12-09-2015, 03:08 AM
(12-07-2015, 12:09 PM)wildcats forever Wrote: After a brief scan for national Bengals news this morning, two things stood out to me. The Patriots loss has grabbed the headlines, with only a mention that Denver and Cincinnati are in the race for top seed. Most played up how Denver is in control of it's own destiny, and only one mentioned that Cincinnati is the number 1 seed if the season ended today.
MSN reported yesterday's 34 point domination was because the Brown's "quit". Nothing at all about the Bengals performance in any way. The shunning continues, and I'm really starting to enjoy it. But only because of the lack of distraction being heralded as the 'team to beat' brings with it. Remaining the league's best kept secret should serve us well as we head into the stretch and beyond to the playoffs. Staying focused and playing smart could, and should, be the result of such little national attention.
Looking forward to the rest of our opponents "quitting".
I think people realize we are a good team. I've not once heard an announcer hint at the idea that we won't make the playoffs. In fact it's been pretty unanimous that we are playoff bound and have been for sometime. But they've all alluded to our past failures in the playoffs. Win a postseason game and we will win some respect. How many years has it taken since we were the laughing stock of the NFL due to arrests for that to go away? Still to this day we hear that crap.
