Super Bowl losers mind set

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(03-21-2022, 09:08 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Over the years, a lot of Super Bowl losers spent so much energy getting to the Super Bowl, but lost. The following year some struggled to make the playoffs.

I don't like making predictions because injuries at key spots can destroy predictions, but our team seems to have gone from hungry in 2021 to starving in 2022. They want to eat and regardless of the 2022 outcome, the FO has done a phenomenal job in FA. FA is not over, the draft is yet to come, but I am confident in the FO more now than I have ever been.

What is your take of our FO's reaction to losing the Super Bowl by 3 points to a team that went all in, adding key pieces after the season started.

Lots of teams that make the Super Bowl, whether they win or not, aren't close to being the same team the following year because they have a lot of guys due to get paid, and they can't keep them all.

The Bengals have not only avoided the huge hit from a lot of veteran contracts coming due by succeeding with a lot of (really) young talent.  They have secured FAs that aren't just one year rentals, but almost all are under contract for three more years.  

This does a number of things:

It allows the team to gel and grow together (as we saw last season) instead of always having a huge roster turnover and trying to maintain chemistry.

It also allows the team to isolate needs (like the o line this year) and attack it in free agency.  Right now, the draft is pretty much wide open and they will be adding competition and youth across numerous positions.  

The Bengals have also nearly sold out ALL of PBS and they will  have a TRUE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.

This has already been a phenomenal offseason.  I would like to see Larry O get another one-year prove it deal and pass a physical and the defense would be ready to go.