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(09-05-2015, 03:12 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Bengals go 6-10 and finish dead last in the AFCN.

The only player we lost from last year was Terrance newman, and even SI agrees that our defensive backfield can "match the best in the league" but only "until free agency breaks it up".

Don't know how we can go from 5 lossses to 10 losses without losing any critical players at all while adding Michael Johnson and gettong a lot of key players back from injury.

And even harder to understand how we can not finish at least in front of the Browns.

There were some places that thought the Bengals would have a significant drop in 2014 since they lost their offensive and defensive coordinators.  That didn't happen.

Many of the mainstream media only watch the Bengals in the postseason so you can understand a little bit the tarnished opinion they have of the team.  They also believe that no team consistently makes the playoffs not named Baltimore, putzburg, and New England.  It is almost like someone walking by the roulette table and seeing that green has hit four straight times, so they bet on red.  They don't know this team. 

I have said it before that I believe this is the best roster the Bengals have assembled...ever.  And I think how they approached the preseason has paid off with very few injuries.  If they can work the rotation on the defensive line and keep them fresh and healthy throughout the season, this team is going to make a run.