Chiefs have 12 draft picks. Bengals have 7, Bills have 6. Nothing in the draft tracking record suggests the 2023 draft is the place we are going to close the gap.
I am hoping that last years playoff failures were a function of injuries and emotional exhaustion from an unusual season.
I fear that like when the Bills exposed the limitations of the Raven's offense, a strategy copied by other good teams, that the Bengals exposed the limitations of their defensive scheme, and that absent significant innovation, other teams will follow the Bengals blue print.