While the iron is hot.

[BFritz21]

(01-14-2022, 09:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Ask the '05 Bengals.


Here is what it boils down to.  You can't play both sides on this.  You have to pick one.

If you believe that this team will have more chances to win in the playoffs in the upcoming years then you are, by definition, taking it for granted.

If you think it is possible that this could be our last chance for a while then you are NOT taking ti for granted.

It is impossible to say BOTH "We are in good shape for the near future.  We will have more chances" AND "I am not taking our future chances for granted.  I think we need a sense of urgency to win NOW"

I don't mind if you want to argue either side.  But it is impossible to argue BOTH sides.

So you think that there's a chance that our franchise QB will suffer a knee injury that will make him not play NEARLY AS WELL as it did the previous year and that we'll have a receiver with legal troubles like Slim (RIP) and just an overall team of hot heads/ego maniacs that will never allow the team to gel and be a consistent successful team?

You seriously will pull out anything just to avoid being wrong, won't you?

You post things like the '05 season with no context. 

You think we're taking it for granted but, once again, I have NEVER been this excited about the Bengals or one game! The entire city is going CRAZY right now getting ready for tomorrow! I don't know anyone that's not pumped about tomorrow! No one is thinking "oh, this isn't a big deal because we'll be there again next year" because we're just hoping that we can finally close the deal!

Right now, we're all getting ready like this is the biggest game in any sport of any of our lives!

Sure, we made the Super Bowl and went deeper in the playoffs before, but it was so long ago that none of us care or even think about it! This is now and we're giving it EVERYTHING WE HAVE, and so is the team!