The 2023 Cincinnati Bengals had to again deal with a franchise quarterback who rarely ever looked fully healthy, as Joe Burrow suffered a calf injury on the second day of training camp that he later aggravated early in the season. By the time he looked back near full health, he suffered a torn ligament in his wrist during Week 11 against the Ravens that knocked him out for the rest of the year. While Jake Browning played well as his replacement, the season was largely marked by the Bengals' inability to compete in a tough AFC North, losing all five competitive divisional games before a Week 18 win against a resting Browns team allowed them to finish with a winning record.

The excitement remains in 2024 for the Bengals with Burrow expected to be healthy for Week 1 and the team now getting to face a last-place schedule despite their 9-8 finish. Getting 17 healthy games from Burrow and star receiver Ja'Marr Chase would go a long way toward the Bengals meeting expectation as one of the non-Chiefs AFC favorites, but a lot could also come down to the performance of a defense that took a big step back last season and now won't have star defensive tackle D.J. Reader for the first time in four years.

Speaking of change, the top of the coaching depth chart will also be different for the first time since Zac Taylor took over in 2019, with longtime offensive coordinator Brian Callahan heading to Nashville for a head-coaching opportunity. While the team replaced him internally with quarterbacks coach Dan Pitcher, who played a key role in Burrow's development and Browning's success last year, it's hard to tell ahead of time whether such a transition will cause what has been an elite offense at its best to lower its ceiling. A win total of 10.5 shows the market doesn't expect a step back from the Bengals offense, and how the Bengals perform in those divisional matchups this year will likely be the difference in going over or under their total.

Below, we'll go through the futures and win total markets for the 2024 Cincinnati Bengals, sharing recently updated odds from major U.S. and Nevada sportsbooks as well as the SportsLine Projection Model forecast for each betting market. We'll then take a look through the schedule, share my power ratings line projections for every game and note any rest or travel advantages or disadvantages to remember. Then we'll examine the changes to the depth chart and what the effect of each could be, before wrapping up with our early forecast of what to expect from this team in 2024.

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