Over/Under Bengals 2025 Season Edition

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(Yesterday, 06:25 PM)jj22 Wrote: We got career bests from plyers in a 9-8 record year...

If we somehow went 12-5, 13-4, 15-2...... wouldn't' there likely be more career / era bests?

I guess I didn't' approach this with the ideal that it would be a down year. But I did think these were somewhat reasonable. 

Chase total yards would be miraculous as you stated, but there are players (few) who have done it and Chase is certainly in that "few" talent of players that can. 

Not setting career bests a year after setting career bests is not a "down year".

There has only been 1 5k passing season in the last 3 years and Burrow didn't reach it despite leading the league in pass attempts.
You have to go back 5 years to find someone who threw more than 45 TDs.
Ossai has 9.5 combined sacks in 4 years.
Chase won the triple-crown with a QB that lead the league in pass attempts and didn't reach 1750 yards. Only reached 3 times in the last 5 years.
Over 15 TDs for Tee would be a 60% increase on his career high last year. His second highest total was 7.
Over 5 INT for Wilson would be 50% better than his career high. A non-DB hasn't had 5 INT since 2019. A non-DB hasn't had over 5 INT since 2013.


It's not a matter of a down year, it's a matter of a ton of guys could have amazing years and they still wouldn't reach the numbers you set because they're so high.

A better record doesn't automatically mean better stats. If your defense is a top-15 scoring defense for instance, you don't NEED to lead the league in pass attempts which means you don't reach 5k, 45 TD, or 1750 yards, or either of the 15 TDs because that's all passing stats while you'd be running the ball late with a lead rather than passing to catch up. There's a reason why Stafford and Calvin Johnson put up huge numbers while not winning on the Lions.