as easily start the season 6-0 with the squad they have. That's not unreasonable to say. 

They have players coming back from injury and they have the draft. 
They have the weapons core for at least 4 more years and the elite QB. If they end up with a shitty Oline...well, welcome to Bengals fandom for the last 5 years. 

I wouldn't say SB bound but i also wouldn't say lost season, even as we sit here now. 

The team is pretty much the same, but it's really not because teams have different seasons every year with the same players. 

The naysayers will always be the naysayers (not you). I would wager they trashed the FO prior to the 2021 season for our 4-11-1 record.

https://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/teams.nsf/histories/bengals

Bengals from 4 win team to a 10 win team and lost in the Super Bowl after beating Mahomes and Reid. Our 10 win team was only 1 game better than our last 2 years teams at 9-8.

Bemgals have proven under Burrow, get them in the playoffs and they are a very tough out. It is not inconceivable our 9-8 team could improve 3 games and be a 12-5 team in 2025. Yet many will spend time whining about Bengals not doing their plan versus looking objectively at Bengal's plan.

I love the FO cut multiple players who made a lot of money and did not produce. It is a first and a welcome change from in the past being too loyal to those who were not helping us win. They locked up not 1, but 2 WR's would many including me said it was a bad idea. I have warmed up to the idea as it removes  a need in 2025 so we can focus on true needs at guard and more importantly on the defensive side of the ball the rest of FA and then the draft.

Of course I see the glass half full while many see it half empty. We all want the same thing, let's hope we get back to the playoffs in 2025 and let Joe perfrom his magic.