The beauty of last year’s Bengals Super Bowl run was that it refreshed our optimism a bit. Here was a franchise supposedly adrift, with a quarterback we weren’t sure was healthy or sustainably protectable. Here was a ho-hum collection of free agents on defense. And, amazingly, they caught a wave and rode it all the way to the postseason. Joe Burrow was the perfect antidote to the rise of two-high-shell defenses. Lou Anarumo’s rendition of a blitz-averse defense that empowered his edge rushers was the perfect antidote to Patrick Mahomes. A few well-timed interceptions here, a few made field goals there: Voila.
The 12 (or Maybe 13) Teams That Could Actually Win Super Bowl LVII
