02-15-2022, 04:47 PM
(02-15-2022, 12:58 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: But a few tweaks and another year together and the team should be better next year. How is that anything but positive?
Because "being better" sometimes isn't good enough.
You still need EVERY crucial break to go your way. (team health, big plays, penalties, turnovers, etc)
THIS was the year that happened, until the Super Bowl.
Even Tom Brady with the Patriots went NINE YEARS without a Super Bowl appearance - it's just so difficult to make it.
The stars somehow aligned for the Bengals, this season, and they didn't take advantage.
They'll be GOOD going forward, for sure, probably consistently in the playoffs, winning division, etc
But, make it to the Super Bowl? Eh, who knows... I'm not going to get my hopes up again. Better to be pleasantly surprised.
I've done that for the last 51 years, why change now?
EDIT: My heart says "half-full" - because I want to believe. But, I'm a math, stat, logical type thinker, so my head says "half-empty."
