ESPN. Bengals on the Rise

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(04-10-2020, 09:43 AM)Pat5775 Wrote: Considering 7 of last years losses were by a touchdown or less, and they were absolutely riddled with injuries. Not to mention a lot of dead weight has (finally) been cut this offseason, and they made some of the best free agency acquisitions in team history.

I’d say a playoff appearance this coming season isn’t out of the realm of possibility. I’m not going to bank on it, but I won’t be shocked like I was in 2011.

Hmm, not so sure I can buy into the "but we were close" in so many of those losses.  Most of those games got cosmetically closer, late in the game, after the other team had taken their foot off the gas.

Had they held momentum throughout most of those games, and lost them late for one reason or another, that logic would hold more credence.  As it stands, I can see the Bengals being significantly better this year.  But I absolutely cannot buy into the close losses last year argument, as most NFL contests are relatively close games.