This is the best Bengals team (on paper) in a while

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(05-04-2020, 08:57 PM)Trademark Wrote: With all the free agency additions and the draft that the team had this is seriously a stacked team. I’m honestly excited and expecting 11-12 wins

Likely not winning that many in this Division. The AFC North, top to bottom, might be the strongest division in the NFL. The o-line alone is reason enough to expect somewhere closer to 6-9 wins. This team is 1-2 injuries away from fielding a bottom 3 line grouping in a division with plenty of pass rushers. For that matter, even with the new additions we really don’t know if this line will be decent. A lot of the end of year “improvement” was against the weakest portion of the schedule, so it’s fair to be skeptical of the improvement and the small sample size. The line still needs upgrades at G, T, and more depth. The TE group is also weak.

On defense, the team still has some coverage concerns in the secondary. Bell is more of an in the box run support guy, and Tre Waynes has middling coverage ability. I did like the Alexander signing. It still remains to see how well the back end of the defense plays this year. For all these reasons, and given the division, 6-8 wins seems most likely, with the possibility of 1 win more or less depending how things break.