Can the Bengals compete in the AFCN

[*jason*]

(04-06-2019, 04:54 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: So you just made a broad statement that wasn’t really relevant to the discussion about the division. Got it.

Context is everything, and bringing up our 2010 team adding an over the hill TO to play with an over the hill Chad supposedly making us the best team on paper as similar to the Browns adding 2 elite players in their prime to an already up and coming team seems like a poor comparison.

The 2009 Bengals swept the division, and made the playoffs. The 2018 Browns finished below .500, in 3rd place in the division, and well didn't make the playoffs. A washed up TO finished just shy of 1,000 yards receiving in 14 games. He also had 9 TDs... That's the same amount of TDs Sideshow Bob has the last 2 seasons combined in the prime of his career. Beckham hasn't shown very much durability in his career. I doubt we see him still playing in the NFL at age 37.

So at any rate... It's not ridiculous to claim that adding TO to a team who swept the division, had one of the best QBs and WRs of that era, a nasty defense, and a workhorse RB coming off the best season of his career made them the best team on paper. I think hindsight is blinding you. That team had accomplished more than the Browns have.

Best team on paper doesn't always translate. We all know about the "Dream Team" Eagles too.