In June, every NFL team is primed for a playoff run. No franchise is innocent from typical tropes pertaining to how much better their roster looks. And any player that hasn’t lived up to their draft status? Guess what, this is their year. They’re in much better shape than they were at this time last year. They’ve taken the new coaching well, you can count on that. Those distractions they had last season? Gone. Oh, they were injured for most of the season? Don’t fret, those ailments have completely healed.
Every team has these stories with some of their players and the Bengals are no exception.