How Long Will the Rebuilding Take?

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One of my favorite posters, Marlon23, created a playoff thread and I’m not sure the Bengals are ready to be considered for postseason talk yet.

What I would like to open for discussion is the opposite end of the spectrum. How long will it take to rebuild the Bengals into a perennial playoff team? Is it even possible? For example, Marvin Lewis coached Cincinnati to a playoff appearance in his third season. Is there a chance Zac Taylor can repeat this accomplishment in 2021?

While I’m usually among the more optimistic posters, I’m not feeling it right now. Realistically I see a ceiling of 4-12 and a floor of 1-15 for the Bengals in 2020 and I take no pleasure typing that. As much as I want to delude myself into daydreaming about a miraculous 14-2 turnaround, I’m seeing this more realistically.

This team and the coaches have more issues than the magazine section at the Library of Congress. I’m thinking the Bengals will be having the #1OA draft pick for the foreseeable future.

What say you?