I agree. Burrow being injured to start the year killed the season for the Bengals. They have a tall order ahead of them. Ravens and Chiefs, Vikings (who have the longest winning streak @NFLfan), another date with the destructive Browns (who could win the division)... A Steelers defense that is championship level (UGH). A wasted year for the Bengals who will be losing a lot of their offensive weapons to free agency... The window, like the Bills, may have just shut...
I knew that loss to the Rams in the Super Bowl was it. Could feel it in my bones that it was the best chance they had to finally win it all. And they blew it. Unless you are Mahomes or Brady, you don't get second chances.
As far as the Colts... I still don't trust our offense with Minshew and our defense to make enough noise for the Colts... We'll lose to a team we should beat...
I think the AFC playoffs will be:
Chiefs
Texans
Dolphins
Browns
Steelers
Ravens
Jags
Bengals, Bills, Raiders, Chargers, Jets and Colts just miss out.