Something is different about the Bengals this offseason, and I’m not the only one who is picking up on it.

After weeks of biting my tongue, I finally came out and said it on June 15th. The Bengals will put double digits in the win column in 2021.

A few weeks later, notable Bengals soothsayer and the GIF-master of sports media, Malik Wright, said the same thing.

Although we are both active members of the Bengals’ online community, Malik and I are very different. Our takes come from very different places. To put it briefly: Malik has connections and I have film. So how did we reach the same conclusion and make the same bold prediction for the Bengals in 2021?

There is only one way to find out.

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