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#2. Cincinnati Bengals
A second straight Super Bowl appearance was not meant to be for the Cincinnati Bengals last year, as the Kansas City Chiefs avenged their 2021-22 AFC Championship Game defeat courtesy of Harrison Butker.
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But heading into the penultimate year of his contract, quarterback Joe Burrow still has a top-tier offensive corps led by breakout star receiver Ja'Marr Chase.
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He also now has elite protection in the form of Super Bowl-winning former Chiefs tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who has already incited a potential rivalry with comments about his former team.
On the defensive side, Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard are expected to pick up the captaincy from safeties Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell who have left for NFC South teams. Jalen Davis will now head a revamped secondary bolstered by Nick Scott and Michael Thomas.
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