(10-02-2023, 01:25 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(10-02-2023, 01:09 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: C'mon man.  This is an over reaction to a couple of bad games.  You wouldn't be saying that had we pulled it out against the chiefs and not mailed it in to some degree against the tinhorns.  Bad games happen to most teams even Super Bowl winning ones.  Bad stretches of games happen to good teams every single year.  Our window is now and it will still be our window in 3 or 4 years as well.  We may not have the best roster on paper, but we have a roster than that is good enough and can go deep in the playoffs this year.  Even the best rosters have weaknesses.  You can hope for more than that, but that's all you can really ask for in this league.

The Bengals are getting CRUSHED this season and I doubt their fans are feeling this way.

This team is 2-2 and it hasn't come close to playing it's best football yet. They get hot in December again? I can see them making a run in the playoffs.

A shallow run, sure. A deep run? Doubtful. We can maybe cover up enough of our weaknesses to barely skate in but I doubt this team will be ready to go toe to toe, blow for blow with teams like Miami, Buffalo and Kansas City. I just don't see it. Again, all of that can change. I understand it's early. 

However, a lot has to go our way. Starting with the interior line play improvement on offense, Walker waking up opposite of Allen and hoping for healthier rotational lineman pieces to return from injury on defense. Too many variables there in the grand scheme of things.

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