A Toast to the Old Guard

[Murdock2420]

(01-14-2022, 08:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Good post, but ya kinda stole my thunder.

I was gonna post a congrats to everyone who stuck by the team through the 90s - present, if we win tomorrow. Been a long time coming for some of us.

I'm 40 years old, became a fan in 1994 and don't remember any playoff wins.

4 years older so I was able to barely remember the old Bengal glory days.

Have pictures as a kid with Kenny Anderson at training camp and still have an autographed thigh pad from Anthony Munoz. I was lucky enough to see Paul Brown in person as a kid and even at a young age was able to see the way he walked among the players and the way they all respected him. 

The 90s tested me like many others, be it the team destroying David Klinger behind a bad line which was my fear with Burrow last year to the mind numbing stupidity of the Akili Smith pick. I want to believe this year is different, I want to feel the hype that was around the team in the Icky Woods and Boomer days again, I just am so hesitant to jump full on in after 30 years of nut shots. But hey, I picked them to beat the Raiders and will be down there freezing and cheering.