Contrarian optimist here. Ravens game is must-win, and a loss might mean missing the playoffs for a team I predicted to win the SB. Would we be better this year with Bates and Bell? No doubt. But…Bengals will be very good next year, and the year after that, etc. Front office clearly agrees with Burrow. Over the past two years the team has loaded the WR room and the secondary with young quality talent. They will only get better. We’ll see them address OL/DL in the next 2 drafts. I respect the all-in approach, but this team refuses to mortgage the future. Bengals will be SB contenders every year for the foreseeable future. I can live with that.