The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t a bad team. Bad teams lose to good teams and other bad teams. The Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, and Dallas Cowboys are bad teams.
Heading into this stretch of the season, I would not have said the Bengals are a good team, either. Good teams beat bad teams, which the Bengals do, but they find ways to beat other good teams. The Bengals, when playing against good teams this season, have only found ways to beat themselves.
Are they a good team now?
They have to be.