... talented but have failed to bring that great talent on the field on a consistent basis, whether it's players not coming to play or players getting injured.

When you look at last season’s record, you see a team that struggled all season to win games, even against weak competition that they should have blown out of the water.

There is an interesting statistic from last season: Against NFC East teams, the Bengals were 1-2-1. This doesn’t look like much because they only have one win, but these are games you had to have watched.

Against NFC teams last season, the Bengals went neck and neck with Dallas, Philadelphia, and the New York Giants. They played hard in these games and came close enough to scare each team...

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