ESPN Be Hatin!

[BengalChris]

(05-08-2018, 01:52 PM)Neon Icon Wrote: ESPN be hatin! I see no way that we don't atleast rank in the same position as we finished last year. But, with Glenn, Price, Brown...I think we've atleast improved some.


NFL Power Rankings: Who's rising, falling after the draft

29. Cincinnati Bengals
2017 record: 7-9
Post-free-agency ranking: 22

Each of the past three first-round picks by the Bengals played fewer than 100 snaps in his rookie season, and only one of the drafted players logged at least 50 percent of the team's offensive or defensive snaps his rookie season. This year could be different, though, as first-round pick Billy Price is likely to be the starting center.

A lot of folks in the media just don't study the Bengals much, if at all. The OL was just awful last year, Eifert was down all year long, Ross was a negative.

Glenn, while not as good as Whit, is miles better than Ogbuehi. Price should be significantly better than Bodine and if Price does get beat by a guy expect him to make the guy pay.

We did lose Adam Jones and that will affect the secondary some because he's better than Kirkpatrick, but Jackson is better than both of them. ESPN will gladly see that Jackson didn't play his rookie year, but they don't see that he was ready to come off IR but the team brought back the wrong guy, and they don't see that Jackson is already one of the better corners in the league.

More importantly than all of that is there's a new attitude from the new coaches that fans seem to see as a long needed change. ESPN, since they really don't study the Bengals much they don't see that these things occurred.

Either that or they are right and we are all very wrong for seeing that these are very positive moves.

(05-08-2018, 02:00 PM)Jakeypoo Wrote: We're a sneaky Superbowl contender if healthy. Good pass rush, improved offensive line,  good secondary,  good QB , and good offensive  weapons.  ESPN doesn't like Dalton so that's why they have us so low.

ESPN only really sees the Bengals prime time games and, well, to put it mildly, Dalton has not played well in prime time. His 0-4 playoff record is tied for worse in NFL history. His 1 TD 6 INTS 4 FUMS in the playoffs is pretty damn bad.

And that's what ESPN sees when they see Dalton.

ESPN also sees that Marvin Lewis is 0-7 (all time NFL worst) in the playoffs with the Bengals and they don't see that he has what it takes to win. Us fans see that sometimes as well and very recently.