1. Super Bowl Win
Yep, I’ll say it. The Bengals win the Super Bowl in the 2022 season. This team will rise like a Phoenix, in Phoenix, pardon the cheesiness.
Why not? Arguably, and the people who say “don’t blame the refs” can not @ me because I believe what I believe — Had there been a little more “fair” officiating, the Bengals have a Lombardi over Mike Brown’s mantle right now.
That is how close this team was. With a bad line, a coaching staff that has tasted nothing but failure in Cincinnati, and a brutal path that included beating the Titans in Nashville, and the Chiefs twice in less than a month, the Bengals were still seconds away from a title.
I know, the Ravens will be better in 2022, or at least should be, but the Browns, Steelers and Chiefs have lost key players, and no other teams outside Denver and Russell Wilson have an elite quarterback. Folks, don’t listen to the doubters. You almost always need an elite quarterback to advance deep in the playoffs.
This Bengal team, if they have even MOST of the injury success they had last year will be hoisting the Lombardi in 2023. Write it down!
There you go folks. My first column back in some time, but I’m excited and ready to go for 2022-23! WHO DEY and let’s get a Super Bowl for Cincinnati!