Allen Park — As training camps open around the NFL this week and last, optimism is characteristically high for all 32 teams.
And given the run the Cincinnati Bengals went on a year ago — going from four wins to a Super Bowl appearance, all while snapping a league-worst, 31-year drought without a postseason victory in the process — there's an easy source of motivation.
"Our expectations are as high as anybody's in the building," quarterback Jared Goff said. "How do we win our division and compete for a championship in the playoffs? That's always the expectation and that's our daily thought every day we come out here, is how do we build toward that.