2025 fantasy predictions: Who is this year's Bengals? (Elite offense + bad defense)
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Could the Atlanta Falcons have the perfect formula to fit that mold? What about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Or the Jacksonville Jaguars? We dive into the biggest candidates to be 'this year's Bengals' and determine who will be the carnival offense of the 2025 fantasy season:
(2:15) - What is a 'carnival offense'?
(3:00) - Why the 2024 Bengals were perfect 'carnival offense' for fantasy
(8:05) - Will the 2025 Bengals repeat their fantasy output from last year?
(18:15) - Flip the script: Who will be this year's Bengals?
(19:25) - Candidate: Atlanta Falcons
(24:55) - Candidate: Dallas Cowboys
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(29:35) - Candidate: Jacksonville Jaguars
(36:45) - Candidate: Las Vegas Raiders
(40:20) - Candidate: Arizona Cardinals
(43:40) - Candidate: Carolina Panthers
(49:30) - Candidate: Washington Commanders
(51:10) - Candidate: Detroit Lions
(1:10:10) - Candidate: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(1:04:30) - Who is this year's Bengals?
'Flip the Script' is back and Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski are kicking things off by asking who could be this year's Bengals? Essentially which team will have a full-blown carnival offense overflowing with legit skill players and a terrible defense that forces them to keep up. Could the Atlanta Falcons have the perfect formula to fit that mold? What about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Or the Jacksonville Jaguars? We dive into the biggest candidates to be 'this year's Bengals' and determine who will be the carnival offense of the 2025 fantasy season. (Credit: Jason Jung)
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