Don't Look Now Bengals Fans, But This Feels Different

Burrow isn't a boring drone like Palmer was during his time in Cincinnati. He doesn't have Dalton's Ned Flanders-like persona. 

Burrow is a killer on the field, but always maintains his cool demeanor. He isn't overly talkative, but has a sense of humor. He's unapologetically himself. 

Meanwhile, Chase is the perfect combination of flash and dedication. He works as hard as anyone on the team, but you aren't going to hear about it. He's a quiet guy, but like Burrow, has a killer instinct on the field. 

When he does score or make a big play, he doesn't hesitate to break out his "Griddy" dance that is quickly becoming more and more popular. 

Chase is quiet like Green, dances like Ocho and works as hard as anyone. 

The biggest difference between him and past Bengals' star wide-outs is his age. Johnson had 28 receptions for 329 yards and one touchdown as a 23-year-old rookie. 

Green was much more productive in his first season: 65 receptions for 1,057 yards, but he was also 23-years-old. 

Chase, 21, already has more receiving yards than Green had in any of his nine seasons with the Bengals. He's just 12 yards away from breaking Johnson's franchise record for receiving yards (1,440) and already has more touchdown receptions (13) this season than either guy had at any point in their career. 

That's the best part about this combination. 

If Mike Brown went into a lab and took the best parts of past Bengals greats, he'd probably end up with Burrow and Chase. 

Burrow has Ken Anderson's calm demeanor on the field with Boomer Esiason's swag. He might be better than any quarterback in the history of the franchise at reading and diagnosing the defense pre-snap. 

Burrow and Chase work hard, but they have a swaggy confidence and a killer's mentality on the field. 

The Bengals are fun again, but we've said that before. 

This feels different. This may be the start of something Cincinnati has never seen before. 

It was one thing to have a man named "Ochocinco" on the team, and that was a fun time in Cincinnati football history, but this new-look Bengals team has a chance to hit a different level. 

From Burrow and Chase to Joe Mixon, Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins—the Bengals are officially cool again. 

Football fans across the country might not like the Bengals, but they're going to pay attention to them because of No. 9, No. 1 and the rest of the swaggy cats on this roster. 

No one knows if this iteration of the Bengals is going to make a Super Bowl run. Heck, there's no guarantee that they win a playoff game. But this team feels a lot different with a kid from Athens and the man they call "uno" leading the charge.