The Cincinnati Bengals delivered an all-out smackdown against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 7. With big performances from Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, C.J. Uzomah, Tee Higgins, Jessie Bates III, and Von Bell, the Bengals have emerged as a legitimate playoff threat after Sunday's big win.
As they continually get stronger each week, the Bengals have established themselves one of the league's most feared teams. Hoping to keep up with this level of production, it looks like the Bengals are starting to turn things around and find their way. With all this going for Cincinnati, let's now discuss the two biggest takeaways from their impressive win against the Ravens.
The Bengals are legitimate title contenders
After completely dismantling the Ravens in Week 7, the Bengals are looking like legit Super Bowl contenders. Now this may seem premature after just seven weeks of football, but the Ravens were widely considered the best team in the AFC heading into Sunday's match-up, and the Bengals just blew them out at home. In what's now a wide open AFC, the Bengals have as a good a chance as anybody to win the conference and make a surprise run to the Super Bowl.
With Burrow, Chase, Uzomah, Higgins, Bates III, Bell, and Chidobe Awuzie all setting the tone for Cinci's dominant play as of late, the Bengals look like they can beat anybody they cross paths with. So come playoff time, the rest of the league better look out, cause these young and determined Bengals are not to be taken lightly.
Cincinnati has become the class of the AFC North
With big wins against the Steelers and Ravens, the Bengals have emerged as the team-to-beat in the AFC North. Especially with the injury-riddled Cleveland Browns taking a free fall to the bottom of the division. As they look to win this year's division title and continually assert their dominance, the Bengals have proven they're no longer a lottery team and will be a big problem for their upcoming opponents.
Now that they've put together a well-balanced roster on both sides of the ball, things are finally clicking for the Bengals and they look ready to take things to the next level. As the trade deadline fast approaches, they may look into making a few moves to add some quality depth that'll give them more firepower. Not that this deep and dynamic Bengals team is lacking an type of explosiveness by any means, but a little extra help never hurt anybody.
Currently in a great position to win their division and make a deep playoff run this year, the Bengals have made serious strides and improvements this season and have shown that a year of learning and growing can make all the difference in the world. As they aim to get more big wins and continually impress the football world with their stellar play, the Cincinnati Bengals have a lot going for them and will resume making things difficult for their future NFL opponents on both ends of the field.
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