Revisiting season expectations now that the season has reached the half-way mark

[bengals1969]

(11-01-2020, 11:29 PM)BengalChris Wrote: For me, this season needed to produce more wins than the 2018 team, which had no AJ or Dalton for many games and Driskel was the QB for 5 or 6 games yet they still managed 6 wins.

With the 2020 team having more talent than the 2018 team, I felt at the start of this year that the 2020 team should have at least 6 wins for the coaching staff to have earned their jobs for next season.

Essentially, if the team wants a championship, then its coaching staff need to be able to get more out of players than average. Marvin got enough to make it to the playoffs 5 straight times, but fell short on the playoff wins with zero.

Now we are at the half-way point and the team is 2-5-1, but those additional wins are possible.

They spent freely on defense and so far the unit is a huge letdown.  Injuries hurt, but that's the NFL, got to have depth.  
Offense has been a huge improvement with Burrow and Higgins.  The makings of a 8 year productive partnership, great 1-2 picks from the draft.  AJ hasn't surprised, I didn't expect him to be the AJ of old, receivers age out quickly with injuries and age.  Offensive line is offensive, no surprise since no new significant FA/draft upgrades. 

To make the season successful, Bengals style, lets get a few more wins, Burrow stays healthy in mind and body and no more injuries to key players, as few of them as there are.  So far they are 2-2 at home, showing some promise with the home fans.  On the road its 0-3-1 with winnable games ahead. They have 5 bad teams ahead, some very bad, they can win them all.  

7-8-1 is reasonable expectations.