How Important are the Bengals to You ?

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

I'm from the same area as you. I grew up listening to EddieMilner, Gary Redus, Ron Oester, Cesar Cedeno, etc as my first memories of Reds Players.

Picked up the Bengals a couple years later. I survived the embarrassment and disinterest of the 90s. I remember being bummed in 88. Thought we had it, I attended my first NFL game that season against the Redskins. Riverfront was rocking. All the highs and lows of the Marvin Lewis tenure I became more interested.  The 2015 season wildcard meltdown really kinda numbed me to the team. I've just been enjoying watching them again, win or lose. These guys are fun to watch and easy to cheer for, but I pretty much stay even keeled. The lone exception was the Germain Pratt interception in the wildcard game. Not gonna lie, it brought a tear to my eye, and a huge exhale.