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I think this is one of the more interesting teams this year, are the Bengals.

I think they're really intriguing.

I do.

And the reason I do is because they have a lot of question marks a lot of boomer bust who knows what's

going to happen type guys and maybe it evens out and it levels out but literally like if you

told me the Bengals would be 11 and 5, I wouldn't be shocked.

If you told me they were 5 and 11, I wouldn't be shocked.

That's six wins different.

Like, that's a 6 win difference.

The Patriots don't have that.

The Browns don't really have that.

The Ravens, I don't think they have that that big of a gap.

Like, this Bengals team could win the division or they could be last in the division.

And I wouldn't be shocked.

I might be a little surprised if they were 5 and 11 or a little surprised if they were 11 and 5.

But I think that's the gap.

And it's just because there are so many questions.

And that is why I have such a struggle in being bullish on this team this year.

Maybe it's because I just sounded like a clown last year when I said this team was going to be so good offensively and they were the worst offense in the league.

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