12-18-2021, 12:55 PM
(12-18-2021, 11:46 AM)Sled21 Wrote: If you can't see much of a culture change, you are not looking. The old Bengals teams would mostly fold and turn on each other at the first sign of adversity. This current incarnation can get blown up in the 1st quarter, then just put it's head down and claw their way back into a game. They have each other's back instead of yelling and pointing at each other as to who blew the play.
My point is that neither ways manage a 4 quarter football game. Saying "well at least they finish" feels like another one of those moral victories we've preached in years past. If they played with the same intensity at the beginning that they do at the end, I'd be 100% on board. We call them tough and gritty for finishing. But what about starting a game? Why can't they come in prepared and focused? Why is there no energy until we've blown half a game? To me, stringing together 4 solid quarters is a change of culture. Blowing the first half as opposed to the second half doesn't matter too much.
