(02-18-2022, 09:13 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-18-2022, 07:36 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: You just knew that would be talked about this offseason, with the similarities and all. But the odds seem pretty low. Hell, the odds were low for the Bengals, now imagine calculating back-to-back odds.

That said, I don't think the roster is as bad as it appears at first glance. I think a lot of the ineptitude we witnessed last season was due to poor, underprepared coaching. Now, not to say the roster is great, or even good, but it might not need the multiple year overhaul some are predicting.

But the Jags in next year's Superbowl? I really doubt it.

Not really. The Bengals had a franchise QB, 3 great WR's, a very good RB and a good run stuffer in D.J. Reader. They signed a premier DE in Hendrickson, they have a budding star at LB in Logan Wilson and they have one of the top Safeties in the NFL with Jessie Bates. That team had a lot of talent. The issue was whether all that talent would trump the mess they had on the O-Line. If they really address this issue in the offseason, the Bengals are my pick to win the 2022 Superbowl. 

With our team, it's a complete lack of talent. Hopefully, Lawrence turns into the franchise QB we all believe he can be, but other than that, the only really great player we have is our Punter. We have a ton of work to do.

I was speaking in general, in the sense of history of the league having 4 win teams from one year play in the Superbowl in the next. It doesn't happen often. And your post greatly benefits from hindsight, I doubt you had them as your pick to win the AFC before the season started.

And all of this roster disparity between these two clubs was quite difficult to see when they faced off against each other. The Bengals didn't win that game, they survived it. They probably don't even manage that if their opposition didn’t have a hopeless moron as a head coach.

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