... down, it’s easy to nitpick at teams—to find every little crack and magnify every mistake.

It’s no different when it comes to the NFL Draft or presidential elections.

After a while, it’s easy to find reasons why a team can't win rather than why it can win.

In the Bengals' case, they improved to 9-3 on the season with a 23-13 win over Detroit on Sunday. While the game was hardly a blowout, Cincinnati was never truly threatened after the first quarter and dominated the Lions in all three phases of the game.

What the nitpickers will focused on is the continued struggles of quarterback Carson Palmer, who, other than a few times this season, hasn't looked like the gunslinger he was before his elbow inj...

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