I wouldn't write off the Bengals quite yet but yeah, they look like the real deal.

They haven't won shit yet.

What separates them from the Dolphins?

Until they become a perennial threat and actually beat the top dogs of the conference, they're nothing more than the Dolphins.

Good squad, but they're still just juniors, not seniors.

I get your point. But I think they should be held in higher regard than the Dolphins. Simply because the Dolphins have proven who they are over time. A good team that will make the playoffs and not get it done. The Texans, rose up from the ashes, made the playoffs won a playoff game and made improvements in the offseason.They're well coached and are more than one dimensional.True, that they haven't really won anything yet, but they are taking the necessary steps to do so. I just respect them, that's all I'm saying. That's different than fearing them. Understand and acknowledge what is coming, so u can b e better prepared. That's all.

They won their division, because their QB isn't a choker, and because he has elite arm talent.

They also dropped 45 in a playoff win a week later.

A team on the rise.

The more attention-grabbing thing about Houston yesterday is it looks like they may be ready to maximize Joe Mixon.

If they can have a legitimate ground attack consistently, yeah, I'd start buying them as our top competition this year.

Was it the Cowboys defense looking really impressive or was it Watson just looking terrible? Probably a combination.

Watson is no benchmarking tool but they looked fast as hell.

The Browns are a clown franchise.

They were playing the empty husk that used to be Deshaun Watson. Cool your jets.

Dude is crazy. I keep waiting for him to fall off but never happens. He can slang it.

They are quickly moving in the right direction of being a very good football team.

Need to see a little more consistent success.

They won yesterday but not sure it was so convincing.

You say they beat Burrow but yet they got crushed by the Ravens twice. Lost to the Jets and Carolina too.

Counter point Houston secondary....


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If Hollywood or Worthy get that open Mahomes ain't missing them.

It still boggles the mind that the Panthers took Young over Stroud. Even if you had never seen either of them play, after standing next to both of them the answer should have been obvious. Young not only looks tiny, he plays tiny.

This

A whole lot of promise that doesn't finish is kinda what the Texans have accomplished before. I thought they did this before Watson too