Bengals hosting DE- Kerry Wynn and S- Curtis Riley

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(03-22-2019, 12:06 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: So by keeping a 6-10 team the same...we get better because Pittsburgh and Baltimore got worse? Great master plan Bengals! Maybe this will lead to a Super Bowl if all the good teams get worse!

You know, the Browns are in our division too and they traded for OBJ and Vernon.

Actually, there is some logic for why it could mean the Bengals get "better."
Last year, the Bengals beat the Ravens once and lost to them only by 3 pts.
They lost to the Steelers twice but the losses were only by a combined 10 pts.
If the Bengals remain the same and both the Ravens and Steelers are worse, it could result in up to 3 more wins compared to last season.

Let's also factor in the Bengals have the following other opponents for 2019:
JAX
SF
MIA
NYJ
BUF
NE
ARI
LAR
SEA
OAK

Let's say, optimistically, the Bengals win 4 games in the division because both the Ravens and Steelers have gotten worse and just barely beat the Bengals in each game last year.
The Bengals also have a good chance to beat JAX, SF, MIA, NYJ, BUF, ARI, OAK

Therefore, if considering success to be win-loss record, I would say there's a high chance of having a better record in 2019 compared to 2018.
In terms of winning in the playoffs though, probably not an improvement.