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Bengals Early Bird Special: Bengals Future Could Be An Exciting One

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Good morning everyone! It's Tuesday and you know the drill. This week is going by slowly, but surely. 

I think it's a bunch of bogus that the Bengals aren't getting more credit at this point of the season. I don't care what their schedule strength is. The Bengals have been winning games when they should be. And in their losses they have been within reach of victory.

It's not as if any other team within the AFC North has looked superior to the Bengals. The Steelers' and Ravens' schedules have been just as weak as the Bengals, but you don't seem anyone questioning them. I know it's because both Pittsburgh and Baltimore have had more continuous success in comparison to Cincinnati, a team that shows up every four or five years it seems like.  

However, Cincinnati has something that both teams are missing. A young, solid group of players that are the core of the franchise while proving themselves to the league one game at a time. I think the Bengals shouldn't be taken lightly.

This season Cincinnati quickly turned the page on the past and we're now in a new era. A.J. Green, Jermaine Gresham, and Andy Dalton all look as if they could be building blocks for the future. There is a good mix of young and veteran players. It's not as if it's a bunch of washed-up veterans on the team, nor is it a bunch of players with less than two years of experience.

I think it's a solid mix with veterans who are willing to take the younger players under their wings and show them the ropes while helping them gain more knowledge. I believe the future in Cincinnati is going to be an exciting one and hopefully we witness something that we haven't seen in years; a team that contend on a regular basis.

Alright here is a look at what you may have missed or overlooked from Monday.