What's going on in Cincinnati?

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Originally Posted by DRM08

You said Cincy dominated in the AFC title game last year, which isn't true. They won by 3 points. KC was leading in the 4th quarter of all 4 games. The Bengals have not dominated any of the games. If you're having to come from behind in the 4th quarter to win, that's not dominance.

Cincy is one of the best teams in the league for sure. It remains to be seen what happens to their defense over the long haul when they finally have to pay their best players on the offensive side of the ball, but they will kick that can down the road as long as possible. They have maybe the best DC in the league right now and I'm curious to see how long they can keep him.

In the 2021 AFCCG they dominated the Chiefs in the 2nd half, allowing just one FG.

In the 2022 AFCCG, they allowed just a TD and a FG, and if not for a late INT and a timely penalty, in spite of the fact that they were down 3/5 OLs including both OTs, they might've have won that one.

But if the word "dominate" bothers you, fine, I retract that word. Not to put too fine a point on it, CIN has had KC's number over the last four meetings. And the regular season game last season should've been a minor blowout for CIN, if not for things like Boyd inexplicably dropping a sure TD.

And you're right, CIN has a great defense, which has been a big part of the problem. But KC has also lacked receiving talent recently, and I think that it's showed. And I also think that the way to beat CIN (and BUF, might as well throw them in there since they beat us last year) is to acquire better WRs. Or a top-flight TE. Whatever. More weapons. Our defense is doing about as well as you could ask for in the last three. It's the offense that hasn't played well enough.

All I'm saying is that the margin is probably razor thin, and they're probably the better team on paper if we don't get a very talented WR in the building and CIN keeps both Chase and Higgins in 2023.