Can the Bengals compete in the AFCN

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(04-05-2019, 01:58 PM)pally Wrote: You mean you don't think the Browns will be a Super Bowl contender.  They are going to be the consensus pre-season Cinderella story.  But there are so many unknowns so its anybody's guess.  

Steelers aren't getting better.  Without AB we held them to 16 points.  And unless Lamar Jackson has learned to throw and how to avoid taking hits Baltimore will struggle.  So yes, I think we can contend.  But going into the season the rankings will be Browns, Steelers, Ravens and then us.

Even if they aren't a SB contender, they swept the Bengals last year and then got significantly better in the offseason. The Bengals didn't.

The Steelers probably aren't getting better, but once again, they swept the Bengals, and the Bengals big offseason move was to bring back Bobby Hart.

Lamar Jackson didn't know how to throw and the Ravens still beat the Bengals last year. Bengals only beat the Ravens early in the season when Flacco was around.

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I'm not sure I see where the confidence the Bengals can compete is coming from. This is the same team that has three straight losing seasons, went 1-5 in the division last year, and whose star FA acquisitions were a 4th-5th string CB and a guard who is only a little better than Alex Redmond.