Here comes some negativity

[reuben.ahmed]

I'm almost always critical after our wins, we always have something that's lacking, just because we win isn't enough until it's the end. Most of the teams in the NFL right now are bad, we should beat them. For example, we will always be allowed to ***** about Jeremy Hill this year. Any good play from him is now an exception (this late in the season), unless he goes for 100 yards+ every game on out through the superbowl, lol. It would be something if a player of his prospective caliber/talent was able to eat his ego and play poorly on purpose during the regular season to shock everyone in the playoffs, if anyone had enough stacked talent to pull that smoke and mirrors off it would have been the Bengals.

Win or loss there is something that needs to be improved upon. So far this year we have done a pretty good job in every game, so there's minor complaints. It's not good enough to win in the regular season, we might be happy with a playoff win but in the long run - in our lifetime - it would be nice to see a Bengals superbowl. Why not this year? With our team healthy, it's difficult to see a better team in the past - or the future, that could match up with the skill and gel that's occurred. I think we can easily say our team is currently more stacked than many past superbowl winners. that leaves us with some intangibles, the other key items that allow us to win games, and the coaches have to get everyone in position to perform to that level (and not mistakes on their own).

AJM needs to win to give us a playoff bye. How he wins will dictate what happens in the Ravens game and if Andy is a go for the playoffs. AJM giving us a playoff bye to give Andy another week would go down as one of the biggest events of the year if Andy is healthy and goes the distance afterwards.

I'm pretty sure the Bengals unpublicized goals (as most teams, but really only those with a realistic chance)
Win AFC-N
Go undefeated in AFC-N
Get #1 seed with playoff bye
Win the superbowl

The playoffs for us start now, and consistency gets us there but big plays and no turnovers win it. We need big plays tonight.

When you're great, everyone expects greatness. In any professional sport playoffs, it's the littler guy that needs to come up big. The unexpected must perform at a higher level, they have a bigger gap between themselves and greatness.